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Teacher Interview

by Bree

Feb 6, 2013

What are some examples of typical, quick decisions teachers make on a daily basis?

What were the five most difficult school-related decisions you made this week? What made them difficult?

What was the affect of those decisions on the classroom environment? Were the decisions effective?

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Vet Teacher On 2/06/13, Bree wrote: > What are some examples of typical, quick decisions teachers > make on a daily basis?

Whose turn it really is, who said what to who so I can respond to either what or who, to explore an argument between students to get to the root or just cut it off, when to allow a student to be in a bad mood and when not, ...See MoreOn 2/06/13, Bree wrote: > What are some examples of typical, quick decisions teachers > make on a daily basis?

Whose turn it really is, who said what to who so I can respond to either what or who, to explore an argument between students to get to the root or just cut it off, when to allow a student to be in a bad mood and when not, which emotions to validate, who's telling the truth, who's really at fault etc. etc. What to say on the spur of the moment when a child comes up to with a sly look on their face and says do you know what ##*# means? > > What were the five most difficult school-related decisions > you made this week? What made them difficult? What to say to ____ when he came up with a sly look on his face and said "Do you know what ##%# means? What makes that difficult? Well, first of all, I don't much like hearing ##%@# said around me and I don't like being put in that position. Is this child testing the boundaries in a needful way or a "I already know the boundaries and I'm going over them" way?

What's necessary and what's not - like - it is necessary for your professor to assign "five most difficult school-related decisions" or did he/she just pick the number five out of a hat? I have to decide what's necessary every day. Is it necessary to give _____ his space today or is today the day I rein him back in? Is this the hill I want to die on? Is this battle the one to fight or not? When a child has absolutely no support at home, how much can I expect of that child? (there's a real hard decision) I have a VERY obese student - do I just allow this student to buy three lunches and eat three lunches every day? Do I just stand by while he asks every child for the cookies in their lunches that they don't want? How angry are his parents going to get and tell me it's none of my business though now their child almost cannot sit on his chair and is hanging over it on both sides. That's a very difficult decision. When to play the stern role and when not to because if play it all the time, they hate you and being in your class and it's generally just a hateful way for me as well as them to spent the school year with a constantly stern teacher. And just this week I decided to NEVER give free time again because with this class it always descends into chaos.

I think that was more than five.

> > What was the affect of those decisions on the classroom > environment? Were the decisions effective?

Well, I'd like to think I'm an effective teacher... and I'm told I am by parents, students, colleagues and administration alike. The effect of any teacher's decision results in one or both of two things - a safe and orderly classroom community and growth in skills/knowledge.

As parents and students alike are delighted when they hear they've been assigned to me class, I guess the decisions I make are effective. The effect is that parents are constantly asking for me and that the administration consistently gives me the 'tough kids', the 'bad kids', the kids no one else wants. Wait, maybe I'm not effective... maybe that's why I get those kids because it doesn't matter who they get.

Do the kids' skills grow? Yes but that might happen for anybody. But have I decided upon anything yet that will get ____ to stop stomping on ____'s foot when _____ steps and by accident on ______'s backpack strap? Has any decision I'm not that effective.

Feb 8, 2013

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