5 Things I Learned... + 5 Things I Didn't Learn in My Teacher Credential Program

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[@shool4school729]

Oh my gosh, I love the idea of teaching student teachers how to respond to parents. Some of my colleagues really struggle with parent relationships and I think they could have used this practice.

[@zachthinkshare]

Shool 4 School I’ve had the full spectrum of parent envolvment in my years in an inner city middle school then a more suburban regional school

[@JJ-yu6og]

Sooo happy to hear that you as a teacher got a multicultural lesson on your credential program!!!

[@jennifermorse2803]

That was very helpful! Thank you for your videos:)

[@joann7254]

Yes! More videos on practical advice for new teachers please! I always enjoy and take notes on the advice you share on your channel. Thank you!

[@katienelson3664]

Thanks for making this video! I also am from california and will be starting my credential program in June through Cal State East Bay! I thought your video was so informative :-)

[@jenniferwest1576]

Great video! I completely agree with your list of things you did and did not learn. I hope you make tip videos on parent communication, transitioning, and pacing. These topics will be very helpful for any teacher of any age and with any kind of experience.

[@TheSpiritofAustria]

I can relate to so much of what you say. Thanks for sharing! I find it particularly interesting how similar and then again different the credential programs are. I still had to do a combined teacher training program (it has changed in the past few years) . It basically consists of introductory lessons about all the different elements of each subject (we need to combine /study two subjects here in Austria) and then teaching related classes about teaching those subjects, plus a kind of separated pedagogy program. What I really liked about my studies was that we had to observe classes from very early on (4th semester) and then gradually work our way up to teaching lessons with a colleague and later alone. Once I had finished my studies I had to take some more classes about the more practical and hands-on school related topics (some law, again some more lesson planning, test assessment strategies, methodology etc.) while working at a school as a student teacher / "intern". You'll be observing your mentor teachers and then gradually take over one of their classes. I've already had some experience because I started teaching while I was still at university but it was worth it nonetheless.

[@SuperClover12]

LOVE your idea for teaching student teachers about parent communication! As a first year teacher, I feel like I was very unprepared for that. And I would love for you to do a video about transitions! Such a simple concept that makes such a big impact on classroom management! I never realized until I experienced it!

[@alexandragavrilidis6688]

This was very interesting, I’m studying to be a teacher in Australia 😁 would love to hear more about your classroom management now

[@roderickwoodard1415]

Thank you for this video! 😀 Classroom management must be on point in order to survive the school year. I want to teach elementary school, so transitions are crucial. And you are right, misbehavior always happens during transitions. Having a clearly defined classroom/behavior management plan is vital as parents will communicate the slightly bit of disdain towards a policy implemented in your classroom, especially if it is not in your management plan. I definitely am starting to plan for the upcoming school year, and I am thinking about how I am going to build a positive rapport with my students, all while creating an environment that is safe, structured, and motivating/comfortable for my students! 😀 I learned a lot from my Master's program and am grateful for the experience. However, I have learned so much more from my 8 years as a Paraprofessional about ALL the topics you mentioned in this video! 😀 Thank you for your insight into these topics. Very informative! 😀

[@GirlwholuvsCODMWF2]

I am coming up on my final few semesters of university, I have summer and fall, then clinical teaching in spring 2019, and everything you said I have experienced!! Yes to the strategies, yes to culturally relevant pedagogy, yes to objectives based lessons, yes to sample lessons, yes to modifications! At my school we have to take a classroom management class, I would love for you to do a video about restorative justice!

[@dararodriguez7530]

Very interesting video! Thanks for sharing 🤗

[@jaidowens9779]

I would love to hear more about how you manage transitions!

[@savannahcoleman5672]

Hey, I just graduated from my middle school program and we actually did address classroom management a little bit. If you haven't heard of the author Toshalis, you should totally look into his book. It's called "Make ME!" by Eric Toshalis, and I think you may find a lot of agreement with how to respect the justice of the classroom while still being "in control".

[@laurenwarner1014]

Watching this three days before I finish my Colorado teaching license program!

[@britalitney]

Impacting change and/or accepting problems would be a great unit for an undergraduate communications class that ALL students from ALL majors take. We can learn so much from people with different experiences.

[@toocoolformiddleschoolblog]

Brittney Cloyd So true! We should write a course description and submit it!

[@straberri1979]

I am a California teacher as well and I found myself nodding and laughing through the whole video. I never even knew edcode existed. Teachers NEED to know their rights and the rights of their students!

