Hey all,
I hope you managed to stay dry today. Not many questions today. I guess that's good.
Many of you comment on the time element. I do apologize for the time shortage. I can't get us more time. I've tried to get them to turn it into a 3 hour class, but to no avail. I could try to cover less in each class - but there's sooooo much to learn. My philosophy about his is that if you read it, and we at least discuss it briefly in class, and I answer questions so you understand it, then you can study it as much as you need to so you learn it. It's not my job to go over it in class until you know it - that's your job.
Ok - here are the questions from today:
1) Hmm...I've never had any trouble getting up in front of people so I honestly can't empathize with you. I know that's hard to believe because, as you see in class, I'm a very shy and retiring person. However, I would think that the more you speak in front of people, the more comfortable you should become. It will also help if you are completely confident in your content and know exactly how you plan on teaching your lesson. If you know exactly what you want your students to learn, it will make things easier. You also might want to role play with a friend. I hope these couple ideas help.
2) Engaging ADD or ADHD students in active learning means having a plan. You need to know your objectives and your content and your student. Once you get to know them, you'll be familiar with their capabilities, interests, etc., and you'll figure out how to best engage them. At least, if you're doing active learning, you won't have to worry about them getting bored and causing problems.
3) Actually, I don't know what plans schools have. Every school has its own. Here's a great place for all of you to jump in and help me out!!! What was/is the plan in your school or what plans have you heard of ????
See you at seminar.
Diann
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So when we were talking about stopping bullying and things like that in class I wanted to say...
I have a jr high student I wrok with in my youth group who was being bullyed at school. He was made fun of because he carries his Bible around and he stands up for his faith. One day he was bending over into his locker and one f the boys came by and hit him so hard in his back that he was sore for week. Mostly it hurt his self esteem. After this the teachers made sure they were always standing in the hallway near his locker during the times they could go to his locker and one actually walked with him to his class the next day. The teachers did a really good job of stopping the actions without making a huge deal of it to embarrass him and it just went along with what we talked about. The teachers made the difference just by being there and they had met to discuss what to do so they were all in agreement on how to handle the situation. They also met with the student and his parents to get them involved in how to handle it because they did not want to make his life worse (as it is being 13 is hard enough). The other students stepped up and supported him too and walked to class with him and to and from the bus stop since they rode his bus too. Just something to think about because even in safe little perrysburg--kids are JERKS!
I was unclear what the schools "plan" meant but now I think I understand. In my middle school, There was some team teaching where my class would work with other classes on projects and activities!
wow... From my highschool I mean I heard of teasing and stuff, but bullying, I never heard about any. I don't understand how students can do that to eachother...I hope everything works out well for that student, thats awful...
Another comment I have is about getting up in front of people... I'm pretty comfortable in front of younger students, but what if I'm too nervous for 6-8th graders... sometimes I worry they'll over power me or something... maybe it's because I've never experienced teaching with that age. only 4th and below. Hopefully observing in the 7th grade reading class at Toledo Public Schools will answer my questions.
kberry - The 'plan' refers to what they school want the teachers to do in case of emergency situations like shooters or national disaster.
erica! - See how it goes with this experience. If it's still an issue, let me know and we'll discuss it.
Diann
This is one thing I am really worried about. In my school we definitely had our cliques, however, all of the cliques got along. Sometimes students would be part of two or three different cliques. If you were to point out some students you would not be able to stereotype them immediately because of how many groups they could be involved with. If the students did not get along with one another they generally had to "suck it up" and get on with life.
I realise that not every school is like this. How do I become more experienced with these kinds of situations?
In my schools, we actually did have a saftey procedure put into place, however, it wasn't until after we had a bomb threat in my elementary school. At my elementary school, our plan was to walk out back of the school, through the fields, across the street, and into the military base, there we'd take attendance again to make sure everyone was there. The junior high and high school were pretty much the same, except they walked through town to the community recreation center and every teacher had their assigned spot in the building.
We'd practice a couple of times a year since the incident of the bomb threat and especially after 9/11.
I think it's a good thing to have in place and for everyone to understand. We also had codes that the principal would say over the intercom such as "Will Mr. Red please report to the office, Mr. Red." This would signal all teachers to immediately silence the classroom, turn off the lights, shut the blinds, and shut and lock the door. There were other names for other things they would use such as Mr. Green. We'd also practice that in case of lock downs or if there was a shooter or someone sucipicious in the school.
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