"A teacher's purpose is not to create students in his own image, but to develop students who can create their own image." ~ Author Unknown
1. My teacher's classroom management plan is slightly different than others due to the fact that the classroom population is so large. There is a large emphasis on classroom and school procedures and students are always expected to hold up to these procedures in order for them to work efficiently. I think that the plan in the room is positive experience, each student know the rules and the consequences associated with those rules. It is important for all the students to work as one to have success as a whole class. Students are being moved to the next step all the time and this usually because they do not do what they are asked, disrespectful to any other adult in the classroom or their peers, and if they use inappropriate language.
2. Two things that my teacher does to avoid unnecessary instructions is : 1) if a student needs a new pencil then the teacher has previously sharpen pencils to hand to the student in return for their broken one. This way the students are not being loud as they sharpen their pencils and interrupt snack time. 2) my teacher provides snack time for the students during reading or writing time. This helps students get a small snack in their stomaches since they have the lastest lunch and it prevent the complaining about being so hungry.
3. Classroom Management
a. I believe that education is the foundation in society. Education is the pathway to achieving success down every path that an individual chooses. I believe in hands-on instruction and activites. Students learn best when they are help to practice the skill that they have previous learned. Teachers would create a managmenet that promote positive environment will allow students to see a model of the correct behavior. Classroom management is an important part of creating a positive classroom environment.
b. See image. This a sample idea that I would like for my classroom.
c. Classroom Rules:
1. Respect fellow classmates
2. Keep hands and feet to yourself.
3. listen quietly wile others are talking.
4. Raise your hand and wait to be called on.
5. Always try your best!
d. Rountines
Entering the Classroom:
- Remain silent and head directly to your seat.
- Students can work on on bell work that is not completed or read independently.
Bathroom
- Students can raise "one finger" signal to use the bathroom.
- The teacher will either agree or shake his/her head no and the student will wait until a better time to go comes around.
Lining Up
- Students will be called by their table number to line up at the door.
- Students will push in their chairs as they leave their tables to line up.
- As the students reach the door, they will line up in ABC by their last name.
- Students are to remain quiet as they are lining up and as they walk through the hallways.
Going someone
- Students will follow up the lining up procedures.
- Students will walk on the right hand side of the hallway
- Remain silent as they continue through the hallway.
Getting students attention
-Teacher will say "If you can hear, me clap once"
-If students quiet down, the teacher will continue the lesson.
- If students continue to talk the teacher will continue say "If you can hear me," as the number of claps increase until the students quiet down.
- This allows for students to take responsibility for quieting down when it is time for the teacher to talk.
Asking questions
- Students will raise their hand for asking a question.
-They can ask it when they are called on from the teacher.
- Any student who yells out the answer will be ignored and the teacher will wait until a student raises their hand.
Completed Work
-Students will place the completed work in the bin by the door.
- Once graded the teacher will give it back to the student at their desk.
Exiting for Dismissal
- Students will be called by their table numbers to grab their bags and line up at the door.
-Before leaving the table, students will push in their chairs.
-As the students line up, they will remain silent and be line up in ABC order.
- Students will wait for the teacher to dismiss them from the classroom.
-Once the students are outside, they will be able to talk to their walking neighbors and get on the correct bus color as they walk by the bus.
e. Dealing with disruptive behavior
-There will be 4 different consequences when the students are misbehaving
1st Verbal Warning
2nd 10 Minute Time-out in another classroom and a not home in their agenda
3rd 20 minute Time-out and a call home to their parents
4th Sent to the office, called home, and an after school detention with the classroom behavior.
It is noble to teach oneself but still nobler to teach others." -Mark Twain
Positive Observations in the Classroom
In this classroom setting, I see many positive things that help the children succeed. First, there is mutual respect between the teachers and the students and vice versa. This respect respect makes it easier to provide a positive learning environment for students. There is also, constant communication between teachers and students about what they should be doing. The student always are aware of what they should be doing at every moment during the say. Third, the behavior management plan is successfully implemented throughout the school day. Fourth, the students are actively involved with their learning with hands-on activities and read a louds. All these factors are positive situations that I have seen throughout the classroom setting.
Comparing Teaching Styles
Being in a co-teach environment, I have 3 different teaching styles that I compare to my beliefs as a pre-service teacher. The first teacher is hard to compare to because she uses an old style teaching by using lectures and having students remain silent. I do believe that the students should be doing as many as hands-on activities as possible and that students should sometimes be allowed to talk quietly at their tables. The second teacher creates a positive learning environment by allowing students to be active in discussions and providing a variety of examples during discussions. Another thing that this teacher does is read a loud to students during reading periods, which introduces different literature genres and different reading strategies to students. I agree with read a louds is an important part of teaching students throughout their educational career. I enjoy reading to students because it helps them find a love for reading through the eyes of the teacher. The third teacher is the teacher I connected with the most due to the balance she creates during her instructional periods. The teacher uses hands-on activities and lecture in equal balance that creates an open environment where students want to learn. I think that students need to have a teacher who provides opportunities for them to become excited about learning. I try hard to create lessons to incorporate hands-on activities with interests the meet the needs of my students. I am making these observations only being in the classroom for a little over the week. I think there is more to learn about their learning styles over the semester.
