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In terms of behaviour management, I find that I still 'give too many chances' and 'turn a blind
eye' to off-task behaviour and unrelated conversations in the classroom more than I should be
doing.
How does this inform me for my future lessons and teaching practice?
With the experience that I have now gained from 3 weeks of teaching in the classroom, I have
built upon my repertoire of teaching strategies for the future by observing my two mentors in the
classroom. They have advised me to observe other teachers during DOTT sessions to see a
variety of teaching methods from different teachers who teach a variety of different students. I
am also very grateful to be teaching a 'You Can Do It' education program in the classroom,
which is a program which focuses on teaching students different 'life skills' such as confidence,
resilience and persistence as I believe this is just as important as learning and meeting curriculum
objectives. This has been very beneficial for both the students and myself, and is definitely
something I would like to incorporate into my future teaching career.
Having told my mentor that I do not feel confident with conflict resolution skills for the students,
I am very grateful for when she explicitly models her answers and responses to when students
approach her to ask questions or make statements. It has given me an idea of how to build their
skills as a person beyond just teaching about literacy, maths and other school subjects. I have
found that by making a clear effort to build and develop a relationship with the students and by
getting to know each person more personally, has resulted in a closer, more trusting teacherstudent relationship, which has in turned helped to make teaching and learning in the classroom
more effective.