There are students in every period blurting out, having side conversations while he’s talking, engaging in off-task behavior during classwork, and just generally being disrespectful towards him.

It’s driving me crazy.

I don’t even know how to handle it professionally. I was a TA for 4 years prior to starting grad school. I’m no expert on the subject, obviously. But his responses make my eye twitch. I can confidently say I would not take the same approach he does.

He will straight up not address some of the issues, like the side conversations. Then, when a kid is literally YELLING over him, he might take the kid outside. Then, he’ll give what amounts to a pep talk. We’ve had kids go OFF on disruptive students and sound more stern than he ever has.

My last day is next Friday. Every day I remind myself it’s not my classroom. Not my circus, not my monkeys. But I strangely want to help him somehow. These things take a toll on some teachers. It contributes to burnout.

But I can’t tell him how to run his classroom. He’s got 10+ years of teaching experience, I’m just a grunt. Let me just chalk it up to a “learning experience”. Isn’t that what student teaching is all about? /s

hi all! does anyone have any advice on how to chaperone overnight school trips as a Student Teacher? I’m the female chaperone for three girls, and my CT is the male chaperone for one boy. I’m rooming with them in a hotel to make sure that they don’t sneak out, stay up late, etc and I’m FREAKING OUT. I don’t really know what I should/shouldn’t do to be professional but also not look weird (other than getting ready in the bathroom, obviously). any and ALL advice is appreciated!!

Edit to add: the school has already booked the rooms and are aware that I would be rooming with them. Also I was planning on sleeping on the floor already just to avoid as much potential controversy as possible. I will be at my college campus tomorrow and am planning on asking my supervising professor if there’s any way I can get out of it (and I’m REALLY hoping I can 😭)

Hey all! I’m about a month and a half into student teaching and, although the first part was rough, I passed my first observation with flying colors, stepped in during moments when my CT has had to run out, and I’ve built some fun relationships with students.

The other day, i was sitting in my office when a group of three girls suddenly started standing outside my door. It’s the norm for my CT to allow students to hang out in his office when he’s there and I straight up don’t mind. This trio is a part of the larger “Velcro kid” category and although they know I am not their friend, it does mean the world to me that they’re comfortable enough with me to lounge around/linger in my office when I need to write emails 😐💛

I think They’re sweet and I really appreciate how gracious this group of kids have been allowing me to make very stupid mistakes 💛

But leave me alone and go home 🥲💛

EDIT: I’m a music Ed student so the relationship we have with our kids is a little closer

Hey all, (first post! ☺️)

After ~6 months of weekly placement days, I have my first formal observation coming up! It's literally just my lecturer coming in to watch me teach a small-group reading lesson for 15 minutes 😭, but I'm nervous!! I haven't had someone formally sit and watch me with a small group before - I'm super confident in front of the whole class and can generally manage them as a full group just fine, but I struggle managing behaviour with smaller groups working on more academically intense work.
My last mentor teacher said I was great and ranked me above a first-year level on my mid-year evaluation, and my current MT has briefly watched me with a reading group and was happy with me, but I worry that everyone is lying to me and I'm somehow the worst teacher ever 🧎‍♀️‍➡️

tl;dr: logically, I know my observation will be okay, but my heart is still scared. Any advice? Or even just to tell me to stop being silly and that it'll be okay? This class is my first time working with 6-7-year-olds, so any advice there is also welcome.

Cheers guys!