Saturday, October 22, 2011

What the Students Say

Here are the top ten pieces of advice from students to teachers according to our NWP website:
  1. Be pushy.
  2. Make the lesson relevant to our lives.
  3. Be relatable, but please don't say: "It's time to dip, y'all!"
  4. Teach us with words, sights, and sounds.
  5. Be consistent and firm.
  6. Believe in us.
  7. Explain, explain, explain.
  8. Use our time wisely.
  9. Have clear objectives, clearly communicated.
  10. Be a good example.
Kids want to have boundaries and consistencies. An example of this can be found in a humorous story my friend tells me when she first started student teaching years ago. It was her first day and her co-op teacher had to leave the room and 'go to the office.' Briefly, he said, 'just watch the class.' To her horror, as soon as the teacher left the room, the class erupted. She could not control them because she hadn't the chance to establish her 'rules.' At one point, a student turned to her and screamed, 'You should be controlling us.'
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3 comments:

  1. UnknownOctober 23, 2011 at 1:21 PM

    Thanks for posting this Michele! I was thinking about adding it myself! :) What a great collection those students compiled for us to adhere by!

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  2. DakotaOctober 25, 2011 at 5:45 AM

    This is really interesting. I especially like #5, since you would think students really "would't" want this, but they actually do! I enjoyed #8 too. :) good post~

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  3. bcraftie41October 27, 2011 at 8:00 AM

    That's a great post with some encouraging advice. I'm still not sure if #1 was said with the teacher in earshot, but it is nice to be reminded that students do enjoy boundaries. As much as they seem to complain when rules are implemented, I do believe they enjoy structure much more than chaos!

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