Wow. What a difference!
Watching myself teach this time was completely different. I thought I was confident in front of the classroom but this time around I actually am confident. You can hear it in my voice and the way I hold myself. That is why watching a video of myself teaching is great. You can tell in the video that the students respect me. I simply give them a look and they know I mean business. My first lesson I was glued to the blackboard and in this lesson I was using the overhead and moving everywhere. Basically it looked like a completely different person. It makes me excited to see myself in a year from now (because there is still A LOT of room for improvement).
There were several things not captured on the video that I believe changed over the summer as well.
1. My lesson planning skills: At the start of the summer I would come home and lesson plan from the moment I got home until 11pm. I would be exhausted and stressed out. NOW, I am still exhausted but not as stressed because I am getting the hang of lesson planning. I spend a lot lesson time planning. I am usually done within 2 hours or so. I can't wait until I get to the point where I can do my lessons for the whole week on Sundays...
2. Classroom Management: I much better at dishing out consequences and doing it to everyone. But I am concerned about is setting the tone in the fall. With summer school, I had my second years and team teacher to do this. They taught the first few lessons and they went the rules and consequences. In August it will just be me. i suppose that will be the real test. Can I do it by myself?
I think these two recordings have shown me that it can be useful to watch yourself teach. I think I may try doing it during the school year.
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