Blog Post #9

What I've Learned This Year

Mr. McClung was a new teacher at a Junior College, he had no real experience and did what he could to be the best teacher he could be. In these blogs he posted his thoughts about his year and new ideas that came to him that would future benifit teachers and help him reflect. In the first post he wrote about his first year over there. The main point was to "stay positive." He wrote down several different bullets explaining key points he wanted to discuss. First he talked about reading the crowd. When he first started teaching he said he was very focused on himself as a teacher and really did not consider how the students were taking his lessons. He learned that he needed to be more student focused and take into thought their reactions to his lessons. In the next few points he highlights "being flexible, and communication," These go rather well together because he found out how to be flexible through communicating with his students. He learned that there was no such thing as the perfect lesson, however, I would disagree and say there definitely could be. However, through this he learned that it was okay if a lesson did not go as well as he thought, he could learn from it and better correct it next time. His last note on this page was to "never stop learning." He makes sure he is always taking in new experiences and learning from his mistakes.

What I Learned This Year (year 2)

In his second post he starts out by explaining that he has moved up to junior high students. It is again his first time, however, with more experience in his background and a new teaching method/mind set I believe he was off to a better start already. He starts off by talking about "Adapting." I would argue that this is not his frist time with this new lesson to learn. He had to adapt also in the previous section where he was transfered to his first school. In this new scene Mr. McClung had to learn new ways of teaching and communicating. It was almost like he had to just dig deeper on what he learned in his first term. he also makes a great point about needing/finding a Class Mom. I thought this was the best point he made. If you need help, ask for it. A class mom has been around and knows the ropes. She would be a great person to go to if rules are managing needed to be done. In the end he closes with the same point he closed with in his first term. Never stop learning, however, he words it as "It's what you learn after you know it all that matters." This is the same concept of never stop learning. He makes sure to inform us to always keep our minds open to new lessons and experiences.