A slow start…
February 11, 2009 tg1138block
Describe: Since my last post there hasn’t been really anything exciting that has happened. My first day that I was supposed to be out with my cooperating teacher she wasn’t there, so I went to the soccer coach. That was an interesting experience because they really didn’t do anything for a whole hour. They didn’t stop for reading time, nor did they do anything academic after the students had dressed back into their school clothes. I did learn some classroom procedures from the H.W. video, so that was helpful for my classroom management goal.
Analyze: I think that the coaches here at AHS have a very difficult time balancing classrooom work and coaching. After they did their usual 40 minutes of conditioning the girls got dressed back out, but I found it interesting that the coaches spent that time getting themselves ready for school as well. Just goes to show how busy they really are. This made me realize how important it is for me to make sure that I am organized, and ready for the classroom day.
Reflection: In the future, I hope to ask my cooperating teacher (the soccer coach) how she able to balance being an AP teacher and a head coach. I think that it is important for me to gain insight on how she is able to complete a very difficult job. After the girls were finished dressing out, I think that I would make a mandatory study hall. It is so important that student-athletes make time for school work, and what better way to help them out than to hold mandatory study hall for the last 30 minutes of class as opposed to letting them play hangman and talk.
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1. jb50block&hellip | February 14, 2009 at 12:58 pm
Tara, I think that you’re wise in preparing some questions to ask your cooperating teacher. You observed something in her class and found it perplexing. Perhaps she feels that she needed to give them this amount of time so that they could get dressed? I really like your idea of turning the extra time into a study hall. By doing so, the teacher sends an important message that school, grades, and learning are important. NB