Learning aim: Be more strict and kick students out.
Significant Situation
In week 2, my colleagues told me that I was being way too nice with the students, because the policy was if the students didn't have their books then it was my job to kick them out and register them via Rapid as 'absent'. I wasn't doing this thinking that I was not giving the students a chance to learn in my classroom if I were to kick them out. However, my colleagues stopped this thought immediately by saying that the students weren't in high school anymore. That this was community college (MBO) and that they were old enough to decide to learn or not to learn. Moreover, by proving to me that they wanted to be in my lesson they had to show me by bringing the right materials for each class.
That is exactly what I did at the start of the lesson with the rowdiest class I have. I asked the students if they had their books with them and the ones who didn't, I told them to leave right away and for them to join me another day when they did have their books with them.
That is exactly what I did at the start of the lesson with the rowdiest class I have. I asked the students if they had their books with them and the ones who didn't, I told them to leave right away and for them to join me another day when they did have their books with them.
Reflection
Honestly, this was tough for me to do because I want the students to stay in the classroom, to try to learn regardless of the fact that they didn't bring their books. Although, I knew my colleagues were 100% right about the students being old enough to choose. I really think I still have the high school ideals (I've interned two years in a row at VMBO), which is apparently an obstacle for me when the book-less students start to misbehave for lack of knowing what to do, boredom, etc.
The effect for kicking students out is that they will take me seriously and if they want to pass English, they will be there for my next class book in tow.
The students that I had to kick out tried making excuses, but I stayed firm and didn't let them back in. I'm sure they were all bewildered that they actually had to bring their books to class, because I'm usually so lenient.
I got as feedback from the other students that it was about time I kicked those guys out (they mostly didn't do anything).
This was a very important situation for me, because it was difficult to do but necessary in order for the students to take my rules and policies seriously.
The values that come to mind for this situation is respect and obedience. What this says about me as a teacher is the fact that I want my students to respect my rules in order to work in a healthy working environment not only for themselves but for all the students.
To sum it all up, kicking students out was hard for me but it's necessary as a teacher to have rules and for the students to know exactly what they are. I should voice my rules in order to ensure no miscommunications between my students and I.
This will continue to be something I work on, because I want to be concise with reinforcing my class rules. I will keep you posted on my progress as the weeks go by.
The effect for kicking students out is that they will take me seriously and if they want to pass English, they will be there for my next class book in tow.
The students that I had to kick out tried making excuses, but I stayed firm and didn't let them back in. I'm sure they were all bewildered that they actually had to bring their books to class, because I'm usually so lenient.
I got as feedback from the other students that it was about time I kicked those guys out (they mostly didn't do anything).
This was a very important situation for me, because it was difficult to do but necessary in order for the students to take my rules and policies seriously.
The values that come to mind for this situation is respect and obedience. What this says about me as a teacher is the fact that I want my students to respect my rules in order to work in a healthy working environment not only for themselves but for all the students.
To sum it all up, kicking students out was hard for me but it's necessary as a teacher to have rules and for the students to know exactly what they are. I should voice my rules in order to ensure no miscommunications between my students and I.
This will continue to be something I work on, because I want to be concise with reinforcing my class rules. I will keep you posted on my progress as the weeks go by.
Internship Progress
Next week, I'll be having my first 'intervision' session with Ankara Holtland. She is an economics student/teacher who is also interning at Deltion, Zwolle. Until next week!
Well done indeed. If you don't enforce rules nobody will follow them. Plus, what should be considered as well, is the effect on students that DO respect the rules. They are rewarded for doing so if they get to enjoy class when others don't.
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