May 13, 2008
Introduction
Day 1, the school bell rings. Is all of the college education and state initial certification prepared you for the students you are about to have come through your classroom door? You have done all your seating charts, prepared your opening speech (the greeting and background), displayed your classroom rules around your classroom so they are visible to all who enter. Your lessons are prepared, supplementary materials all laid out. What could possibly go wrong with such a well-laid plan?
The Day Began……….…The Day………………….. Moves On……………………
The last bell rings and your students have left for the day…..now what? How did it go? Did everything go as planned? Was this a ‘textbook’ class? Did your students do what they were told . . . did other influences arise? Did you know what to do when the plan went ‘out-the-window?’
Let’s face it; teachers have a very, very, very hard job. They have a job full of decision making, some 100 in a short moment’s time, and yet we are trying to do our actually job of educating our students to help prepare them for the events they will face in life and education them so that they will have the basic foundation to grow up. But how do we do this? Is there help out there for dealing with issues that deter from our ‘daily-lesson-plan?” Yes, there is.
The purpose of this blogs is to give insightful information about some commonly serious challenges our students are faced with day-to-day and offers ways, suggestions, and quick-tips to help you deal with them and move on with your lesson. Knowing what these are (we can’t compile the whole list, but can give you a place to start) allow you to understanding who/what/why these occur and what you can do to help aid in guiding students back to your classroom and their learning.
Our Blogs vary in topic and are listed below:
- Problems faced by African American Adolescents
- Adolescent Depression and its link to Academic success (or lack thereof)
- Minority students falling short of expectations
- Weight and Gender Bias
- Student Focus and Classroom Organizations
- Honors/AP/Accelerated Student Pressure
Please take the time to read through the information posted on them. We ask that you provide us with any feedback that you would like. Remember, we as teachers learn from one another as well as we learn from our students. If you have experiences that we have talked about here and you have something you want to add to our blogs please let us know so we can update it and keep it current.
Thanks so much!!
