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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've posted above a few times, but I'll also say this.  Classroom management is hard as heck even with an easy class.  Classroom management is barely brushed upon in education programs, which is a terrible disservice to everyone.  It takes years to learn, and ime, I'd say you never stop learning it.  It's just hard.  It's constant.  It's always changing.  What works with one kid won't work with another kid.  What works in September might not work anymore in February.  You could have your routines down pat and then, bam, in walks a new kid mid year the entire class dynamic changes.  You have to be prepared as hell, you have to know when to let something go, when to stand your ground, when to apologize, when a kid needs extra TLC.  One of my colleagues and I were talking about a kid he had the roughest time with.  He started telling the kid he loved him.  That was the thing that turned that kid around.  Another colleague has a kid who is just so obnoxious and responds best to giving out praise to the kids sitting next to him, and then he will stop the obnoxious behavior because he wants to be called out too.  I had one kid who got everyone else going and laughing disruptively.  The only thing that worked with him is that I had his parents bring him in early once a week (15 min) and we'd read together.  That did it for him.  He stopped being so disruptive.  Some kids need a visual schedule.  Some kids need a job.  For some kids, nothing seems to work.

But no one in education programs is telling you how to handle it when you have to evacuate the class once a week due to safety issues.  No one is talking about the kid who walks out of the bathroom with poop in their hands trying to wipe it on things because they are angry at you.  No one is teaching teachers how to deal with the child who needs so much physical input they practically vault over their desk several times a day.  Heck, no one is walking through the basics like how to establish routines.  I personally think becoming a teacher should be a 6 year program.  I think it should go like this:
Year one: 100 observation hours in at least 4 different schools and grade levels
Year two: 4 weeks each semester in a classroom, teaching one lesson each week, and each semester taking a 1 credit class management course
Year three: 6 weeks each semester in a classroom, teaching 2-3 lessons each week, and each semester taking a 1 credit class management course
Year four: 8 weeks each semester in a classroom, working up to teaching one full week all lessons, and each semester taking a 1 credit class management course
Year five: Full year teaching with a supervising teacher, and each semester taking a 1 credit class management course, paid half of what teachers make
Year six: Another full year of teaching with a supervising teacher, and each semester taking a 1 credit class management course, paid 75% what teachers make[/quote]

The United States will never professionalize teaching with the kind of prep you are suggesting because then they would have to pay us more and respect us more. Not happening. [/quote]

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