Connect & Reflect 10/28

Dear Planners,

I don't know about you but I always plan out everything. I have a total of 4 planners that I use daily. I love having my life planned out and organized. Today in class I had a big problem with organizing my main idea of classroom management. My professor handed out a blank piece of paper with play dough and told us to create what we think our main idea of classroom management is only using play dough. I had such a hard time because I only had a few minutes to plan out what I thought classroom management was all about. Classroom management is so broad to me that I did not think I had a main idea until this in class project. I decided to show that I want my classroom to be student centered surrounding by fairness. The children in the picture below represent my student centered classroom. The blocks that they are standing on represents that I want a classroom environment where my students know that being fair is not always equal.

After we created our main idea of classroom management, my class laid out their  creations and we went around in a circle writing what we thought the main idea was. I was very pleased with the comments I received. It told me more about myself as a teacher than what I thought I knew. During the week I noticed when I teach I use these classroom management main ideas that my class wrote about my play dough creation. I create community during the morning meeting. I demonstrate fairness in my classroom by meeting all of my students needs. I teach my students teamwork by having them complete group work and solving peer conflicts. I loved this classroom management in class assignment because it really taught me what I think classroom management is. Also, I got to connect my ideas immediately in the classroom. This is why I love being apart of USF's urban teacher residency program!

Sincerely,

Miss Hester