hi girl! I just wanted to say I LOVE your content. I've been a aspiring teacher for most of my life and as a senior, I really do want to step into this decision. It's been really hard since not a lot of people feel called to this path, but i do! So it's really refreshing seeing someone like you take on this amazing calling! Keep going and take care of yourself of course, I was wondering in the future you can make videos on how/why you decided to become a teacher, maybe some advice and tips for aspiring ones! Either way we'll always be supporting your teacher journey
hiii thank you so much 🥺 It means the world to have your support through this adventure!! I'm still in the beginning stages and have a lot to learn myself, but I'll keep those video ideas in mind for the future. Something that's kept me successful in this field is staying curious on how to improve my teaching skills and the understanding of students' behaviors. Always ask questions while carrying an open mind and heart! Wishing you the absolute best on your teaching journey ♥
Whenever I am out, I leave a tape recorded message for my students to let them know my behavioral expectations. They also know that there are strong consequences if the substitute lets me know that they were exhibiting unacceptable behavior. Fifth graders try to act too big for their britches around the second part of the academic year.
Julie, Let me say this as a former autistic school student, Yes we have a saying in my house about "work comes before play" but also teachers must learn that no matter what they do to a student or a group of students or all of the students that if the students are not interested in the lesson being taught then they are not going to care about learning that lesson hence the off task behavior and there is really not much that taking away recess will do to change that. You are really just holding up the letting out of energy for later and possibly having it all balloon into something worse later because whatever they hold in verbally might come out physically and then you might end up with WW 2 and a Half in a classroom on your hands. Also, taking away recess is also the teacher taking away from themselves so some way or another it backfires on them and they wonder where their planning time or personal time goes. Teachers need to learn how to not make consequences that will backfire on them. Sometimes students need to be taught where they are at in their lives and not where someone else wants them to be taught at and when you guide them where they are at they start to come around to listening to you and out goes the off task behaviors. It is all about student buy in. Nevertheless you did the best you could and that's ultimately what counts in the end. - Dwight
@@ms.trinh.teaches Well Julie, It seems that every experience that you get becomes an opportunity for you and you continuously take on those opportunities with grace and fairness and compassion for others especially your own students or someone else's students that you get the opportunity to teach. Sometimes it takes time trying to get student buy in but when you are willing to go through anything regardless of how far out of left field it is at the time to get to it you will get it and without worse pushback. The good thing for you is that you are willing to go that far to get student buy in. Keep it up. - Dwight
Hello👋🏾, Just came across your video. I would suggest to anyone that is going in to teaching to sub in various schools and grade levels the first year so you can find what school and grade level you are comfortable teaching before signing a contract. I retired at 26 years in education. I subbed for 1 year before receiving a contract. Spent 24 years in elementary and 2 at middle school. Now that I am retired I sub again. There is a need for teacher subs that you can get a long term sub position for the school year.
What no way its much easier.. and great experience before having your own classroom you can get more confidence and behavior management and see how all different teachers do things! I love being a sub
hi girl! I just wanted to say I LOVE your content. I've been a aspiring teacher for most of my life and as a senior, I really do want to step into this decision. It's been really hard since not a lot of people feel called to this path, but i do! So it's really refreshing seeing someone like you take on this amazing calling! Keep going and take care of yourself of course, I was wondering in the future you can make videos on how/why you decided to become a teacher, maybe some advice and tips for aspiring ones! Either way we'll always be supporting your teacher journey
hiii thank you so much 🥺 It means the world to have your support through this adventure!! I'm still in the beginning stages and have a lot to learn myself, but I'll keep those video ideas in mind for the future. Something that's kept me successful in this field is staying curious on how to improve my teaching skills and the understanding of students' behaviors. Always ask questions while carrying an open mind and heart! Wishing you the absolute best on your teaching journey ♥
Whenever I am out, I leave a tape recorded message for my students to let them know my behavioral expectations. They also know that there are strong consequences if the substitute lets me know that they were exhibiting unacceptable behavior. Fifth graders try to act too big for their britches around the second part of the academic year.
The recorded message is a great idea! Crossing my fingers that my future students will be respectful to everyone who enters our classroom.
I would never be a fifth grade teacher...it's a rough age...you are doing great!
I think 5th graders can be a fun bunch. I would struggle so much with kindergarten and 6th!
Julie,
Let me say this as a former autistic school student, Yes we have a saying in my house about "work comes before play" but also teachers must learn that no matter what they do to a student or a group of students or all of the students that if the students are not interested in the lesson being taught then they are not going to care about learning that lesson hence the off task behavior and there is really not much that taking away recess will do to change that. You are really just holding up the letting out of energy for later and possibly having it all balloon into something worse later because whatever they hold in verbally might come out physically and then you might end up with WW 2 and a Half in a classroom on your hands.
Also, taking away recess is also the teacher taking away from themselves so some way or another it backfires on them and they wonder where their planning time or personal time goes. Teachers need to learn how to not make consequences that will backfire on them.
Sometimes students need to be taught where they are at in their lives and not where someone else wants them to be taught at and when you guide them where they are at they start to come around to listening to you and out goes the off task behaviors.
It is all about student buy in. Nevertheless you did the best you could and that's ultimately what counts in the end.
- Dwight
This is great to keep in mind when I have my own classroom. Gaining student buy in (especially upper graders) as a sub is a whole different beast 😅
@@ms.trinh.teaches
Well Julie,
It seems that every experience that you get becomes an opportunity for you and you continuously take on those opportunities with grace and fairness and compassion for others especially your own students or someone else's students that you get the opportunity to teach.
Sometimes it takes time trying to get student buy in but when you are willing to go through anything regardless of how far out of left field it is at the time to get to it you will get it and without worse pushback.
The good thing for you is that you are willing to go that far to get student buy in.
Keep it up.
- Dwight
Hello👋🏾,
Just came across your video. I would suggest to anyone that is going in to teaching to sub in various schools and grade levels the first year so you can find what school and grade level you are comfortable teaching before signing a contract. I retired at 26 years in education. I subbed for 1 year before receiving a contract. Spent 24 years in elementary and 2 at middle school. Now that I am retired I sub again. There is a need for teacher subs that you can get a long term sub position for the school year.
I subbed for all the elementary grades and learned so much about my preferred age group. I'm a first grade teacher now!
Subbing is the hardest job I have ever done. Did it for a semester before my teaching position.
I will never do it again….hopefully.
Harder than having your own classroom?? That's so surprising!
What no way its much easier.. and great experience before having your own classroom you can get more confidence and behavior management and see how all different teachers do things! I love being a sub
Are a Filipina?
Vietnamese!