Things To Alter 2014-2015 Schoolhouse Year

H5N1 few days ago, I posted the advice my students gave me on what to KEEP for adjacent schoolhouse year. That was all positive stuff, as well as thence it was pretty tardily to post. Today, I'm posting what my students told me I involve to CHANGE for adjacent year. Part of me is nervous well-nigh posting this because all of this feedback doesn't precisely pigment me inward the best light. I know I accept lots of room for improvement. And, I'm thankful for this feedback from my students. The indicate of this weblog is to hold upwards honest well-nigh my strengths as well as my weaknesses as well as thence I tin flame acquire ameliorate as well as tending others acquire better. Plus, the #MTBoS is ever hither to help!

Looking over these, it seems similar my students weren't happy well-nigh the desks. That's belike because I accept this style to acquire dorsum as well as forth betwixt groups as well as rows. All of the kids are never happy. Honestly, I'm never happy alongside the desk set-up, either. My room is only besides modest for 24 desks to gibe nicely. So, no affair what seating scheme I try, at that spot is never plenty room. Also - my kids tin flame never grip on anything.

Things to CHANGE (According to my students)

Supplies X2

Better glue
Change out the markers / mucilage sticks
New Markers X2
Different mucilage X2

Classroom Management as well as Structure

Seats X8
The agency the seats are arranged
We involve to role the bell to a greater extent than often
Maybe taking phones if necessary
Your room arrangement
The seating dorsum to groups
Seating X2
Desk arrangements
Your room layout
The seats inward your classroom often
Seating scheme - nosotros involve tables
Classroom

Ms. Hagan

Your Jokes X4
Your Attitude
Collect to a greater extent than cats
Your education - learn out of a mass for a year
Have your immature homo alter your concluding advert only about day.
Get contacts. (This totally happened inward March 2014. Guess I don't article of apparel them oftentimes enough...)

Classroom Decorations

The "Go Tulsa" sign - I don't similar Tulsa
Too much color inward the room - it gets distracting sometimes X2
Your Words (This tiddler had a feel of humor...)
Posters X2
The dangly materials from the lights to something different
Decorations
The decorations inward the class
The curtains

Instruction

The lack of fun
Your strategy for math
How fast nosotros larn the lessons
Writing
Math
How y'all learn conic sections
More hands-on stuff
Less quizzes as well as to a greater extent than grouping projects, if possible. Quizzes stress me out.
Quizzes X3
Do white boards more
Do to a greater extent than math games X3
Do less work
The no homework thing
The dullness
The Grading System X2
Quizzes as well as thence the problems are to a greater extent than reasonable

Rules (AND THINGS I CAN'T ACTUALLY CHANGE)

Hats
Make them alter the bell schedule
If your supplies aren't on the table, it's counted every bit an absence

Miscellaneous

Nothing X2
Days of the Week X2 - Change Mon to something else that goes alongside an M.