Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Future Teaching Thoughts

YEsterday was the first day of open market. Unfortunately, I did not find any schools in my search. However, I am not too worried yet. It's still early. I am looking for a new job. My job is not too bad, but I could do better. I imagine my life better than this. I would be happy teaching elementary school, but if I must, I would be willing to teach middle school science again.

I've been thinking a lot about the future or how I would deal with new kids. The idea of starting off fresh with new kids thrills me. One thing, I hate about my current situation is that I loop with my kids. My mistakes continually stay with me.

Before I forget, I want to share that my first week of school with middle school students must be different. I will approach it differently. I need to warn students how miserable their lives would be if they don't cooperate. Tell them that I will call all the time, not call and one day call, or even make home visits. I would have the kids take a true or false test the 2nd day over my introduction, have the kids take another test on directions the third day, and have another test over prior knowledge on the fourth day. I need to scare these kids.

No comments: