What worked first weeks, introducing classroom manager has helped with work load of class. In most cases it has worked well, however in some cases not so well. I have been rotating this weekly, and filling the position by elections. In some cases the classroom manager has taken the duty and flown. In others the classroom manager has not taken the duty seriously and become a distraction. Perhaps I should have fired the poor classroom managers, however it seems I have mutiple students with learning disorders and more and still receiving notifications, have been reluctant to fire.
What has not worked so far is most work groups prior to ten days ago.
I was setting up work groups by the count to three -four etc. method.
A few days ago I did a cooperative learning experiment with two classes,
I used the first method with my first period class and chose the students for my second period class.
What a difference! My second period class excelled beyond my first period class by leaps and bounds.
However I would not have known my students at the begining of the year
and this would have made no difference. Ken B
You have learned something valuable. I don't like to place my students in group activites right off the bat. I like to know them a little better before I begin group activites. I think you did a wonderful job posting this learning to share with others this week! Dr. J.
ReplyDeleteI fired my parts and tool room manager this week. The reason was that he did not want the job. The student that replaced him is doing a great job. I don't have elections I hire for these positions. So far it has worked.
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