First Day of Class Reflection

This week in lab we practiced out "first day" of teaching our class. This was an opportunity for us to present our expectations and procedures to the class in a way that simulates a high school classroom. The trouble though, was learning to adapt to bad student behavior while we were teaching-- as each student was assigned a role to play.


Some Gems

Some "gems" of my teaching in lab on Wednesday were my ability to speak over students and assert myself to some degree. I didn't let them get under my skin as much as I thought I would. I also wrote my objectives on the board before class started.

Some "Opps"

Some opportunity of r improvement is to work on maintaining neutral behavior and responses. During the exercise, I constantly responded to student misbehavior with a degree of sarcasm and allowed myself to engage with their negative behavior. In the future I need to be more on-task and ignore students when they try to illicit a response.


Its difficult to predict how students will behave, and as a teacher you need to roll with the punches. I think I kept myself from being bothered by the students, but I had to have the last a response to everything--which only engaged more response. Responding to your peers brings out a little more casual behavior than you'd consciously allow in the classroom setting.