[nobe-l] nobe-l Digest, Vol 71, Issue 2--student teaching
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reannewithaplan at gmail.com
Wed Apr 7 17:33:03 UTC 2010
Hello all. All the techniques and strategies are good ones. I experimented
at one time or another with a few of them. I used them interchangeably
depending on given situations (sometimes one strategy worked more
effectively than the other). I liked the comments about being
creative--that wasn't always something I was the strongest at. Although I
ended up changing my career goals I did come across some things that worked
better than others. I familiarized with the voices of students as best as I
could and also asked them to identify themselves by name whenever they had
questions or responses. I student taught at my home state's residential
school for the deaf and blind so the students were most frequently situated
in group arrangements in the classroom already by their teachers. I worked
with the elementary population much of the time. I am glad that I was able
to read and write Braille so I could evaluate student work. I would say
math class was the really challenging one for me since I was never a great
math student. So it seemed for math lessons I needed to prep a lot more and
practice the material a lot more so that I was ready to teach the lessons.
Best of luck in your experience!!!
Reanne
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> 1. student teaching and advice (Faith Manion)
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> 4. Re: student teaching and advice (Kathy Nimmer)
> 5. Re: student teaching and advice (Hope Paulos)
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> Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 15:18:32 -0500
> From: Faith Manion <faith_manion at hotmail.com>
> To: NFB Education <nobe-l at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [nobe-l] student teaching and advice
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> Hello all,
>
> I am having a meeting this Friday with some of the professors at my
> university to discuss student teaching. I will be doing my student
> teaching next spring. For anyone on the list who has completed their
> student teaching I have a few questions for you.
>
>
>
> What was your experience? What worked? What didn't work?
>
> Did someone assist you in the classroom or was it just you and the
> teacher?
>
> What did you do instead of having the kids raise their hands to answer
> questions?
>
> How did you handle grading papers? I use Kurswell, is there any way to
> scann in hand written papers with this program? Does anyone else know any
> other trick for grading hand written papers/ assignments?
>
> How did you handle classroom management when student teaching?
>
> Do you have any advice or suggestions in general?
>
>
>
> Thanks everyone.
>
> Faith Manion
>
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> Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2010 17:35:06 -0400
> From: "Anita Adkins" <aadkins7 at verizon.net>
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> Hi Faith,
>
> I haven't done student teaching, but I have taught students while working
> as
> a rehab teacher at Blind Industries and Services of MD. Also, I have
> talked
> to classes about blindness. To answer one of your questions, instead of
> asking students to raise their hand, I have them say their name. I then
> repeat their name, and then they ask the question. This works well with
> both blind and sighted students. Anita
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Faith Manion" <faith_manion at hotmail.com>
> To: "NFB Education" <nobe-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 4:18 PM
> Subject: [nobe-l] student teaching and advice
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>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I am having a meeting this Friday with some of the professors at my
>> university to discuss student teaching. I will be doing my student
>> teaching next spring. For anyone on the list who has completed their
>> student teaching I have a few questions for you.
>>
>>
>>
>> What was your experience? What worked? What didn't work?
>>
>> Did someone assist you in the classroom or was it just you and the
>> teacher?
>>
>> What did you do instead of having the kids raise their hands to answer
>> questions?
>>
>> How did you handle grading papers? I use Kurswell, is there any way to
>> scann in hand written papers with this program? Does anyone else know
>> any
>> other trick for grading hand written papers/ assignments?
>>
>> How did you handle classroom management when student teaching?
>>
>> Do you have any advice or suggestions in general?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks everyone.
>>
>> Faith Manion
>>
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> Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 18:02:30 -0500
> From: Faith Manion <faith_manion at hotmail.com>
> To: NFB Education <nobe-l at nfbnet.org>
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> That sounds like a good technique. Thanks for sharing.
