From Green Blazers To Blue Corduroys

Weekly Investments: Classroom Management  This weeks prompt is in one of my personal favorites: Classroom Management. And by that I mean one of the things that makes everyone in the cohort worry a tad.   As an Agriscience Teacher we fill three roles at once in our classroom (Instructor, Mentor, Coach) and as a teacher in my opinion that is a little different than compared to other teachers.  Thinking back on my summer reading I remember that classroom management isn't something that works the same way for everyone.  Classroom management is in my opinion something that varies based upon the students in the classroom.   Classroom-Instructor  SAE - Mentor FFA Leadership - Coach Looking at classroom management I think the essential is to establish expectations in which the students buy into.  Looking around my cooperating classroom I noticed right away that Ms Romberger has classroom expectation posters on her one wall.  Here they...

Micro Unit Reflections Where to begin with this one . . . This experience made me realize that I really am excited to be teaching.  During my time with this experience I wrote notes as I taught on ideas and personal feedback in preparation for teaching. George's In Micro Teaching Reflective Lists Don't Set Yourself Up To Have a Bad Time  Something I learned getting ready for this week is that as a guest lecturer, don't give students the chance to do stuff which the teacher in the room won't see.  For example it may be a fun idea for them to put fun facts in the inside but be prepared for some crazy facts.  Instead have them share it with the class.  The self contained peer pressure of "keeping it appropriate" will help your students succeed and keep you own sanity. Consumable Supplies Cost  Even though everyone in the dairy industry would disagree when it comes to supplying your room with products to be used, I panicked slightly when I th...

Inquiry on Inquiry Based Instruction One of the big concept we were introduced to this year as a teaching strategy was inquiry based instruction.  Inquiry based instruction and inquiry based learning is something that I always thought I would want to implement in my classroom. My problem I can count the number of inquiry based lesson I have led in my career on one hand prior to this year.  My first real opportunity to teach inquiry based learning was on #DSA2017 where I taught an inquiry based lesson on nutrition.   But this is now the final stages to student teaching prep. And as always we should be experts with all of this. So here are my reflections on my first official teaching experience with Inquiry Based Instruction. Gems What am I suppose to do!!!!!  Like for real this entire lesson my major take away was: "Wow, as a teacher I'm not doing a lot. I'm just standing here."  I kind of liked it but also didn't like it. The entire time I was s...