I have chosen four teachers that have
experience working with children for many years. Therefore, they have good classroom
management skills to encourage new teachers to use in the classroom. In
addition, they use different textbooks and materials in their classroom that
correspond to common core and state standard requirements for all academic
subjects.
The first teacher is Angela Watson who
has 11 years’ experience as a teacher in the classroom. Also, she has created
several books and materials to inspire teachers not to give up on students but
to help the students achieve academic goals when it comes to reading, math, and
writing skills. One technique that
Angela uses is “Don’t steal the struggle,” which means allowing students a
couple minutes to think about answers to math problems. For example, this
method can be seen through teaching students how to use color cubes to show 64
in a word problem.
Next, the second
teacher is Julian McLaughlin who has taught for several years in the
classrooms. A few principles that she
believes is necessary to foster a positive classroom environment is a “warm,
safe, and caring environments [that] allows students to influence the nature of
the activities they undertake, engage seriously in the study, regulate their
behavior, and know of the expert criteria and high expectation”( McLaughlin,
n.d.).
One thing that caught my attention on
McLaughlin’s website is the idea of “building on prior knowledge and
experiences” that students have already learned from home through different
classroom environments. For instance, in preschool for a science project
children learn to mix basic food color in a plastic water bottle with confetti
to make a
Third, I would like to introduce Jessica Meacham who won National
teacher of the year. Meacham is a first grade teacher that received a monetary
gift along with the award. To build up reading skills, Meacham created
accessories to go along with a scrabble game. In order to make this a classroom
assignment, the teacher needs “pencils, [a] recording packet, letter tiles and
[a] two minute timer" (Meacham, 2014). This will be a good game for
teachers to add to the writing center. Another assignment for students to
understand vocabulary is fluency words. The accessories include a
pointer, ten slide die, two minute timer, and word sheet. Meacham also
shared good organization skills for the classroom. This includes arranging furniture
so that teachers and student have the freedom to move around the classroom. www.jessicammeacham.com
the fourth teacher that inspires is Renz who has inspired teachers to use six assements tools that will help with assessing and testing student performance. At the beginning of the school year, students have to be screened to enter school as well as keep track of their growth in academic subjects, such as reading and Math. Teachers can add to the materials the school district uses to evaluate students during the school year. An assements one school district used is Dial-3 for preschool students. This consist of running, jumping, and skipping. www.mrsrenz.com
the fourth teacher that inspires is Renz who has inspired teachers to use six assements tools that will help with assessing and testing student performance. At the beginning of the school year, students have to be screened to enter school as well as keep track of their growth in academic subjects, such as reading and Math. Teachers can add to the materials the school district uses to evaluate students during the school year. An assements one school district used is Dial-3 for preschool students. This consist of running, jumping, and skipping. www.mrsrenz.com
