Oh, the Places You'll Go!

 

For Dr. Seuss's day the students did a project in which I pre-cut all the construction paper before hand; for this project the students wrote three of their goals on a paper arrow for example going to New York, keeping their room clean or passing their AR goal. After they finished doing their project I posted them all up on the wall and door.
 

Fourth Interview Questions

I will be interviewing Mr. Harper a teacher who is well respected by both his colleges and students.

Questions:

1.      How do you keep parents involve in their child’s academics?

2.      Do you use parents for support? Why or why not?

3.      How do you deal with difficult parents?

4.      Do you ever make good phone calls home? Why or why not?

5.      If you had to choose from only structure, expectations or parent communication for getting the students attention which one would you choose and why?

6.      When you explain your classroom rules how do explain them?

7.      Do you write down your classroom rules for the students to see them on a daily bias? Why or why not?

8.      How do you handle a disruptive student?

9.      When do you decide when you know a student is not going to listen to you anymore and you need to take action?

10.  How many distractions do you have on a regular bias?

11.  If you send a student out of the classroom for misbehavior do you talk about their actions and what they can do differently when they come back? Why or why not?

12.  Do you think that attention getters actually work for example, “hands on top, everybody stop”?

13.  Do you ever ask for your student’s feedback after you taught a lesson or at the end of the year on what worked and what didn’t?

14.  Do give out incentives? Why or why not?

15.  Do you have classroom routines? Why or why not? If you do how do you feel they help you stay on task?

16.  Do you ever change up how you teach for example; do you start the day differently like asking a question to get the students attention?

17.  What do you do when you know you’re losing the students attention?

18.  Have you ever considered giving thank you note or compliment notes? Why or why not? Do you think they would work?

19.   How would you answer the question “How does a teacher set a learning environment where the majority time is spent on teaching and learning rather than disciplining?” and why?

20.   Do you know of anyone I that you think I could interview or learn more from?

Blog 17: Third Answer

Content:

1. My Essential Question is “How does a teacher set a learning environment where the majority time is spent on teaching and learning rather than disciplining?”

2. By having a line of communication with parents teachers spend less time disciplining their classroom and more time teaching.

3. Parents are the students first teachers in which if the child misbehaves the students know that their parents will be contacted. Teachers are able to have the parents as a support, lets be honest when a third grader is messing around and the teacher tells him to stop and they don't, but when they say they will be contacting their parents they will stop. By staying in contact with parents are able to reinforce the teachers rules and habits that are used in class.

4. My best source is Setting Limits in a Classroom by Robert Mackenzie and Lisa Stanzonie. Another source is my mentor because I see first hand how a lot of parents offer their assistance to her because she always try's to keep the parents update by creating a newsletter which is sent out every two weeks.

5. All in all parents are a key element in making sure students are less disruptive in the classroom.