So I just finished teaching my first class. It could have been worse, but it certainly wasn’t great. I need to get a watch. I thought I could just check my cell phone but the battery was dead…and the timer we had for the class reset itself. I think I ended the class about three minutes early but I guess it could have been worse. It’s hard to tell how many of them are really even paying attention. Our final – at least for now – roster has 20 students on it. It’s certainly a lot better than having 30 or more students, but its still hard to go around and make sure all the students are working effectively with that many students.
It’s a pain to try to discipline kids. I don’t know the kids voices yet so its hard for me to pick out who is talking and I wasn’t exactly strict with the verbal warnings. The faculty advisory put someone in the penalty box on her own. I guess I need to give the students a bit shorter of a leash. I’ll see what my CMA (core member advisor) tonight when we debrief.
Later in the day, we found out that since our faculty advisor had all of her students pass the CRCT and that she was the only one in the Atlanta district to have a 100% pass rate, she was being given the kids who were struggling the most. It’s going to be a heck of a challenge to take the lowest performing students in Atlanta and get them to pass in 16 days.
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