Generation Justice’s Thema Fenderson interviews student Crystal Zamora about corporal punishment in New Mexico schools.
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Now I did a placement in 7th grade that was tough but I got through it just fine.
Im back at my old HS student teaching and everything has started to fall apart my last week of student teaching. After the fourth week( was incredibly sick but refused to call out), my student teacher bluntly came up to me and said I was boring.( I had observations before that went fine with my supervisor. )
My coop is someone I kinda knew before and honestly did not know what to do with me. She did not make her expectations clear and she was very unhelpful with helping me create new materials( a huge problem I have as a new educator). After a week of calling be boring, like watching paint dry comparing my handwriting to a special kid, and calling out my lesson plans as too vague, she has started saying things like she wouldn’t recommend me for a teacher. She compares me to another student teacher in the building and says Im not as good as them. She also barely gives and strategy to better myself other than “to be an asshole in front of the kids” .
I plan anywhere between 1-3 hours a night for my lessons and now she has started to want them days ahead of time. She criticizes me in front of the kids and says stuff like “Theyre eating you alive and you’re going to have problems” right in front of the kids. She says I have no classroom management but when I observed her for my first week she simply sat down read from an overhead or powerpoint and talked all period or showed a movie that many of the students did not understand why they were even watching. Shes got a real nasty tone and keeps saying things like “you need a another semester student teaching” and I didnt think you have the passion to be a history teacher…you don’t read enough..you seem uncomfortable in front of the class”…IM UNCOMFORTABLE BECAUSE IM WORRIED ABOUT THE NEXT NEGATIVE THING SHE IS GOING TO SAY TO ME NEXT…I mean today she got upset with me because I didn’t know where a website was where a video was…
If you think saying things to a student teacher like you’re boring, there’s something weird about you,calling a lesson a “train-wreck” and not giving suggestions to make it better, you don’t have the spark to teach ,you’ree unprepared(despite coming in everyday with something), you have to be an asshole in front of the kids,telling someone despite 4 years of training and a 1st placement(albeit slightly different) that theyshouldn’t go into teaching ….please let me know because this lady is making me lose sleep at night. Im seriously considering going into a counselor because the things she has said and done are not only incredibly hurtful, but simply seem unprofessional to me and other teachers I tell…
Please tell me your opinion
hi my name is tory i have questions i need answered for me into going into the field of teaching. if your a teacher and experience this please answer. it will be very beneficial. thanks heres two more question. please answer. im very intrested in knowing.
1).What are your greatest concerns about education?
2). why did you become a teacher?
1. How do you balance the needs of individual learners with the needs of the entire class?
2. What are your educational goals for your students?
3. What is the purpose of education?
4. What is your role as an educator?
5. What are your beliefs about how children learn?
6. How will the following beliefs impact your teaching?
a.Classroom management
b.Instructional strategies
c.Curriculum design
d.assessment
7. Since the inception of the No Child Left Behind Act, have students made significant progress overall in core subjects?
8. What problems, if any, do you feel have occurred since the inception of the No Child Left Behind Act?
9. Do you get an opportunity to reflect your philosophical educational views in the classroom?
10. Are students and parents alike held accountable for the education of the students in addition to the teacher? If not, please elaborate on why you feel they are not held accountable.
11. Do you think that the NCLB movement is relative to every state, considering the success rate in states such as Pennsylvania and New York, and clear lack of success in states such as California and Arizona?
12. How has your education as a child affected your teaching philosophy? How do you implement your philosophy in the classroom?
13. Do you think that by demanding teachers to have higher qualifications, this could lead to teachers being looked upon as better role models in society? Considering the fact that doctors are considered in high standing within the community, what do you think needs to be done in order for teachers to be as represented?
I am interviewing 5 teachers in person too. This is my back up plan if any of my interviews fall through.
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This video presents strategies for motivating defiant and disruptive students to learn. Classroom management strategies are introduced. Defusing classroom disruption techniques are shared. Documentation forms for tracking student behavior are provided. Student incentives for desired behavior are demonstrated. How to manage unruley behavior is introduced.
