A learning goal of mine that I feel I am making progress toward is classroom control. My mentor teacher is wonderful and lets me do whatever I need to want to do. Since being in her classroom I have taught multiple lessons and helped her work through the classroom, in doing so I have learned more about the students and how to keep them on task and under control.
The time that the class gets pretty wild is after she teaches the lesson and the students are set loose to complete their homework. The students are allowed to work in groups and most of the time they are socializing more than working on their assignment. Since I am walking around answering question I can hear what the students are discussing and if it has nothing to do with the lesson I will ask them what question they are working on and to complete the next problem with me. This way I don’t just tell them to get back on task but I make them do a problem. Even if it’s only one problem, it’s on problem more then they planned on doing.
The tasks I have wanted to accomplish since the beginning of year have remained the same but I want to teach more lessoning to the class. Now that I feel more comfortable and know that I have the support of my mentor teacher I want to put myself out there and see what I need to improve on.
My process on my plan is going good. I am on track and not behind.
