If students view you as disorganized, they probably feel your class isn't important, whereas the opposite is true. Organized teachers convey what they teach is important to students. And what does organization mean in Title I? Do students know the goal for the class session? Are materials ready? Has student work from the previous session been evaluated and communicated to the student? Is the session unified? ( A goal we have this year) Is what they are learning relevant to their lives and their world? (Another goal for this year)
All these thoughts came from a teacher listening to 2 adolescent boys on a train going home after school.
This thinking has been part of LEX plan in 2013. The question, however, is how do your students perceive their time with you? Let's hope they view their time with you as important. If not, then it may be that our own organization skills need improvment.
[Readers of this blog also realize that other factors play into student appraisal, given the varied set of negative issues so many of our students face. Let not our own organizational skills contribute to their appraisal of Title I as a unimportant.]
Is your class important? Conversation overhear on train... Ariel Sacks. 3.4.13. transformED.
http://transformed.teachingquality.org/blogs/shoulders-giants/03-2013/your-class-important-conversation-overheard-train
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