Woah! Can't believe it been five weeks since I started student teaching! It amazes me how much time flies by when you are enjoying it! This week I taught a total of three classes: Large Animal Science, Power Technology, and Ag Biology. All of these courses are content heavy! When planning it can sometimes get a little stressful. One thing I don't worry about is my skills in relationship building because, to everyone else, I am known to be laid back, energetic, and full of enthusiasm. Relationship building was never an issue for me.
It wasn't until this week that I start worrying about it whether or not I am forming relationships with
It wasn't until this week that I think I may have found that line. Last Friday I've I had a student say "Mr.C I appreciate how relatable you are" and other students in the class agreed. This was from a group that I see every other day and only had for about two weeks so you think the rapport hasn't been established. This was a massive moment for me and I was extremely thankful for that comment. It was a realization that the wall I've built wasn't as high as I thought it was. It was a good indicator to know that I am on the right track! Now that I've set a solid foundation.
I am looking forward to strengthening my relationship with my students.
For my virtual mentors or anyone else who reads my blog; how do you strengthening relationships with students without forcing one on them?
Manny, Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteManny, congratulations on starting and getting through four weeks of student teaching. The best moments of student teaching is building relationships. You will find that with your lessons being relatable to what the students know will build those relationships. This is why you never have the same day of teaching. Keeping listening to the students and find out their interests, as this will help in developing your lessons.
ReplyDeleteManny, yes your student teaching experience and time in general will start FLYING by. Secondly, you are asking yourself some great questions when it comes to developing that goldilocks rapport with student. It's a very fine and hard to define line between too lax and too content driven/unrelatable. However, as you are seeing, you will get little cues from students as how you are doing, continue to use them for guidance.
ReplyDeleteGreat job Manny!
ReplyDeleteTime is going to start to fly and before you know it graduation will be here! Building student relationships can be challenging but is so important! A lot of times these relationships will just happen naturally over time. The more you are with the students the more the relationships grow. The most important thing is to just always be yourself!