I debated whether or not to write a post this week, but I figured that part of being a teacher is being honest about your own teaching practice. I can’t sugar coat everything and make postings that are all about my achievements in the classroom. Of course, I do want to highlight all of the amazing things that my students are doing in the classroom, but I would be doing a disservice to this blog space and to myself if I ignored the fact that there are hard days, and sometimes, hard weeks. This week has been a hard week.

Classroom management has been tough for me. There are days where I feel that I have progressed in this aspect. I certainly feel that I have learned a lot and improved in some areas of classroom management since the beginning of my long practicum. I have learned how to use a firm and loud voice. I have learned many different strategies to use in the classroom. But it’s the consistency that I am currently struggling with. I have to be more clear. I have to be more consistent. I have to set more consequences if students do not follow expectations. Those three things are the key aspects that I am missing in my classroom management. Knowing this, I have put a plan into place to help ensure that I meet all of these targets in the classroom. I definitely got a wake-up call this week and while it has been an emotional couple of days, I am determined now more than ever to finish off this 10-week practicum strong. I am determined to vastly improve my classroom management skills within the next two weeks so that I can feel at the very end that I have accomplished and understood the many facets of classroom management. I have all of the tools that I need in order to succeed in this. Now, it is about implementing it into my classroom.