Classroom Reflection Essay

Through interacting with my students, I gained knowledge and insight on how to have students perceive me as a teacher and not as a peer. I have learned to speak with confidence and had my students address me as Ms. Brown. I also set rules during my lessons and asked my students to maintain respect while I was teaching. The rules I set in place included: raise a quiet hand to speak, talk only when you are called upon and respect each other and myself. By putting these rules in place I was able to show students that I was the leader in the lesson and not their peer. I also provided a stern tone when talking to students who were disrespectful. A student was continuously disrespectful to me, so I gave him a three strike rule that every period if he was disrespectful towards

I have learned to implement rules that address each lesson appropriately. I learned that with science lessons that I should include rules that address students touching the props and experiment safety. I have also learned how to set up my classroom to get rid of unwanted behaviors and promote positive interactions with my students. I learned to separate two boys in my class who constantly talked while I was teaching. I moved one boy to the other side of the room to get rid of those unwanted behaviors. I have also learned how to positively reinforce good behaviors. I set up a system that had students raise their hands to receive a pretzel. If they did not raise their hands they could not receive a pretzel for the rest of the period. By enforcing this system it allowed students to raise their hands and not shout out answers that led to more talking by their other peers. Classroom management is probably the most important skill a teacher can have, by setting up rules and reinforcing positive behaviors, I learned and am continually learning what techniques I can use to best manage my classroom in the future to promote student