One thing Mr. B has cooperating teachers and student teachers do at the end of the day/lesson is go over some questions he has made to help guide us and teach us things that maybe we were unclear of during our time. There's about twenty questions, we need to pick four and answer a minimum of two. It also includes a "tip of the day," or our way of expressing something we would like to be different or changed. There is also a check list of "the perfect teaching day," and it shows how we did - or how we felt we did.
Today was the second day of Lindsey's and my lesson. We are doing portraits with finger prints. The students were allowed to find someone who inspires them and then we would put the photo on a transparency for them to trace the outline of the person onto the paper. Today was the tracing portion of the day, and while we had stated a time limit to them, we didn't do a very good job of enforcing it. 80% of the students flew through it, but there was the 20% that lagged a little and even one didn't get it done. Which was disappointing.
The questions I answered were:
1) Name one area of weakness/problem you encountered today. Describe how you overcame it and how you might prevent it from happening next time.
My demo was a bit weak on what to trace of their projected image. I did a good job grabbing their attention, and going into the demo. I asked questions to specific people and explained what to do, but wrapping up was weak - I didn't have much of a conclusion. There really wasn't a way for me to overcome this. Next time, I'll make sure to prepare my demo's even more and make sure I know what to say to come full circle.
2) Which student do you feel like you built bridges with today? Why?
I felt I built a bridge with *Allie today. She was having a lot of difficulty understanding what to trace due to the transparency being too dark to tell parts apart. I showed her how to use the original image to eyeball the difficult areas. I made sure it was okay for me to draw on her paper, and then gave her a visual example on how to do such. After a few minutes of letting her gain comprehension and try and work on the tracing by herself, I came back and praised her for taking what I gave her and using it herself.
My tip of the day was: "I wish I would have jumped into interacting with the students sooner. I was a little unsure of my place in regards to the classroom, but I was also uncomfortable with how close I am in age with them! I found myself talking to them more like my babysitter years; which would may be more joking than authoritative, and I wanted to avoid that. It's hard because I listen to the same music they do! Taylor Swift!"
So far, I'd say the team teaching is going well! I did have to scold a couple boys in regards to messing around by our recording equipment. I plan on being the "bad guy" tomorrow at the start of class and taking a few minutes to remind them on proper etiquette. The recordings are part of our grade, and if we can't record because someone stopped it, that is really bad.
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