Blog Post #9

There is hardly anyone who can honestly say they are not nervous about their first teaching in front of a class and fellow teachers. We all fear the critiques and judgments we will hear. We want the “perfect lesson” just like Mr. McClung wrote about on his blog. We all dread recovering from mistakes that we haven’t even made yet. Mr. McClung writes about his first year of teaching on his blog. He tells what he experienced and learned in his first year of teaching.

How to read a crowd….. When you first read this you probably thought of reading adults, I did. Mr. McClung learned that it is not the adults in the room that you are teaching in that you should be focused on, it is the children. After all, is it not the children you are teaching? I haven’t taught yet in a classroom but can certainly understand it. It is very important to not loose focus of why you are there and who should really have your attention and who should give you feedback on your performance. He also mentions to be flexible, communicate and be reasonable. These are all great tips from someone who has walked in shoes you are about to put on. In life things rarely go as planned or scheduled no matter how much intense effort we put in it, a classroom is no different.

He also touches on technology and that everyone should explore technology. We can only gain more knowledge from it! I would bet there is not a person that can say they regret learning or did not benefit from multimedia. Our students are why we are or are going to be teachers. We have to be more than there just to teach we have to listen to them.