Question 2: Small Successes
Dear Students:
What's one of the small successes you have experienced in your teaching practice this semester? Sometimes as teachers we are looking for or are expected to produce immense changes. But realistically, it is the small successes that mount up over time and result in longer, sustained progress. These can be something like: a student who starts to ask questions when they were quiet in class, or a student beginning to listen and pay attention to what classmates are saying in class discussions. In writing, perhaps you have found a student who has made the connection between writing and real communication. If you think you haven't seen any successes this semester, reflect for a few minutes on how you saw students at the beginning of the fall semester, and compare to how you see them now.
Dr. Robbins
posted by Dr. Robbins @ 3:03 AM
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I've had two successes recently. My first is that I have two students who have generally been very distant, somewhat misbehaving, and generally poor academically have for some reason reached out, come to my class every day during lunch and just want to talk. I've learned so much about their neighborhood, their classmates, their goals, and so much more. After speaking to them awhile, I sat down with the class about some overriding issues and we all really came to a better understanding of each other and behavior problems have stopped and I've learned about my kids even more.
The second success is that I am now teaching mostly World Geo and to this day, my kids are still really excited about learning it. There have been classes when they are sitting in silence to learn about genocides that still happen, to hear refugee stories from last year, and to watch global warming unfold on the news. Teachers have walked in and were shocked at the silence, awe, and bewilderment on my kids faces as they listen to me (and they even lean forward to do it!). We'll see how great they are in a week or two come test time.
Hi class,
I have had a recent success. I'm not sure how large or small it is, but the success of it is growing. I created a website initially for parents and students just to have a resource for Algebra and Geometry at McKinley. The site is: http://thewayoftheteacher.googlepages.com/home if anyone is interested. The site began to grow when I added links to students’ grades, homework, lessons, and extra credit. Parents at the recent parent teacher conference loved it, and admit that they view the site each week with their students. Now I have begun offering rewards and scavenger hunts around the school for the students to get involved in saving their teacher, Myself, from a group of super villains. You'll have to check out the site to see what I mean, but it has truly been a benefit in student participation and they are now trained to go to the site when they loose the homework assignments. Parents are able to view the grades each week and stay on top of their students’ progress and homework turn in ratio as well. Yeah, superheroes rock!!!
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