Classroom Education Advice

1. What did I learn?

This wonderful article offers many classroom education advice. I learned that you only get one chance to make a first impression, so it is important to make it count and start as you mean to go on. It talks about how some newly certified teachers tend to greet their new class with a ‘softly softly’ approach and can soon find themselves in deep water. The author recommends you to start as you mean to go on, you can always soften up a little later if necessary, but it is difficult to turn the tide once there is a lack of respect in your classroom. All students in K12 will take advantage, whatever their age, if given the opportunity. I also learned how seating arrangements can make a great deal of difference in the behavior of a class. To place a particularly unruly student next to a ‘good’ student who works hard could have the opposite effect to what you were wanting, with two students disrupting the class, but sitting between two conscientious students could have the desired effect. It is also a great idea to often change the room around. It often helps to seat disruptive students close to the front, so that you can keep an eye on them on one hand, but also to reduce the risk of them making eye contact with other members of the class and causing disruption. I believe seating arrangement can really make a difference in your classroom. I will certainly take into consideration their advice in the future!

http://www.k12connection.org/classroom-education-advice.htm

2.What else do I want to learn?
I would like to know a little more about helpful tips that will help me become a successful teacher. I would also like to know more about teacher and parents interaction. I believe we as future educators should be given more information on how to work not only with students but with parents as well.