Mar,2
When I was in China, I was a teacher of English. We worked as a whole group. A lot of tasks were given to us, since the school emphasizes the importance of English so much. Translations, speaking context, or spelling bees and so on. Fortunately, we had a great leader at that time. She encouraged us and took most responsibilities and we always helped with each other. We always shared the resources we thought it was useful; we discussed about the class management; we used some “tricky” strategies for those who did not listen carefully. Although there were a lot of female teachers, we never quarrel with each other and we were not so gossipy. I still remember one day Candy (one of our teachers and my best friend) came to observe my class, at which time I was a new teacher to that class. I thought the class was a little bit noisy but was still OK for me. She told me that I needed to make rules for them, or it would be much difficult to get them under controlled. She also suggested me I make up stories, which would be more helpful to get students engaged. I did in that way, and I made up a lot of stories by Mickey and Minnie. In our group, the group leadere also asked us to store the smart board materials, resources and PPTs. All of that were collected together and shared to other teachers. We observed each other’s class and gave suggestions honestly. We believed that what we did were for kids. We held the singing contest together. The time was limited and the school wanted really a wonderful context. We just tried our best, to squeeze the time together and we also spent our spare time to help kids practice, because every child wants their parents to see him or her on the stage. We taught a little bit more faster and we could have 5-10 minutes to practice together. We used the time after class for 5-10minutes (which was supported by parents) and we made it. I was so lucky to work with so many wonderful teachers. I have learnt a lot from them.
When I was in China, I was a teacher of English. We worked as a whole group. A lot of tasks were given to us, since the school emphasizes the importance of English so much. Translations, speaking context, or spelling bees and so on. Fortunately, we had a great leader at that time. She encouraged us and took most responsibilities and we always helped with each other. We always shared the resources we thought it was useful; we discussed about the class management; we used some “tricky” strategies for those who did not listen carefully. Although there were a lot of female teachers, we never quarrel with each other and we were not so gossipy. I still remember one day Candy (one of our teachers and my best friend) came to observe my class, at which time I was a new teacher to that class. I thought the class was a little bit noisy but was still OK for me. She told me that I needed to make rules for them, or it would be much difficult to get them under controlled. She also suggested me I make up stories, which would be more helpful to get students engaged. I did in that way, and I made up a lot of stories by Mickey and Minnie. In our group, the group leadere also asked us to store the smart board materials, resources and PPTs. All of that were collected together and shared to other teachers. We observed each other’s class and gave suggestions honestly. We believed that what we did were for kids. We held the singing contest together. The time was limited and the school wanted really a wonderful context. We just tried our best, to squeeze the time together and we also spent our spare time to help kids practice, because every child wants their parents to see him or her on the stage. We taught a little bit more faster and we could have 5-10 minutes to practice together. We used the time after class for 5-10minutes (which was supported by parents) and we made it. I was so lucky to work with so many wonderful teachers. I have learnt a lot from them.