Today was the first time I was observed by my supervisor. I taught math during the time I was observed today. We were finishing up some stations that had been started the previous day and discussing the new concepts learned over the past two days doing station activities. Overall, the lesson and observation went well! My supervisor really only had one thing for me to work on and that is controlling the noise level. It was VERY loud! It isn't always loud but once the students start talking it is difficult to get them to stop. She gave me a few suggestions about how to solve this problem, including a noise meter that shows students what level voice they should be using during the lesson or activity. Other than this, she said my teaching went very well!
I discussed my supervisors comments with my teacher later in the day and she also gave me advice on how to solve the noise issue. This will be a challenge to get the students to realize that I am also an authority figure in the classroom and to have my teacher and I be consistent with each other and the students. I'm sure it will take a while for students to get used to my level of tolerance for noise (not very high) but I'm up for the challenge! It's kind of funny to see the difference between my third grade class and the other third classes. One is similar to mine but the other class is always so quiet. Today I walked by their room and they were silently listening to their teacher read a story to them. They weren't even at their desks, but sitting on the floor at the reading rug! This made me jealous a little bit but I realize that it takes a lot of work and time to get to this point. Things will also be different when I have my own classroom where I can enforce my own rules from the beginning.
I am also getting anxious to start teaching more subjects daily. I did teach a literacy skill lesson yesterday but only did math today. I think I will ask my teacher tomorrow if I can teach the literacy lesson for tomorrow. Teaching more lessons will also help the students to see that I am also a teacher in the classroom that they have to listen to, thus hopefully solving some of the noise problem.
Today as I talked with my supervisor about my overall placement so far I realized how much better this placement is than my January placement last year. I feel welcomed and included by the staff at the school. I know that I can ask any one of the staff members for help or advice and they would not hesitate to give me their 2 cents! It's wonderful! I am always learning new things and am able to collaborate with teachers and tell them some of my ideas. I was not included like this last year and it makes it 100 times easier to go to school everyday. Don't get me wrong the 5:30 am wake up calls are not fun or easy but once I'm at school it doesn't even phase me anymore! My job is totally worth getting to work before the sun is above the horizon! I love being able to say that, too!
Well, I hope you enjoyed reading this again! Thanks for all of your support during these past weeks!
Dana
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