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2/8/2021 0 Comments 2/8/2021 Weeks 3 and 4In my third week of student teacher, I started to gain a lot of confidence and build relationships with the students. In a normal year, the school operates on a block system with alternating red and white days. However, since being back in person, we have had to operate on a two week system due to Covid safety guidelines. Because of this, my 2nd and 3rd week were both white weeks, where we were seeing the same class periods everyday for 2 weeks in a row. Since my 3rd week was with the same group of students, I really started to get to know them. I learned names and started to build individual relationships with each student which ultimately helped my confidence. This also came in handy when grading, because I had a better understanding of each individual student’s abilities and background. One challenge with this however, is that I do not get to build the same relationship with the students who are remote. It is difficult to build personal relationships with them and see their process. However, grading and getting to see their portfolios of prior work did help me get an understanding of their skills and personalities.
In my fourth week, we switched to red weeks. I had met the red day students only twice in my first week when we were fully remote, but it was over Zoom so the majority had their cameras off and I did not get much interaction with them. This meant learning names and building relationships all over again. However, having taught in person for two weeks already gave me the confidence to jump in and know how to interact. Therefore, I quickly learned names and build relationships with students. In addition, a new group of students meant I was teaching the same lessons I had already taught two weeks ago. Therefore, teaching was a lot smoother and I was able to make adjustments based on how it went with the white day students. One challenge was that after having been in person for two weeks already, not only was I more confident, but so were the kids. Although they were not in art class for those two weeks prior, they were still in the school building taking their white day classes. Thus, they came in much more confident to push the boundaries and speak out. This was a benefit in the sense that we were able to have more engaging whole class discussions, and it was easier to understand students’ unique personalities, however, it proved challenging when they would be off task or talk while I was talking. This showed me that I need to work on my authority. Students will test what they can get away with and if I don’t set those expectations right off the bat, it will be harder to manage in the future. I am going into my 5th week now, and it is my second week with my red day students. For this week I really want to get better and getting 100% before giving instruction, using wait time, and using my teacher voice to get attention.
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