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What's Missing?

by Subteacher86

Aug 10, 2012

Wow,

It seems like I might have missed something during student teaching; I have a lot of trouble getting the students to pay attention to my lessons, but I don't really blame them, because I don't organize lessons well or teach in a coherent fashion sometimes. I just don't know how to break it down for them, and inventing effective lessons to cover the material is almost impossible. I feel completely overwhelmed. The worksheets I type up just don't look authentic, and I don't know how to help students ease into anything; I just expect them to know it.

The school hasn't given me any guidelines for teaching what they want taught, and I wonder if this is how it is supposed to be. If so, teaching is incredibly difficult, even if you are very familiar with your subject. This is something I really want to do, though, and I did go to school for it. I'm just missing something. Some things aren't organized enough, and I don't have the right kinds of teaching materials, and ...See More

Subteacher86 Who should I approach about this? I haven't been offered a permanent position, and I have little confidence during teaching job interviews, and it probably shows. In my mind, it is all my fault when things don't go right, but approaching my principal about this would probably result in not getting the job. I really do want to teach, but I think I'v...See More

Aug 11, 2012

Vet Teacher On 8/11/12, Subteacher86 wrote: > Yes, it's very hard which is why some teachers just teach out of a book - their classes may be terribly boring but teaching out of a book gives the day structure.

I can't teach elementary school because it requires too much 'thinking of lessons' on my part. I teach Middle School and I find it Much easie...See MoreOn 8/11/12, Subteacher86 wrote: > Yes, it's very hard which is why some teachers just teach out of a book - their classes may be terribly boring but teaching out of a book gives the day structure.

I can't teach elementary school because it requires too much 'thinking of lessons' on my part. I teach Middle School and I find it Much easier to come up with lessons in Middle School and in the two subjects I teach.

These days you can find lessons the Internet but putting them across can be a challenge. I depend a lot on discussion in my classes and last year I took a new job at a special needs school and my students will not discuss so I'm learning how to fill a period too.

We are all thrown to the wolves in our first year or two - there's no other way. Go on youtube - you can look up lessons in every field. Observe experienced teachers if you can - subbing is a way to gain some experience, you'll be reading over someone else's lesson plan. Look up 'curriculum' and curriculum ideas and lesson planning on google and a lot will come up.

> Who should I approach about this? I haven't been offered a > permanent position, and I have little confidence during > teaching job interviews, and it probably shows. In my mind, > it is all my fault when things don't go right, but > approaching my principal about this would probably result in > not getting the job. I really do want to teach, but I think > I've been thrown to the wolves, and I don't know what to do > about it. > > > On 8/10/12, Subteacher86 wrote: >> Wow, >> >> It seems like I might have missed something during student >> teaching; I have a lot of trouble getting the students to >> pay attention to my lessons, but I don't really blame them, >> because I don't organize lessons well or teach in a >> coherent fashion sometimes. I just don't know how to break >> it down for them, and inventing effective lessons to cover >> the material is almost impossible. I feel completely >> overwhelmed. The worksheets I type up just don't look >> authentic, and I don't know how to help students ease into >> anything; I just expect them to know it. >> >> The school hasn't given me any guidelines for teaching what >> they want taught, and I wonder if this is how it is >> supposed to be. If so, teaching is incredibly difficult, >> even if you are very familiar with your subject. This is >> something I really want to do, though, and I did go to >> school for it. I'm just missing something. Some things >> aren't organized enough, and I don't have the right kinds >> of teaching materials, and I don't know how to invent them. >> Is it like this for everyone new?

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