Day three at Spiva, thankfully, went much better than the previous day. However, this was the first day I actually realized that being a teacher has a few down sides that have nothing to do with other teachers or students. When I walked into Karalee's office as usual, I immediately noticed she was not feeling very well. She told me that she was going to leave most of the talking and such to me. As I had already taught seven sessions by now, I wasn't too worried about it. During the first session, she was able to sit in the class with me, but by the second session, she told me she just couldn't continue through the others. This was the first time I had ever been completely on my own with two different projects to run!! That was rather intimidating. Luckily, I was able to enlist the teachers to help me out in watching the classroom while I took the students to the Secret Room.
As I hadn't really seen it in a while, I was amazed at the large amount of work that had been accomplished. It was really exciting! By now, we had red, orange, pink, and purple circles on the walls; and we were starting to add blue! As the students I took to the room the first day were much more calm, it was a little bit of a shock to have students in there then who were a bit more energetic. For the first time, some of them actually started saying the project was "lame" and would not really listen to directions. A few students even kept taping many of the circles to their own bodies, despite being told many times that they only get one circle so their would be enough for everyone. Throughout the day, I tried to change up the way I would handle situations and communicate with the students to see if I could gain better control of the happenings in the room. I realized a good teacher is kind, but also has to establish themselves as the person in charge. I plan to spend more time developing these skills in the future.
As I hadn't really seen it in a while, I was amazed at the large amount of work that had been accomplished. It was really exciting! By now, we had red, orange, pink, and purple circles on the walls; and we were starting to add blue! As the students I took to the room the first day were much more calm, it was a little bit of a shock to have students in there then who were a bit more energetic. For the first time, some of them actually started saying the project was "lame" and would not really listen to directions. A few students even kept taping many of the circles to their own bodies, despite being told many times that they only get one circle so their would be enough for everyone. Throughout the day, I tried to change up the way I would handle situations and communicate with the students to see if I could gain better control of the happenings in the room. I realized a good teacher is kind, but also has to establish themselves as the person in charge. I plan to spend more time developing these skills in the future.