Learning aim: -Reflect during our first 'intervision' session with Aranka Holtland.
-Discuss Roos van Leary
Significant Situation
On Thursday, the 20th of February 2014 I asked all sixteen of the 2IGH1 students to take an online survey (Roos van Leary) about the way I teach. All of the students filled it in that day and therefore, I will be discussing the outcome of this 'Roos van Leary' survey in this blog post.
Reflection
The above diagram is my outcome.
The indicators are as follow: leading, friendly, understanding, gives you space, uncertain, dissatisfied, corrective, and lastly strict.
The indicators are as follow: leading, friendly, understanding, gives you space, uncertain, dissatisfied, corrective, and lastly strict.
The three dominating aspects are: 1. understanding 2. friendly and 3. leading.
I really appreciate that the students picked those three aspects, because they are the three that I truly try to show with every and each of my class.
I believe the effect of being understanding and friendly is the fact that they will listen to you, because you cut some time in your schedule to listen to them. This leads up to why they would think I'm leading and in most cases in order to do this positively, students need to give you the room to lead them, which comes easier when students feel that they are being led the right way.
I believe that this class notices that I take some time to talk to them about their lives when I can during my lesson and outside of class and that's fantastic. I will definitely keep on doing that.
This situation is important for me, because I want to let the same group of students take the same survey again before the end of my internship in order to compare and contrast my own progress as a teacher. This will give me valuable insights through the students' perspective.
I value the students' feedback, because it makes me reflect on their answers. It makes me re-think the way I teach or it makes me feel good about the choices I've made.
In conclusion, I am a very understanding, friendly and leading teacher and that's great but I also have two weak points I know all too well and would like to work on. These points for improvement are listed below.
I believe the effect of being understanding and friendly is the fact that they will listen to you, because you cut some time in your schedule to listen to them. This leads up to why they would think I'm leading and in most cases in order to do this positively, students need to give you the room to lead them, which comes easier when students feel that they are being led the right way.
I believe that this class notices that I take some time to talk to them about their lives when I can during my lesson and outside of class and that's fantastic. I will definitely keep on doing that.
This situation is important for me, because I want to let the same group of students take the same survey again before the end of my internship in order to compare and contrast my own progress as a teacher. This will give me valuable insights through the students' perspective.
I value the students' feedback, because it makes me reflect on their answers. It makes me re-think the way I teach or it makes me feel good about the choices I've made.
In conclusion, I am a very understanding, friendly and leading teacher and that's great but I also have two weak points I know all too well and would like to work on. These points for improvement are listed below.
Focus: being stricter & correcting the students more.
How:
1. Stating my rules clearly and reinstating them every lesson.
This means that I will tell the students what exactly my rules are. For instance, have your book with you, do your homework, e-mail me when I say so, respect others, do not curse in class. Kicking students out is definitely what I need to be consistent in with regards to being stricter as a teacher.
I tolerate too much during my lessons by letting disorderly behavior slide that the students are not getting the feeling that I can be strict. This year I will focus on being stricter by applying the rules above in every single class.
2. Correcting the students more.
I will do that by addressing students’ behavior by having individual talks regarding what I see or hear during the class. I will pay more attention to their specific behavior during my lessons.
I will do this, have individual talks, because then there will be no distraction from the other students. I think this strongly has to do with stating what you want to see in the class; what your 'desired' behavior looks like.
1. Stating my rules clearly and reinstating them every lesson.
This means that I will tell the students what exactly my rules are. For instance, have your book with you, do your homework, e-mail me when I say so, respect others, do not curse in class. Kicking students out is definitely what I need to be consistent in with regards to being stricter as a teacher.
I tolerate too much during my lessons by letting disorderly behavior slide that the students are not getting the feeling that I can be strict. This year I will focus on being stricter by applying the rules above in every single class.
2. Correcting the students more.
I will do that by addressing students’ behavior by having individual talks regarding what I see or hear during the class. I will pay more attention to their specific behavior during my lessons.
I will do this, have individual talks, because then there will be no distraction from the other students. I think this strongly has to do with stating what you want to see in the class; what your 'desired' behavior looks like.
I will come back to these learning points in the blog post for March 28 2014.
Internship Progress
Next week, it's Spring vacation! Have a good one, Reader. Until the week thereafter!
You have already made a Leary's Rose. The outcome is quite positive, taking into account you are a fourth year student, not an experienced teacher. However, you still see which areas you could improve upon, as you are supposed to, and have drawn up a plan in order to do so.
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