Classroom Management Interview

I observed the kindergarten classroom of Sarah House. During my observation, Ms. House completed a language arts lesson with her students. Ms. House used both whole class instruction and one on one instruction during her lesson. I felt that she did an amazing job with classroom management and created lessons that were not only engaging, but fun for the students.

It was interesting to learn about her everyday routine. She begins with periodic check-ins with students to make sure everything is going okay. She then handles referrals from teachers about behavior issue concerns. She also spends time in the classroom and does lessons in small groups. Aside from her standard counseling responsibilities she serves on various committees

The CT stated work begins with the students from the time they enter the school in kindergarten until they reach her class in 4th grade, she does this by practicing routines (hallway behavior) with the students, when she sees them in the hallway.

I interviewed a childcare teacher engaged in the Early Childhood Development. She graduated from East Tennessee State University. She has been intrigued by children her entire life, she has volunteered with children with disabilities and worked with children since age 16. You can say that teaching has been a dream job of hers. Going through the interview I went through a series of questions as follows. What are positive and negative parts about being a teacher? What disciplinary styles work the best? And how can teaching in America be improved?

I have always found Ms. Branson to be committed to helping our student and any teacher that requests her help. She helped facilitate our study club at Otis for the 5th, 6th and 7th graders for the last year we had the 7th and 8th graders at our elementary schools. She always began by creating relationships with all students she worked with by praising their successes and

Your interview with Mrs. Marybeth Elswick was absorbing. I liked the questions and answers that you asked her and she gave you. I like what Mrs. Elswick said about handling the classroom discipline. I know as a future teacher I will take that into consideration. I also agree with Mrs. Elswick about if teachers should be responsible for their student's performance. When you are a teacher, you are being told how to teach daily and not letting things go your way. Even the questions paper you set applies to scrutiny and your notes too. Then what are the form of a teacher? And the second point should be you are held responsible for students performance.

A lot of things that she said were so interesting to me, and the fact that she was so passionate about the kids, made me feel like I was sitting in the classroom with her watching her teach. She was also very specific when talking about whether she felt that she could direct an aide, when she said that as long as they were both there for the kids that she could direct them. I thought that was so important in making sure that not only my behavior and passion is to be there for the kids, but also that anyone who I let in the classroom that I make sure that there first priority is to be there for the children as well.

Lister is to communicate high expectations, flexible grouping, challenge students, monitor non-verbal behavior, etc. Ms. Lister shows a lack of personal communication/support for her students and there are different methods for promoting positive student-teacher relationship. For 3rd graders, a method that could be effective is demonstrating interest in students’ activities. A start to this can be going to their art class to show the students that you are interested in not only academics, but their creative side too. Ms. Lister also must improve her communication to her students for them to respect her instruction. Ms. Lister should consider that after giving instructions, have the students that do not understand paraphrase the directions so there is not miscommunication in what is expected. Also, if the instructions are too dense for her students, break the tasks down into smaller sections and give precise directions. Lastly, Ms. Lister would benefit the most with effectively using surface management techniques when controlling the behaviors of her students. Her students are frequently not following directions, making negative comments, etc. and some of the surface management techniques can be crucial for her

Today, was a crazy and long day. This week I am only teaching Math, Daily 5, and Social Studies. During Daily 5 today Mrs. Haberman the principal came into observe me. I went through the interactive lesson before class, but I should have looked over the directions a little bit better. I tried to put the incorrect word into the box, and Mrs. Vavra told me that I needed to make sure I knew what it was asking me to do. I can’t believe I let this happen especially since Mrs. Haberman was in there. I was nervous about her coming in already and now I am nervous to see what she has to say about the lesson. It was not my best lesson by far and of course it had to be the one that Mrs. Haberman was observing. I personally I think the problem was that

Basically, this is for CSBGL, which is Center for the Studies of Boys and Girls lives and this year we are researching student teacher relationships on campus. I am going to ask you a bunch of questions and if you can be as specific as possible.

Through my research, I created fifteen interview questions related to my topic of choice. Each of my research articles directly address my topic for this project, however some are specifically related to a particular aspect of my topic. In short, I compiled research and empirical studies on classroom management--the importance and influence it has on the everyday, overall functioning of the classroom and techniques and characteristics for effective classroom management, classroom management and its relation to students with special needs--the influence routine and structure have on students with disabilities and developmental delays, and finally pull-out services--what they are and the

For the classroom teacher I recommend that she have to repeat classroom rules and procedures as much as she can to help Julia to understand what kind of behavior she has to adopt during the lesson. Display the classroom rules and procedures on the wall. Create a behavior chart that show her improvements and reinforce positive behaviors. For language arts class, the teacher should modify the lesson and focuses the instruction on correct her writing problems. The student should read more at home, therefore she will take 3 different books every week and write a book report. She can also use the computer or an electronic device to avoid spelling errors and hand writing

I asked Mrs. Andruska the following questions in an attempt to learn more about any instructional challenges she is facing in her classroom:

Attitude and cooperation shown by parents: It has been challenging to connect with Ms. Casto. Teachers reported that they have called home and have not received return calls regarding Dawson. Ms. Casto was supportive of Dawson attending an after school homework club to help with grades but follow through was an issue due to not being able to get a

3) Tell me about your schedule and how you plan to get each lesson done. For example, are you carving out 1 block of time in the afternoon?