I had my lecturer evaluation yesterday! I really enjoyed it. It felt soo much easier doing my lessons infront of Mrs Fledermaus. Reason being that she did both my Fishbowl lessons and could criticise my growth at my practice school. I allowed for a disruption in my comfort zone and will surely add to my teaching in a positive manner.
I have learnt that I should allow the quiet learners to do the activities on the board. Even though they do not raise their hands, some of them do want to give their input but are too shy. Thus i should always include them but in the same way not brush off the learners that are raising their hands.
All in all, I'm proud of my achievement thus far, not only the marks but the relationships built in this path.
I have learnt that I should allow the quiet learners to do the activities on the board. Even though they do not raise their hands, some of them do want to give their input but are too shy. Thus i should always include them but in the same way not brush off the learners that are raising their hands.
All in all, I'm proud of my achievement thus far, not only the marks but the relationships built in this path.
The learner discipline at school was always breath taking in my eyes. Reason why I say this is because I always thought the learners, even though cheeky are very tranquil and don't seem violent. However this week two accidents took place. First two girls had a huge fight and then another incident was where a girl stabbed a boy. The irony is that he actually defended her by the principal, that she didn't mean to stab him. The boy actually has a crush on the girl and pleaded that he gets punished and not her. Teachers were in aww when they saw the girl carry the boy to the office because of the stab wound. Luckily no one was seriously injured in both the accidents. However, even though no one was seriously injured the principal and colleagues feel that the accident should be reported to Safe Schools. I agree it is the right thing to do because even though the learners didn't get hurt, their parents could hold the school responsible if they keep quiet and brush the occurrences under the mat.
The principal as well as the school handles conflict with so much care in not overstepping rights of the learners or colleagues. Thus there is only 1 way: right or wrong, no but or maybe. I was impressed in the way that the principal uses the educational rights of the learners as well as the employees to make the right decisions. He does not try to please people by saying what they like but is straight forward and says what is right and in the best interest of the school.
I am thus glad to be at such a school that is in the control by a firm hand. Hope you all had a wonderful week. Now that my lecture evaluation is completed feel so much relaxed! God bless!
Great to hear it went well with your "krit les" and i also think it should be nice to hear what someone has to say about how we have grown in this year as a teacher! For the incidents that happend is for me also part of our process of growth as a teacher, to know what to do when we find our selves in situations that s more or less the same in the future. So its sounds to me like you had a great week of learning. Enjoy the coming week
ReplyDeleteI have two evaluation lessons this following week and reading your blog just made me feel much better! I guess we all make it a bigger deal in our heads than we should. It sounds like you have an excellent principal - try to learn as much as you can from him! Good luck with the week to come!:)
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear your observation lesson went so well :). It does provide one with some much needed added confidence and energy. Although not pleasant, you are actually privileged to experience how a 'crisis situation' at school is handled - especially if management deals with it in the correct manner. All the best for the rest of the week.
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