What will I take with me?
Looking at my teachers learning styles, there are a number of things I will take and incorporate into my own learning styles. First, I want to incorporate the hands-on activities during most planned lessons. This is an important part of teaching in my eyes. Second, I would take with me the creative ways they develop vocabulary in different subjects by using word walls for the different subjects. The kids seem to really look at the various words that are added to the wall during the various units. As of now, in the internship, the two ideas is something that I would take with me into my very own classroom. I am excited to learn many more techniques from my internship.
Things that were new
The biggest thing that I have seen that was new to be was the behavior management reward system. They use a point system based on tables and individuals at the same time by deducting and adding points when students are misbehaving or behaving. This system was the newest thing I have seen in the classroom. I have been a in a co-teach environment before and have also seen the majority of the strategies being used in the classroom so far. Once again, this is only the beginning of the school year, so I believe there is still a lot of new things to learn.
Familiar or Comfortable?
I actually felt very comfortable walking into the classroom on the first day, most of my jitters were released when I completed my first internship. Even though, I was put into a unique internship experience, I felt comfortable because my first internship was also in a ESE co-teach environment. Also, the supervising teachers made it extremely easy to walk into the classroom and begin working with the kids from the first day. The teachers and students were very open to having us in the classroom and keep is involved in plans and lessons when ever possible. I am excited to be in this environment for my internship.
What's Next?
In terms of the internship, I am beginning to plan lessons with my cooperating teacher and will have my own small reading group to work with over the next couple of weeks. The teachers are beginning to have us be be involved in regular classroom routines and instruction. In terms of my future as a teacher, I will be using all my experiences as an intern by learning from both the good and bad experiences. I will take the time to make lessons that will keep the students engaged and interested in the various content that needs to be taught. I plan to push myself to become the best teacher I can be and make a difference in children's lives.
Education Courses
Image of the reading Center in my Internship 1 Classroom
I have taken a variety of different courses. I have been in Classroom Management, Math 1 & 2, Reading, Social Studies, Science, Educational psychology (growth and development), and special education courses. I have also been through a combine internship with special education with my classroom management course. The course that has had the biggest impact on me as a future teacher is the Classroom Management course combined with the internship. I think that it but me in a great position to learn more about what is excepted by working with others in the educational field and working with students with disabilities that are infused into the classroom. This is one of the courses that reinforced why I wanted to become a teacher when I entered the College of Education. I believe that what I learn during this course has helped me in my other course and working with students in other classroom settings.
Teaching and Educational Experiences
Ever since I was younger, I have been babysitting and helping my younger siblings with their school work. I baby-sat for all ages from infant to 12 years old. It was a great experience to gain confidence in my teaching. This is so because I would help children with school work and create educational activities do with them when I am watching them. I have had various observations during my pre-education courses with 3rd grade gifted classroom, 4th grade classroom, and a 5th grade classroom. I also have been a tutor for two sixth grade boys at a local middle school here in Tampa. I think that each one of these have impacted my beliefs as a future teacher. I think that experiences helped me grow as an individual by showing my strengths and my weaknesses.
Internship Expectations
I expect to learn more about how to be a successful teacher and how to be more creative with creating activities and lessons that are engaging for all students. I want to be able to have students learn by getting them involved in hands-on ways. I also expect to be treated with respect by the USF supervisor and by the supervising teacher at Forest Hills Elementary. I plan on being respectful to all involved in this experience with me and to do my part to the full extent. My fear during this internship experience is that I will get a supervising teacher that is not willing to help me succeed and does not push me to become a better teacher than I am today. My hopes is to have a great experience in the classroom and get to know the students and provide instruction appropriate to their learning levels.
Teachers that Stand Out
The teachers that stand out to me are mainly in the elementary school and one or two from my high school years. Some qualities that made them excellent teachers are engaging, treated me like a real person, had high expectations, community classroom, and did not keep everything the same during lessons. These teachers made the lessons so that all students were able to achieve success and learn what was expected. These teachers made sure to show students that they cared to an appropriate level and did not over step any of the boundaries. The most memorable things I remember about these teachers is that they were always approachable about academic, social, and/or personal issues. It was easier to learn knowing that these teachers support you in any way.
"Teaching is the profession that teaches all the other professions." ~Author Unknown
b. See image. This a sample idea that I would like for my classroom. 
