This afternoon, my teacher advisor and I attended a session that was developed to assist us in identifying our roles over the next six weeks. Over this time frame, the following question popped up: Are we teaching content or students? As a student-teacher, I have spent numerous hours creating countless lesson-plans and tweaking them to perfection. Therefore, when I go into school the next day with this seamless lesson-plan in hand, I’m going to teach exactly that, right? Chances are probably not. This is because we are teaching students! These are people that have wants, needs, and lives! Conversations are going to occur, and at times, things may venture off a bit. This does not have to be a negative thing! Especially when we are able to take advantage of these conversations and relate them back to the topic. In actuality, this will probably make the content even more meaningful than what was initially planned for.
During lessons, we also may bump into things that don’t work as well as we had planned for, so what do we do? Leave them behind and move on! Allowing a lesson to completely veer off from what was planned may seem incredibly daunting, but in doing so, the content can be made into something that will better benefit the students. Do what needs to be done to assist the students' learning and to show you care!
During lessons, we also may bump into things that don’t work as well as we had planned for, so what do we do? Leave them behind and move on! Allowing a lesson to completely veer off from what was planned may seem incredibly daunting, but in doing so, the content can be made into something that will better benefit the students. Do what needs to be done to assist the students' learning and to show you care!