Blog #1 Webinar 2

Prompt #1:  “Write about 2 things that are going well in your classroom that you are proud of.  Write about 2 things in your classroom that you wish to improve.  What steps will you take to improve these items?”

The main thing that is going well for me is my management in my integrated classes. I feel like I have improved drastically since I was thrown into the deep end, so to speak, as a long term sub last year. For the most part I have my period 2,3,4 classes under control which is nice. The second thing that I am happy with is that I have quite a few students that I have really been able to help getting the material. I am pretty well committed to giving them a lot of opportunities for tutoring, and for the students that take advantage of it, it has really paid off.

One of the main things I want to improve is my classroom management especially for my block class. I have tried many different steps to improve it ranging from changing the seating charts, assigned seats for each rotation, very strict but fair consequences, etc. Nothing has really worked to my satisfaction for longer than one or two days. I am trying to just be more consistent. I tend to let them get away with stuff and that comes back to bite me. The second thing I really want to improve on is engagement strategies. I feel like my students are bored most of the time. I was very encouraged by a group activity we had this last week. Hopefully, I can do more stuff like that.