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In this case study, first year third grade teacher, Maggie Lindberg, is having trouble controlling her class. The children are well-behaved during their art period. However, when Ms. Lindberg is in charge, they are highly uncontrollable. They talk when they are not supposed to talk and they don’t listen to anything that Maggie says. There’s supposed to be a nature walk/field trip and Ms. Lindberg’s class has yet to complete the task. I see so many problems with this case study. First of all, I believe that Ms. Lindberg came into the school year sort of unprepared and thinking that because it’s the first year, it would be simple. Another problem I see with Ms. Lindberg is that she seems to have a low confidence level. And she’s way too …show more content…

By being firm with the students, Ms. Lindberg will reduce the rudeness these kids are giving her. You can’t be nice one minute and mean the next. Ms. Lindberg needs to be firm all the time. Raising your voice only further frustrates the teacher. She has to be relaxed but at the same time mean business. She cannot let her frustrations show. Ms. Lindberg needs to be sure to remain calm at all times. I think that if she feels her frustration showing, she could use breathing techniques to help her relax and calm herself down. While using breathing techniques to relax and being as firm as possible, Maggie should be able to be more confident that she has been in the past. I learned that as a first year teacher, I should be over prepared for the best and the worst scenarios. Being under prepared is the worst thing you can do. I learned that before the first day of class, I have to have a plan for managing my classroom well. While, yelling at my students may seem like the best way to get their attention it is not. I have to use a calm but firm voice. I have to let them know that I am in charge. That means, I am the teacher and they are the students. I say what I mean and I mean what I say. I think that while having my own plan in place, if I notice that their behavior is better when they are in related arts classes, I could ask those teachers what they do to get them to behave correctly and respectfully. Since I will be working

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