>
> Faith
>
>> From: aadkins7 at verizon.net
>> To: nobe-l at nfbnet.org
>> Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 17:35:06 -0400
>> Subject: Re: [nobe-l] student teaching and advice
>>
>> Hi Faith,
>>
>> I haven't done student teaching, but I have taught students while working
>> as
>> a rehab teacher at Blind Industries and Services of MD. Also, I have
>> talked
>> to classes about blindness. To answer one of your questions, instead of
>> asking students to raise their hand, I have them say their name. I then
>> repeat their name, and then they ask the question. This works well with
>> both blind and sighted students. Anita
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Faith Manion" <faith_manion at hotmail.com>
>> To: "NFB Education" <nobe-l at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 4:18 PM
>> Subject: [nobe-l] student teaching and advice
>>
>>
>> >
>> > Hello all,
>> >
>> > I am having a meeting this Friday with some of the professors at my
>> > university to discuss student teaching. I will be doing my student
>> > teaching next spring. For anyone on the list who has completed their
>> > student teaching I have a few questions for you.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > What was your experience? What worked? What didn't work?
>> >
>> > Did someone assist you in the classroom or was it just you and the
>> > teacher?
>> >
>> > What did you do instead of having the kids raise their hands to answer
>> > questions?
>> >
>> > How did you handle grading papers? I use Kurswell, is there any way to
>> > scann in hand written papers with this program? Does anyone else know
>> > any
>> > other trick for grading hand written papers/ assignments?
>> >
>> > How did you handle classroom management when student teaching?
>> >
>> > Do you have any advice or suggestions in general?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Thanks everyone.
>> >
>> > Faith Manion
>> >
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> Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 20:08:30 -0400
> From: Kathy Nimmer <goldendolphin17 at hotmail.com>
> To: blind teachers <nobe-l at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [nobe-l] student teaching and advice
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> Faith,
> Your questions about classroom management and about grading were
> discussed in two different threads during the last week of March, if you
> know how to check the archives. I'm pasting my two responses below, both
> written to a new teacher and not a student teacher, but they pretty much
> still apply, though having your own classroom will give you more ownership
> than you will experience during student teaching. My response about
> classroom management is first, followed by my response about grading.
> 1. Arrange the seats so you are never very far from the furthest student.
> Mine
> are in facing rows that are three deep, so never are they further than
> three desks
> from my teaching area.
> 2. Learn the voices as quickly and accurately as possible, as well as
> their laughs,
> their friends, their noise-making habits like tapping pencils, etc. These
> things
> can help you cue in to who is where doing what.
> 3. Establish that rapport with them as well and as quickly as possible,
> so they
> feel you are a good teacher and are on top of things and are worth being
> obedient
> for. This sounds cliche, but it is honestly my biggest weapon. If they
> like you
> and think you like them, they will want to behave more often than not,
> definitely
> more often than they would behave for someone they didn't like or didn't
> respect.
> 4. Move around as much as possible. Use proximity to keep them on their
> toes.
> 5. Vary your lessons, activities, volume, pitch, rate of speech,
> gestures, participation
> methods, and routines as much as possible to keep them on their toes
> again. The
> more interesting you keep things, the more they will be distracted from
> misbehaving.
> 6. Keep up regular communication with parents, for good and bad things
> alike. If
> they know you have no problem calling their parents, they will be less
> likely to
> goof around, especially if they know you might call for good things too.
> 7. Choose your battles. If a time one day has a low impact lesson that
> doesn't
> matter much if they talk or are less focused, let loose a little, as long
> as they
> know this is an exception. Do not let them think this is you letting them
> walk all
> over you, but if you get uptight about small things, you will squash the
> positive
> atmosphere you are hopefully building, and they might misbehave more, even
> on those
> big battles that matter most to you.
> 8. Remember that in every classroom, kids misbehave. Do not take their
> behavior
> personally, unless it is good! Smile! You simply do the best with what
> you have.
> Don't let anyone convince you that your classroom will always be the least
> controled
> because you are blind.
> 9. They need ownership in the behavior process too, like knowing
> consequences of
> choices. It is a joint effort. Make those rules and consequences very
> clear, negative
> and positive.
> 10. I believe in seating charts. They help me with voices and general
> management.
> 11. Just as you shouldn't believe you can't manage behavior because you
> are blind,
> you also shouldn't believe any of us that we have it all figured out, that
> our kids
> never goof off, that our kids never exploit our blindness. That is all
> totally false,
> and if you as a young teacher think that we old fogies get it right every
> time, you
> will quickly become discouraged. We have rotton days too, but we've been
> picking
> ourselves up and continuing onward for a period of several years, whereas
> you are
> just starting. So, our lesson to you? It is worth fighting onward, if
> the profession
> is your passion, even though the problems never ever go away.
