This week for my blog I decided I am going to write about classroom management as a whole. The area that. We have all been most concerned about this semester.
One thing I have really been trying to focus on this semester up to this point is building my rapport with my students. I want them to know that I do care about them and I am friendly, But I am not their friend. For the most part this has gone very well. There have been a couple of situations overall that I had to take action beyond just saying something to the students.
One of these times was the other day. I have had students be a few seconds late to class on occasion and I just let it go for the most part and made a note of it. But this week I had students coming into class almost a full minute late with no legitimate excuse or a signed pass. So I did what I thought was best and gave them a detention (this was the 3rd or more time and that is what school rules also call for)
whether or not this actually ends up working to get them to start showing up on time, I do not know. But it is a step that needed to be taken.
I will be keeping a close eye on the students to see when they are late through the schools system.
If anyone has any advice or ideas as to how to handle these students better, please let me know!
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Friday, February 26, 2016
Sunday, February 7, 2016
Small Gas Engines
This week I there has so much going on and I have been learning all week. But one specific class I feel has progressed me the most. My small gasoline engines class.
To give a little bit of background, this class is a class of sophomore-senior boys and it takes place during the last period of the day. This class is focused primarily on teaching (you guessed it) small gas engine maintenance and repair. The first few weeks of this class have been focused on preparing the students to tear down their engines and rebuild them all while diagnosing and repairing anything that might be wrong with the engine.
This particular group of students is very talkative. During my time I have been trying to come up with ways to reduce how much they talk in the class so that I can be sure they are grasping the material.
Then I started listening to what they are talking about.
During every class, regardless of what we are discussing, I started to really listen to what they are talking about. After doing this, I began to realize that they aren't talking about anything they feel like. They are specifically talking about engines and what I am trying to teach in class.
After I began to realize this, I would listen much more closely to what they are saying and occasionally I will bring it up to the class and have them explain it to the class.
My major take away from this week: Not all talking is a bad thing, a perfectly silent class could very well be a sign that the students don't understand what we are trying to teach them. When the students are talking about the subject, it is easier to find out what they understand and what might need to be revisited.
I am looking forward to listening more closely to some of my other classes and using this to decide what and how I teach.
To give a little bit of background, this class is a class of sophomore-senior boys and it takes place during the last period of the day. This class is focused primarily on teaching (you guessed it) small gas engine maintenance and repair. The first few weeks of this class have been focused on preparing the students to tear down their engines and rebuild them all while diagnosing and repairing anything that might be wrong with the engine.
This particular group of students is very talkative. During my time I have been trying to come up with ways to reduce how much they talk in the class so that I can be sure they are grasping the material.
Then I started listening to what they are talking about.
During every class, regardless of what we are discussing, I started to really listen to what they are talking about. After doing this, I began to realize that they aren't talking about anything they feel like. They are specifically talking about engines and what I am trying to teach in class.
After I began to realize this, I would listen much more closely to what they are saying and occasionally I will bring it up to the class and have them explain it to the class.
My major take away from this week: Not all talking is a bad thing, a perfectly silent class could very well be a sign that the students don't understand what we are trying to teach them. When the students are talking about the subject, it is easier to find out what they understand and what might need to be revisited.
I am looking forward to listening more closely to some of my other classes and using this to decide what and how I teach.
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