This week actually went really well. I really appreciate all the advise on the Tardy issue. I did not want to Reward the students for doing something that they should do on their own. Although, the "Beauty Bucks" seemed to have been an incouragement for the students. I have only had 1 or 2 Tardies in the past 2 weeks. I was really getting annoyed at the situation because I would take time out of home life to prepare for class the next day and most of them would walk in late. At this point, if it works why not?
We also had 1 on 1 evaluations for the students. They really opened up about what they would like to learn and how they felt about their accomplishments. They also gave great feedback on how I as a teacher was doing. This really helped me with my planning for each class. It really feels good when a student comes up to you after class and says that they learned a lot and that everyone enjoyed it. Hopefully the next few weeks will go as well as this week!!!
I "tip my hat" to you! It raises my spirits and encourages me when I see that you have had such a positive week. Tardies are constantly a problem with me. Especially the seniors. But, I "light a fire" underneath them when they see their grade on a video project is lower than the rest of the their group because of their participation grade. But, nothing replaces a student approaching you/me and sincerely expressing how fortunate and grateful they are for this particular class and teacher.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your great week. I'd like to hear more about your 1 on 1 evaluations with your students. How did you structure those? Did you use an interview type format, or did you leave it sort of open-ended for the students?
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