What did I learn today?
A - taking away recess time can be instrumental in classroom management
B - teaching is a challenge everyday. Be there on rainy days.
C - knowing when to keep your cool and when to raise your voice can be a matter of success
D - being organized can help your lesson immensely. Dread the time you leaave and deliver when you come back to class
E - trying your best can must come from an individual effort
F - freeley giving rewards need to come from a well thought out plan for behavior improvement over the long term.
G - never lose sight of your goal
H - don't get hot headed, but remember to be firm
I - I can do this attitude
J - joking and humor are great for classroom envirenment as long as its not malicious or harmful
K - kindess is always a great substitute for confusion
L - love to learn
M - make an effort to get to know each student
N - never say can't or give up
O - open your mind, heart, and soul to learn
P - be present in every way possible
Q - keeping students quite is game of when to and when not to...always manage classroom noise
R - Remember to incorporate past knowledge, stories, language
S - serve everyone even if they don't deserve it
T - take every opportunity to pay attention to detail
U - limit your ums and filler words when speaking
V - vary instruction as much as possible
W - words are powerful for a teacher...choose them wisely
X - maximize your investment in young people
Y - Your only as wise as you strive to be
Z - zero rate of tolerance for social put downs
This is my abcs for teaching and learning. When the day comes where I will be teaching full time I will be happily reminded of the work I have done to prepare. When the students read me they will see a work ethic and a drive to learn...would be a great principle they could learn. Even I must continue to strive to be better and a harder worker day by day.
--Mr. Belzberg
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