Teaching Abilities

 What is something you still wonder about your teaching abilities?

With my teaching abilities, I still wonder how I could improve my classroom management skills. As I reflect on the lessons that I teach, I try to figure out how I can address behaviors better. I address behaviors in a sort of "pick your battles" way because if I address every single disruption happening in the classroom, I am not going to get to teach at all. With the new quarter starting at Vernon, I have told my classes that they should treat me like they treat my CT when she teaches. The students have given me a lot of respect, so I think it's going well.


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  1. Jocelyn KendrickNovember 2, 2025 at 11:38 AM

    Classroom management is something that I am continuously having to try something different with each week. This week I created my own slide deck to review with the class each day of the week to see if that will be helpful for them to have as a reminder.

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  2. MarleneNovember 5, 2025 at 10:26 AM

    Jocelyn is very wise to review expectations for the group each day. Any type of SIMPLE visual is also great. We will be talking about this topic in seminar so hopefully we will hear other ideas.

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  3. Kathryn Kidd-FloresNovember 6, 2025 at 7:00 AM

    I'm sure you're doing fine. Everyone harps on student teachers about classroom management, but we don't set up classroom management for these kids- the CTs do. It wouldn't make a lot of sense to completely change their environment to fit your preferred way .. only for you to leave. Just try your best.

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