You Have To Set It Up Correctly

Another week comes to an end and now comes the "hardest part" of my student teaching experience. Starting next week, I will have 3 consecutive weeks of lead teaching for all subjects. I'm very excited about the challenge that is ahead. After talking with my mentor teacher, he has assured me that I will have a sense of comfort knowing that he is not there looking over my shoulder every time I step up to teach. This also means I can no longer rely on him when I'm unsure of what to do next in a lesson.

I've also began to talk with certain students who could try to cause minor problems with the normal teacher out of the room. I've reached out to these students in minor ways to allow them to see that I genuinely care about their success in the classroom during my time as lead teacher. I also wanted them to know that I require and give the same amount of respect that their normal teacher requires and gives. I hope it worked. I've never been a "mean" teacher and I don't intend to start over these next few weeks.

When it comes down to it for anything a teacher does, you have to take the proper prerequisites and precautions to make sure that you are successful. The teacher must know the class that is in front of them and they must be able to communicate effectively with the many different personalities of the class and the circumstances that cause these personalities. This can be done, but for every lesson and situation, you have to set it up correctly.