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What might this look like? Here are the lists I made at the end of my first two years in the classroom:
Things To Improve Upon In 04-05
- Better utilize space on each Interactive Notebook page
- Use seating charts and seating arrangements more effectively (identify trouble pairs and move them apart).
- Call ALL parents in the first month.
- Call parents more quickly (don't let it get out of hand first, also helps identify parents that aren't going to be much help).
- If I'm cluster leader, arrange for lunch detention and maximize number of cluster meetings.
- More assertiveness in the classroom--don't give up on anyone!
- Talk to previous year's teacher as well as counselors for insights on struggling kids
- Make copies of all referrals before handing them in
- Better Andrew Jackson video? (they were bored with the last one)
- Watch over tape/staplers like a hawk
- Sell pencils
- Be better prepared for new students: get their info and communicate with parents earlier
- Better long-term projects to continue reviewing key topics all year
- Implement current events mini-curriculum
- Students should clean up around their desks every period before they can leave
- Rename the Do Now -- Kickoff, Starter?
- Continue working on improving discipline, especially not yelling, getting visibly upset with everyone, not just certain students
- Let students write out hall passes themselves so I just sign it
- Better "big goal" project to keep them going at the end of the year
- More integrated writing
- Use mobile lab for research, projects, powerpoints
- Focus more on skills TEKS/integrate more fully into existing lessons
- Clearer big goal and student-created (or maintained) ongoing tracking system
- More observations/professional development