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by Patti

Feb 11, 2010

Hi, I am in an education course where the current assignment is to get answers from teachers on the following questions. I would also need your full name and years of experience. Thanks in advance for any help on this. Questions: 1. What were some of your teaching goals as a beginning teacher? How have they changed? 2. What classroom rules/responsibilities do you feel are the most beneficial for ensuring your students have the best environment for success? 3. As a teacher what role do you see that parents play in a child's education, and has it increased or decreased over the years ? 4. As a teacher are you better at teaching one subject over another? 5. How do you, in your discipline and at this point in your career feel that the NCLB act affects you and your students? 6. How do you approach classroom management? 7. Do you feel as a teacher that you should be held responsible if a child is not meeting the state requirement of testing? 8. At your level of experience, how have your educ...See More

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S. Matheson On 2/11/10, Patti wrote: > Hi, I am in an education course where the current > assignment is to get answers from teachers on the following > questions. I would also need your full name and years of > experience. Thanks in advance for any help on this.

S. Matheson - 25 years

> Questions: > 1. What were some of you...See More

Feb 12, 2010

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Old and experienced It's been a tough week (hence why I'm home on a Friday) so I'll try not to be too cynical. I teach high school, if that matters.

> 1. What were some of your teaching goals as a > beginning teacher? How have they changed? I used to want to save the world and make the kids love education. Now I know better and just try to give the kid...See MoreIt's been a tough week (hence why I'm home on a Friday) so I'll try not to be too cynical. I teach high school, if that matters.

> 1. What were some of your teaching goals as a > beginning teacher? How have they changed? I used to want to save the world and make the kids love education. Now I know better and just try to give the kids what they'll need to be educated in our society.

> 2. What classroom rules/responsibilities do you feel > are the most beneficial for ensuring your students have the > best environment for success? The fewer the rules, the better. "Be respectful and follow all school rules." If you try to make a rule for everything, you will drive yourself CRAZY. Be respectful covers everything from being out of a seat, talking out of turn, and name calling...

> 3. As a teacher what role do you see that parents play > in a child's education, and has it increased or decreased > over the years ? Definitely parental involvement has decreased. It is desperately needed especially in a low income, low motivation area. If parents relay that an education is vital to a good life, the kids will want to do better.

> 4. As a teacher are you better at teaching one subject > over another? YES!!! I'm certified in both English and social studies. After many years of teaching sophomore American lit, I know I'm good at it. I can get across the info deemed important, I know how to get kids to write better papers, and I can get them to get good scores on our state tests. But this took many years of reflection and refinement. I would not be as good at teaching history now. I haven't taught it in 15 years- -I'm rusty.

> 5. How do you, in your discipline and at this point in > your career feel that the NCLB act affects you and your > students? NCLB drives our instruction. Lucky for us, our state standards are performance based not content based. I don't have to get the kids to know who Henry David Thoreau is; I just have to get them to read and understand difficult literature.

> 6. How do you approach classroom management? Good instruction is the best discipline. My cooperating teacher told me that decades ago and that still holds true. Create good assignments that interest students and keep them busy bell to bell and you won't have discipline problems.

> 7. Do you feel as a teacher that you should be held > responsible if a child is not meeting the state requirement > of testing? YESSSSSS!!!!! It's my job to teach. If I'm not meeting the students' needs one way then I need to try another way. Doctors can be held accountable if I don't get better, can't they??? My plumber will be held accountable if my plumbing still leaks. Yes, there are many variables, but if I can't get through to the kids, what am I doing in the classroom? I have to have a strong feeling of efficacy, enough to know I can help kids pass state tests.

> 8. At your level of experience, how have your > educational philosophies changed over the years? Or have > they? Yes they have, sort of. I am older and wiser. I used to think it was important to have the kids like me--now I just want some respect, and I can get that through no nonsense, good teaching. I used to think kids had to be happy in the classroom, but kids just need to feel respected, and safe enough to be okay with making mistakes. I used to try to avoid letting the kids fail, but failure is how they learn.

> 9. How have the advances in technology affected your > teaching method – pros and cons of internet, cell phones, > etc. I love technology--the smart board, chatboards, wikis, CPS units--these have done wonders. I think it is very important for kids to know how to communicate digitally--without slang and misspellings. I actually hate using pencil and paper for assignments anymore.

> 10. How have students' social distractions affected > your teaching methods since beginning your career as a > teacher? Things haven't changed in this area much. It used to be notes, now it's texts. Kids will always watch too much TV. Gamers will always be gamers. I remember the D & D crowd from the 80s. They never got enough sleep because they were playing that stupid game.

> 11. What are some critical aspects of classroom > management that you find to be absolutely necessary? RESPECT--Give it to them and demand it from them. Don't be afraid to be wrong and apologize if you need to. Listen to the troublemakers. Let them say their piece then tell them to get down to business. Thanks, I feel better now than when I started!! I may still go out tonight!

Feb 12, 2010

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Patti Thanks so much for your response. Could you send me your name, school and years of experience? I really appreciate this.

Feb 13, 2010

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