“Positive
Discipline”
Accomplishment:
We started our class on last Wednesday, I
am not productive for this week because I am really tired. I made my lesson
plan about the poem Sampaguita. Our cooperating teacher let us do her
instructional materials, a board with chart and a pop-up. She will be using the
instructional material for next week.
I consider that it is my achievement when I
was able to show to my students that I can handle any situations in life. I didn’t
let down myself and cry in front of my students when one of them disrespected
me on the process of my lesson. I showed them that I was not affected of it.
I attended also the emergency meeting with Ma’am
Bernadette L. Soliba, the Department Head of School of Teacher Education. She
reminded us about our requirements which we are about to accomplish.
Significant
Experiences:
One of my student disrespected me during
my discussion, he is an intelligent student. Students who behave
disrespectfully tend to treat staff very discourteously, roll their eyes,
dismiss requests and instructions by 'tutting', and often act with utter
disdain. When they're not sneering they often ignore the teacher and generally
act in a 'superior' manner, as if everything is 'beneath' them. Acting in a disrespectful way is
often a way of disguising frustration and unhappiness; students like this may
see behaving disrespectfully as a means of hurting other people, an act of
revenge for times when they themselves were hurt, perhaps by adults or by
fellow students.
Insights:
Modeling respectful behavior before
approaching a situation that's making your blood boil, take a moment to calm
down and regain your composure. Give lessons on respectful behavior by demonstrating
respectful ways to approach and respond to others, and let the children
practice them. Encouraging children by letting them know when you notice their
efforts to practice new behaviors. Identifying the likely hidden message helps
the teacher figure out the best way to respond. Avoid lectures, shaming, and
blaming children. Such adult tactics incite disrespectful responses. Practice
mutual respect. That means remembering to respect your own needs as well as the
students' needs.
Problems:
How can I handle my students who
disrespect me? One
of my clearest memories in SLU-LHS was one of my students disrespected me by
saying the word “umalis ka na jan” means that I will get out from where I am
standing. I stayed cool and disregarded about it. Part way through my
experience I’m thinking a lot about how I can improve as a teacher. I didn’t
prepare for it, but I managed myself and not to react on the spot because I can
hurt that student. One thing that I’ve come to realize is that I don’t have
complete control of my classrooms. I’ve
never been anywhere near a breakdown, but I certainly have times when I’ve felt
uncomfortable in front of my classes. I was a shy introvert growing up, too
nervous to ask questions in classes or go to office hours. The worst days of my
life were when I had to give presentations.
Solutions:
Take
time to connect with your students. It's easy to be disrespectful to a person
you perceive only as an object of your control or manipulation. Similarly, it's
difficult to be disrespectful toward someone who is an asset to you or who sees
you as an asset. High school teachers who use positive discipline class
meetings have discovered that taking time for giving compliments,
appreciations, and encouragements contributes to a mutually respectful
atmosphere in their classrooms.
At a class meeting, discuss the students'
understanding of disrespectful and respectful behavior. Share your own
thoughts. Identify and role-play ways in which people can behave respectfully
in specific situations. The class might formulate a plan with a chosen focus,
such as ways in which they can show respect for one another when standing in
line waiting for lunch. In a few days or a week, students can discuss how the
new plan is working.
Goals
for Next Week:
I must prepare all the forms that are
needed to be sign by my cooperating teacher so that everything will not be
rush. I want also to improve my grammar and lesson plan to have a higher score
and have a higher ratings in my evaluation form. Most of my ratings in
evaluation were low. I hope that I will achieve a score of at least 90% of my
lesson plan.
