Student Teaching & Classroom Management

First of all, I am so grateful for Vanguard and their Teaching Credential Program that is continually challenging my faith to believe God for the impossible! lol...its a tough program but people have lived through it, so I think I'll be ok :)

Today was my first visit to my master teacher. It was a great experience to meet all the teachers and the whole 3rd grade class and getting acquainted with her classroom procedures. I'm looking forward to doing more hands-on work, but to be honest I'm nervous and anxious as well. But I know that by the time I have to do a lesson (which is in 2 weeks!!!) I will be ready :) I'm speaking in faith...lol.

In terms of lecture, I really enjoyed our class with our adjunct professor, Prof. Tammy Fowler. She is so inspiring because she teaches us fresh from teaching a 1st grade class ALL DAY! then at night she teaches us credential students...thats a big jump, but she is doing such a fantastic job in engaging us in discussion and in the lesson. This week and a bit of last week, she taught us on classroom management: leadership, discipline & class milieu (arrangement). She gave a lot of great ideas on classroom management that work and what we need to avoid, not because it doesn't work, but because there are better ways to deal with the issue. I love how she keeps on reiterating how its important to really understand where the students are coming from (in terms, of their cognitive development, family life, health/emotional issues, spiritual growth, etc.)...seeing the student as a whole individual, so as to better administer discipline or encouragement.

I'm looking forward to more work...not really. I just hope to get everything done by Monday :) Its gonna be great!