4th Blog

Yesterday was our 4th day at Westwood and a successful one at that. The teacher has a high level of accountability because they are responsible for their class and what the children learn that day. The teacher I have been with has a special connection with the students because they know they are being taken care of and learning the information well. This is fair because the children are the ones with the teacher and connecting with her. To be "child centered" means for the teacher to be there for the child and not for the money, also to do everything it takes to help the children improve and do tasks needed to become successful. This is important for a teacher because in order to fully teach the children what they need to know and work the classsroom they must be child centered. If I was going to be a teacher in a classroom, I would want an ACTIVboard. They are very useful and can help the children as a whole learn together and see the "big" picture of the lesson. They are many different charts and tools that are helpful and handy, I think, for teachers these days. Communication is very important as the students and teachers must work together to accomplish their work, if a student is not willing to work together they will not get as far. Some ways to promote communication among teachers, school, and parents would be sending home letters of each students progress each week(or more often if needed), have meetings through staff and parent conferences to manage the students and teachers progress in the classroom. This experience at Westwood has been amazing and just increased my want of being a teacher in the future. It has given me great experience and I know it will continue in the right direction.