Re: 1st year teacher with a 1st year assistant needs help!

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Theresa, I just have to say "hang in there". Sorry to say
that your situation sounds typical for your 1st year. It
sounds alot like what I felt like in my 1st year too (that was
12 years ago). It will get better! You will get better at
matching the child's ability to an appropriate challenge and
each child will become more fully engaged. I have to say now
that I am looking back, my inclination now is to change the
negative behavior, whereas I used to give alot of 2nd chances
and lots of reasoning. Now, if the child is misbehaving, I
will redirect immediately. By this I mean, he is separated
from the group and called to individual work. Lots of times,
the child needs proximity of the adult and I ask him to work
closer to me. Good luck
 

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