During his fourth year Mr. McClung stated that he committed a Junior High like sin. Going back to a time where peer approval was most worried about. He also said that he had to come to himself and look at the big picture. What mattered most wasn't the way his coworkers looked at him but the success of his classroom. That in the end his ability in his classroom would speak for him. Keeping his mind on who he is there for would keep him on the right path.
He also spoke on challenging yourself that when time pass and you’re in the same place teaching the same thing you get comfortable. Every educator will get to the point where they can get comfortable and when that happens the teaching it suffers. We will always have the decision to cruise or to make our classroom interesting for our students. Mr. McClung realized that sometimes teachers get so occupied with pleasing superiors that the student is forgotten. With stress coming from many areas it's not hard to lose focus. Reading the crowd as he called it was something that he developed in immensely.
Also we have to be flexible; he states to us that there is no such thing as a perfect lesson plan. That being able to work around problems in the class with a smile making the best of any situation is needed. Establishing communication, which connects with not only students but also teachers? He continues to say that we all know that communication is important, but ends up being the harder skills to develop. I enjoyed Mr. McClung response called" be reasonable. It says that teachers can sometimes have to high of expectations for the students. Not saying that expectations or bad but if they are not reached, our job as educators or to pick them up, dust them off, and encourage them to try again.
Techonology,Listening,and never stop learning
Something I hear and see all the time, was mention in his post. That grown adults or afraid of failure. That because of wanting to have the perfect class it makes trying things outside the norm something we don’t do. New technology is scary to teachers the thought of not being able to do it right the 1st time is scary. We must be able to show our students that we are not afraid to try again when we fail. As we push them to do. Listening is one of a teacher’s strongest tools. Connecting with students to help build a relationship outside of the books help you better understand the student. Teachers are supposed to teach, but they also can never stop learning. Mr. McClung states that it's never too late to change your way of thinking, learning or style. Teachers work in a learning environment, so while we can we need to soak up all we can.Mcclung Worlds
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ReplyDelete"...can sometimes have to high of expectations for the students..." too, not to; omit the of before expectations Should really be rewritten like this: ...can sometimes have expectations which are too high for the students, How do you reconcile this position with that of Dr. Pausch who advocates setting the bar higher and higher?
"... all the time, was mention in his post. That grown adults or afraid of failure." mentioned, not mention; are, not or
"That because of wanting to have the perfect class it makes trying things outside the norm something we don’t do." Awkward. Rewrite like this: We don't try things outside the norm because we want to have the perfect class.
"New technology is scary to teachers the thought of not being able to do it right the 1st time is scary." Awkward. Rewrite
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