Note: Pre-certs = pre-certified teachers; teachers-in-training; student teachers; practicum students and interns
Here, you will see that I have already lost some of the children during this lesson as I was in tuned on presenting a quality lesson than being attentive to problem behaviors. There were many "blurt outs" or "shout outs", children using the restroom (you can hear the door open/close), and there was a child in the front row who couldn't stop playing with the velcro on his shoes (you can't see/hear it). A few children started wandering and not really paying attention. Had I not been oblivious to their behaviors and nipped it in the bud, then they would have been more alert on the lesson. The person's voice you hear at the very beginning is my supervising teacher or "host" teacher. A little sidenote: the video is "mirrored" or reversed. I apologize for this silly error. Teachers: I'm still working on the summative assessment (thumbs up/down). Overall, this lesson went okay. It could have been better.
And on the other end of the spectrum...behavioral management was perfect. At the very beginning, transition -- in this case from the teacher to myself -- was a challenge as there were children being dismissed during "specialist" time. It was a bit disruptive because prior to the specialists walking in unannounced, the children were already settled and ready to learn. Right away, I caught a couple of children who were being disruptive -- there was a child who took too long washing her hands, and the teacher caught it, too, so she managed to help out with that part. As soon as I gave my little schpiel on why they should be listening, I had their 100% attention throughout the entire lesson. In this video, you will see that I fumbled through my lesson because I was keeping an eye out on specific children who might be disruptive. They were, in fact, disruptive, but only for a very short time because I caught their behaviors right away and called them on it.
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