EDU221CMconcerns


 * How do you cater to needs of your students without seeming like you’re spoon-feeding them? Also, what do you do when students begin abusing your kindness and willingness to adjust the curriculum?


 * What are some resources for us to learn how to handle transitions in order to help with time management?
 * How do you keep things running smoothly when your students are working in groups
 * This wasn't in the concern list, this was on someone's "what could've made it better" reflection: I could have been more interactive with the audience by asking more probing questions during the group activities.

__District Policy/State Law__ (but what else can you do? both proactive and reactive)
 * I know we have had many examples unfortunately this year, but how do you handle tragedy in the classroom? Whether it’s a death, diagnosis, or a national tragedy how do you handle it?
 * Considering everything that has happened at Mt. Blue and Farmington, I am concerned that I am still very ill prepared to deal if something like that happens at my future school. How does someone handle a situation like that? I am scared I will not be the right type of support for my students.
 * What should a teacher do in emergency situations (medical emergency, shooter on campus, etc.) in order to help keep the students emotionally, mentally, and physically safe?
 * I’d like to know more about how to stay calm in upsetting situations and how to keep emotions in check when bad things happen.
 * How, as teachers, should we develop plans for handling tricky situations, and more importantly what do we do when those plans fail?


 * I’m still concerned on what to do in case of a fight. While in Practicum I have been told to don’t even think about doing anything to breakup a fight. Also, I’m still confused about how policies vary from school to school on who can actually breakup fights because some require training.
 * What do you do about situations where there isn’t one right answer of what to do, such as handling students fighting.

__Content Lit, Methods Class, 402 and Student Teaching__
 * how to balance advanced students with remedial students in the same class


 * What are the best ways to deal with classroom management based on my specific content area.


 * One of the only concerns/interests I still have is dealing with administration. Many of our presentations and chapters referenced administration and problems that come from teacher/administration relationships, but there was no direct discussion on the topic.

__The CM Analogy__ (and how can you get more practice at all this?)
 * I am concerned about establishing my presence as the authority figure, the boss and the person in charge. I have learned some great suggestions, dressing the part, starting the year off on the right foot and having clear concise rules, but I still think there is an element of personality that goes with this. I am not sure I have found my ‘teacher voice’ yet, I think this comes with experience, but it would be really really convenient to read and learn this before standing in front of a room full of high schoolers.
 * I am even more firm in my believing that classroom management is a gray area. There is no black and white when it comes to dealing with tough situations in the classroom, all we can do is what we think is right when that moment comes.

__Good Advice from Colleagues__
 * I think our class did a great job covering the material we wanted to cover at the beginning of the semester. I think what was hard for all of us to really get to was the “How” part of classroom management. Like, how do we stop cyber bullying? How to be proactive with handling students who are inattentive or acting out? How do we deal with parents? I think we all did a great job attempting to explain all of this. But, none of us are actually full teachers yet, so I still have questions in how to actually accomplish all of the amazing things we covered in our chapters. I think most of my questions will be answered in my classes down the road here at UMF.