>
> Now the response about grading papers.
>
> If there is tech to read handwriting, I'd love to know about it! Smile!
> I have
> someone grade multiple choice and other objective things via a key I make
> ahead of
> time. I have someone read me handwritten essay questions, but I also
> schedule the
> writing lab when I can for essay tests so they can print those answers
> from the computer
> or e-mail them. Our lab space is limited, so it doesn't always work, but
> having
> readers read handwritten ansers is a royal pain, I'll admit. It is slow
> and cumbersome,
> but it is sometimes unavoidable. I never have someone read me multiple
> choice and
> such as it takes away time that is better spent elsewhere, and blind
> teachers need
> every second of time they can get, in my opinion. English is definitely
> one of the
> most grading intensive subjects to be teaching.
>
> Kathy Nimmer: Teacher, Author, Motivational Speaker
> http://www.servicedogstories.com
> http://guidedogjourney.livejournal.com
> Even if the shadows of the valley hide your view,
> You still must believe in the mountains.
>
>
>
>
>
>> From: faith_manion at hotmail.com
>> To: nobe-l at nfbnet.org
>> Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 15:18:32 -0500
>> Subject: [nobe-l] student teaching and advice
>>
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I am having a meeting this Friday with some of the professors at my
>> university to discuss student teaching. I will be doing my student
>> teaching next spring. For anyone on the list who has completed their
>> student teaching I have a few questions for you.
>>
>>
>>
>> What was your experience? What worked? What didn't work?
>>
>> Did someone assist you in the classroom or was it just you and the
>> teacher?
>>
>> What did you do instead of having the kids raise their hands to answer
>> questions?
>>
>> How did you handle grading papers? I use Kurswell, is there any way to
>> scann in hand written papers with this program? Does anyone else know any
>> other trick for grading hand written papers/ assignments?
>>
>> How did you handle classroom management when student teaching?
>>
>> Do you have any advice or suggestions in general?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks everyone.
>>
>> Faith Manion
>>
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> From: "Hope Paulos" <hope.paulos at maine.edu>
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> Hi there. I'm not sure if I posted on this topic or not, but here goes. As
> far as my experiences studentteaching most everything I tried worked. I
> was
> extremely creative in some of my teaching strategies. I had no assistance
> aside from the mentor teacher. I had her assist me with hand-written
> paper, but many people on this list suggested having students turn in
> their
> papers electronically. The only reason it didn't work for my classes was
> because a notebook had already been started (a bound notebook, not a
> 3-ring
> binder) as a writing journal. Also there was some concern about students
> using online translation software. (I taught Spanish, btw)..
> Classroom management: I just stayed in close proximity to my students. As
> far as questions, I knew wheremy students were sitting. If they acted like
> they waned to answer, I'd call on them. I'd also, even for those students
> who didn't want to answer, cover both sides of the room equally. Thre are
> those high school students who would rather be listeners rather than
> active
> participants. I called onthem at least once during a class period.
>
> Hope and Beignet
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> From: "Faith Manion" <faith_manion at hotmail.com>
> To: "NFB Education" <nobe-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 4:18 PM
> Subject: [nobe-l] student teaching and advice
>
>
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I am having a meeting this Friday with some of the professors at my
>> university to discuss student teaching. I will be doing my student
>> teaching next spring. For anyone on the list who has completed their
>> student teaching I have a few questions for you.
>>
>>
>>
>> What was your experience? What worked? What didn't work?
>>
>> Did someone assist you in the classroom or was it just you and the
>> teacher?
>>
>> What did you do instead of having the kids raise their hands to answer
>> questions?
>>
>> How did you handle grading papers? I use Kurswell, is there any way to
>> scann in hand written papers with this program? Does anyone else know
>> any
>> other trick for grading hand written papers/ assignments?
>>
>> How did you handle classroom management when student teaching?
>>
>> Do you have any advice or suggestions in general?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks everyone.
>>
>> Faith Manion
>>
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