Experiencias..:)

Nuevas experiencies:

This was my unpredictable exciting week. To start, one of my 4th grade student felt so bad that I had to call the office and I ended up calling 991 paramedic’s stuff, to the principal assistant that my classroom got fully crowded in less than a blink of an eye.  Actually,   I was so thankful that my CT was next door because she came in right away and told me what the procedure is in such a case. I was actually not nervous but worried for the kid.  The situation was just a minor thing, but the moment was a little bit scary.

In addition to the previous incident, I also had to send another 3^rd grade student to the office for ice packets because she got a bruise from getting bumped into my document camera by playing with another student!  This incident happened when I was doing my second transition  and these two student sneaked into my stuff and were so curios about doc camera that one of then put her face down the light bulb while the other student accidentally move the camera towards her face and bumped it right above her eye. I saw it and I was speechless because I was about to call on them to get out my stuff when this incident happened right in front of me. I was really upset with these two girls because first of all, they knew that they were not supposed to be playing with the teacher’s stuff and secondly, there were not following my entrance procedures. So, after filling all the papers for the incident, again, I talked with my class and I did a review of all the rules and entrance procedures that they are supposed to follow when arriving into my classroom.

Definitely, I learned a lot about paperwork and procedures when these instances happen.

Finally, I have no complains  ;) about my classroom management. I think I’m improving the techniques of how to take control of the whole class. I’ve been reading a lot of articles and books to get tips of how to handle all these different behavior situations in class. I know I’m still an apprentice and I have long way to go, but I am very happy to feel that I’m becoming more and more capable to do this work.  Also, I’m very excited because I started hearing a lot of good feedbacks about me and my teaching at Joyner School.  I’m actually been invited to assist one of these teacher retreats; in which only some teachers get to go and be part of this event. I’m very excited because the Principal assistance has officially invited to go to this retreat. Estoy muy contenta !!:)

Okay, I have to go and work my plans for this coming week. Adiós

Hola!
I just finished reading these two articles about classroom management and teacher- burnout, and then I thought how wonderful would  also be for you guys to read this!
The second one has really good advices for students behavior.

http://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/2011/07/16/teacher-burnout/

http://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/2009/12/26/why-you-shouldnt-care-if-a-student-misbehaves/

2nd week:)

Segunda semana:

I can say that after teaching my second week of full classes, I feel more confident and better prepared to teach.  During this last week, I had to deal with a lot of behavioral issues in the kinder class, specially these xxx little boys that don’t let me do anything at all. Sometimes I feel so frustrated that I just want to leave the class, but then I see the other half of class being so good and ready to learn, that I just take a deep breath and try my best.

Something that has frustrated me lately was my CT’s feedback, which was actually not bad at all, but the only thing that she keeps saying is that I have to reflect on the things I believe went wrong, and that I should also think about how I could have improved my lessons. However, when somebody says that to me, it really does not actually help me to find ideas and ways to resolve my weakness, so sometimes I feel the need to ask somebody else for advices, and that is what exactly I do, and It’s helping me a lot.

Don’t give me wrong, my CT is an amazing teacher and a good supporter, but I guess we all have different expectations and ways to think.

In general, all my classes are going well and it seems that my students are learning Spanish with ME. As the rest of my classmates, I ‘m having the same feelings: I’ve being feeling tired and burned out from teaching all the day. Also, trying to be a good teacher, it is not an easy thing to accomplish, even when Spanish is your L1.

I know I still have a long way to go in this journey and I’m looking forward to meeting all my expectations during this wonderful time at Joyner.