We started field this last week. I am teaching in a fifth grade class in Spanish Fork. Already it has been a great learning experience. Its cool how I can see ways that the teacher could improve (according to our training so far), and also ways that the teacher is doing really good things.
I think it is really good to notice these things so that I can note them and decide to do better as I begin to teach. One thing that all of my teachers have focused on repeatedly is positive reinforcement. They have stated again and again how important it is to provide your students with positive reinforcement. That is something that both me and my partner noticed is greatly needed in this classroom. I have hardly heard a positive comment said to the students the entire 3 days I have been there, and by no means is this a bad class. Even when she gives a table points, instead of acting like it is positive thing for them, she uses it as a negative thing for the other tables.
As a teacher I want to make sure that my class really believes in themselves. I want them to know that I am rooting for them and that I don't just take note of their misbehavior but of their good behavior. If the students are not rewarded for their positive behavior then they have no incentive to continue to do positive behavior.
There was no movie posted on the Field Experience one page to watch.
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