Three Important Thoughts from my Team Leaders
My team leader for the second session of summer school at Holly Springs High School, Ashley Johnson (aka- AJ), is awesome! She's just as great as - if not better than - my self-proclaimed OCD team leader from the first summer session (thanks J. Fiel!). Truthfully, I have learned much of the same aspects of teaching from both teachers, which reiterate the importance of mastering these skills:
1. The majority of teaching is redundant: An effective teacher teaches a particular topic in different ways, to cater to the different learning styles of the students. So, the material must be broken down as much as possible and taught at least two different ways each class period, to ensure each student understands the material.
2. Rarely put your back to your students: This is pretty obvious, but very hard to implement when you get into the groove of teaching or when writing on the board; however, this is very important to master because it could possibly cause a classroom management issue. If you can't see your kids, you can't see what they're doing. Which, leads to numero tres!
3. Do not punish your student for a behavior you did not see him/ her do: After a while, you will develop a knack for knowing who is talking as if you've got eyes in the back of your head. However, until you grow that sixth sense, it's important not to fully rely on its accuracy (or lack thereof, in my case) in disciplining your students. Doing so will cause an uncomfortable classroom environment, and could lead to future classroom management problems.
Thanks guys! I'll continue to work on these problem areas, and hopefully I'll be just as great a teacher as Ms. Johnson and Mr. Fiel.
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