Thursday, October 25, 2012

My review with Dr. M

Dr. Montrois came to visit me for my second review Tuesday.  I didn't dread him coming but like that he shows me things that I haven't thought about doing in my class.  He made great suggestions about the arrangement of my equipment that really gave me more room.  Who knew that he was such a great interior decorator.  During his last visit and during our summer class we discussed the use of classroom helpers.  I didn't really believe that it would make such a big difference.  I was way wrong.  The students love the new responsibility of a Staff position.  I thought I would have to make them do the positions but they are begging to be next.  I am not killing myself trying to clean up after everyone at the end of the day.  It has also cut down on the "misplacing" of things.  I was also having a problem with ventilation when we do acrylic nails and the odor.  He made a great suggestion about using an unoccupied room downstairs that had an outside door.  I think that is going to work great as well.  If you have not had a review with one of the Dr.'s yet, don't wait.  They have a lot of great tips.





 

1 comment:

  1. I totally agree with you! I learned a lot from NTI over the summer but learned even more with Dr. M's visit. He gave me great suggestions and I put many of them into practice immediately. One of the simplest yet best ones was making my students do more or the routine work. My class manager now takes attendance and also makes sure that all notebooks kept in the classroom are on the shelf neatly. What a difference that has made! He is coming back out in November and I am sure that I will be given more gems of wisdom!

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