[@EmilyofREL]

This is all SO true. We didn't have enough SpEd training, though. (That's what my senior thesis was about). Classroom management was discussed occasionally, and only officially for a 2-ish week unit the semester before student teaching. I graduated in May and didn't get my own classroom this year, so I've NEVER communicated with parents and that scares me. I never know what to say in interviews when principals ask me about parent contact!

[@IdeasByAnna]

I would love to hear some of your updated classroom management tips or some of the books/resources you have found! I am graduating in May and I feel very lost when it comes to CM. Love your videos! They are so helpful and you are wonderful to watch!

[@treasuresofglory9615]

IdeasByAnna A great book is The First Days of School by Harry Wong. Actually, anything by Harry Wong is great for classroom management.

[@IdeasByAnna]

Treasures of Glory I will have to check him out! Thanks!

[@zachthinkshare]

We are required to get a masters in MA for use to achieve “professional status” similar to “tenure” this great! The masters is the credential program pretty much, I wish I had a pedagogical class, I wonder if that is something sort of missing from my skills as a math teach!

[@maddiewhitmer9595]

Hello! I know this video was posted a while ago but in my credential program we read a book called “The First Days of School: How to be an Effective Teacher” by Harry and Rosemary Wong and it had a lot of great classroom management ideas. I know you have been teaching for a while now and probably have all your classroom management down but I figured I would put it out there if you are interested. Thanks for the video!

[@kaliefaulk5239]

In Alabama, your content and certification programs are combined at all levels. However, people with BA in a content can take the PRAXIS for a content area and enter an alternative MAEdu program, which is what I did. I was teaching in my own class before I finished my program. I wish my pedagogy classes were in cohorts by content instead of mixed. Everything was very general and I had to do a lot of outside research on teaching my content. {So thankful for Instagram & KZbin!} I also really wish we would have had a technology class as well! They expect us to use it, but never teach us HOW to or what is best! There are tech. related privacy laws that we are expected to follow but never taught. Very frustrating!!

[@christinab.2864]

Is the one at 4:24 is that what I been seeing on KZbin where the students are standing up near their desk while the teacher calls on you on a specific question that the teacher has been teaching.

[@avivahartman8161]

New York and California like to make things complicated LOL. My husband is an attorney and its equally crazy to take the bar in NY and Cali lol. I am a teacher and moved from La to New York and I had to do SO MUCH to get my certification here haha. Crazy. I think Ive now been in college as long as my husband who has a law degree 😂😂 but I make a lot less!

[@JJ-yu6og]

What subject do you teach, and what is the starting salary in NY?

[@amy1852]

after watching this, I am pretty disappointed by Texas' teacher preparation system. The teacher prep system is only the last year of college, so I didnt get much of either content of pedagogy (first two years of college is "basics," then the content for a year, then pedagogy.) I got a semester of student teaching included in that last year (though it was cut short because of the pandemic). I am feeling quite underprepared.

[@jennifersmith6912]

In Texas, for Elementary my major was elementary education and minor was reading. Taught lessons, had students we taught weekly who came for extra tutoring. We learned all of the pedagogy and teaching strategies during those classes. Lesson plans were back in the Madeline Hunter format. My daughter went for secondary education. She majored in English and then did some pedagogy but less of it. It was more focused on her major. Then everybody has a semester of student teaching. In California, what do Elementary education students do? They also have a separate major and then do the teacher training?

[@toocoolformiddleschoolblog]

Jennifer Smith There’s no elementary education major 😆 they do Liberal Studies. It’s not really efficient!

[@jennifersmith6912]

too cool for middle school So is this where they take a hodge lodge if all kinds of classes? Like in the dinosaur age when I was in college, they called elem ed interdisciplinary studies. I had to take 16 hours of science. Lol I remember that more because ummm... I pretty much dislike science. But the idea was to have a well-rounded knowledge base. Then for the last two years, you did elementary classes on how to teach math, reading, science and SS. This is all so interesting to me. It seems like with nearly 30 years of teaching that if I moved to Cali, I would pretty much have to start over before I could teach. Did you do student teaching?

[@kermitkardashain9664]

You major in liberal studied which is pretty much a general education bachelors degree. then you apply for a multiple subject teaching credential. It is also about a year long.

[@alinoack9940]

I love that you mentioned being afraid of technology and not having that addressed in your credential program! I took a "tech integration in education" class at Utah State University and the professor leaves the website open to the public with all of the modules and lessons! It was such a great class! Here's the link to anyone else that is struggling with tech in their classrooms! techintegrateed.weebly.com/

[@mariemacpeek4715]

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