Sep 20 2008
Week 3- Open House/Supervisor Visit
Alright, open house was awkward. I felt like a little kid in front of the parents. Just when I became semi-comfortable in front of the kids their parents show up. Nothing horrible happened but I really wasn’t comfortable speaking to parents. Luckily, my mentor teacher did most of the talking. On another note, I was surprised by meager showing of parents/guardians at the event. There were about 3-4 parents in each class. I was surprised. When I was growing up I thought everyone went to open house-me and my mom always did. On a more positive note the parents that were there seemed genuinely interested in what their student would be doing that year. I think, as I’m sure you all do, that parent involvement is crucial to student academic success. Another important occurrence this week was my supervisor(Cheryl) visiting. I was nervous for her visit because she is the one who judges if I get my license or not. Talk about high stakes. Anyway, things went fantastic! I told the students the day before that she would becoming and they all behaved well(which they usually do). Anyway 1 visit down 4 to go. Okay well that’s all I have to say. I really hope everyone else is surviving and doing well. Only 2 1/2 more months until graduation!!!
Best,
Sara
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Cheryl said you were fantastic. And I’m sure you were.
I’m really nervous for parent teacher conferences in a few months. I wonder if turn out will be low for that as well. Maybe it’s a result of the district we’re in? I’m sure you were wonderful.
Righto.
Nothing much more to say.
Enjoy your weekend
See you Wednesday
-Casey
My open house was interesting also. 3 parents first period, 0 third period, 0 fourth Of course, the 9 parents that showed up have kids who get all of their work done and no disciplinary problems. Interesting…..I wonder how parent involvement and interest affects student behavior and discipline in “doing school?”
It seems my sentence was cut off….of course if you do the math, you would guess that I had 6 parents for fifth period.