I am amazed at the difference in supervisors for student teachers. Just recently two student teachers were evaluated. BOTH student teachers are doing a fantastic job. However, one supervisor chooses to praise and really point out the great features of their student teacher's lesson. The other, bypasses the important part of the lesson, TEACHING, and instead focuses on their paperwork abilities and has the audacity to tell this student teacher that they may not be cut out for teaching based on this. The supervisor commented that the student teacher was great at the TEACHING aspect (the most important part of my job) but because of the paperwork aspect they weren't good enough. This blatent disrespect for the student teacher made me horribly upset. I WOULD NEVER, EVER tell my students that "Oh, you can't put your papers in the correct folders so you shouldn't be a student". Isn't it the job of the Supervisor to guide the student teacher along with the cooperating teacher; motivate them, not degrade them and make them feel worthless. I want to help this student teacher, but what can I do. I feel that if I contact the university, not being the cooperating teacher, I may make it worse for the student teacher.
Well, that's all for today - I just want to say that I LOVE MY JOB! It may be taxing, relentless, and just unfair sometimes. But where else can you get paid to have fun and laugh everyday AND change lives of young people! TEACHING ROCKS!
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
My first blog
I have been pinning many things on Pinterest and noticed all the fun blogs with much useful information. I thought I might have a few nuggets of wisdom I would like to share so I now dive into the wide world of blogging.
I made the crate chairs for my classroom and they are such a hit that I am now up to 11 chairs for my room. I have to lower my table, but they are already engaged sitting on them. Also, I used upholstery fabric so they would last longer. I also used A LOT of glue sticks. However, the way the kids love to sit on them makes any cost worthwhile.
One other project that I got on Pinterest that I really like is the behavior chart with pins. It is the one with more options than a typical green, yellow, orange, red behavior one. This one allows the students to go up three times to OUTSTANDING. My students love this! The students are really well behaved and move their pins up. They try really hard to move those pins up.
I don't know when my next blog will be, but hopefully sooner than later.
I made the crate chairs for my classroom and they are such a hit that I am now up to 11 chairs for my room. I have to lower my table, but they are already engaged sitting on them. Also, I used upholstery fabric so they would last longer. I also used A LOT of glue sticks. However, the way the kids love to sit on them makes any cost worthwhile.
One other project that I got on Pinterest that I really like is the behavior chart with pins. It is the one with more options than a typical green, yellow, orange, red behavior one. This one allows the students to go up three times to OUTSTANDING. My students love this! The students are really well behaved and move their pins up. They try really hard to move those pins up.
I don't know when my next blog will be, but hopefully sooner than later.
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