Day #19

I know my weakness in teaching thus far has been classroom management. I have been trying to improve but I know I must step up my game. Mrs. Kester made the comment today that she thinks Cheyenne is afraid of her. She claims that I get to be the teacher while she remains the disciplinarian. Of course she put it in a nicer manner....but I got her meaning. So I really stepped it up this afternoon during the math lesson. I think she appreciated it and I felt like a better teacher because of it. My mantra has always been that a good teacher should be kind but firm. I am finding out exactly how firm I need to be, which is a little hard for me. But management is detrimental to their education and I need to decide now to be a good educator and not a puny one.