It is clear that having good behavior management is key to being a teacher and a teacher on call. During my time in my practicum, I have seen several TOCs in my teachers class. My class is a chatty bunch, and I have seen many of the TOCs struggle to keep the students quiet. I noticed that the TOC who had better class management skills had a much more enjoyable experience. This skill can change determine whether or not the teacher will have a good or bad day. Having a bad day as a TOC may mean that you don’t get a call back from that teacher, or may not be recommended. I am hopeful that this chatty class will help me learn all the behaviour management I need to be a good TOC.
On this same day, I attended a IEP meeting with the LST. I was shown all of the different goals children who are struggling might have in our class, and how they plan on working on those goals. I was shown the program that the LST uses to document all of is information.