Week Two Placement

Now that I am more into the placement and getting an idea of what goes on in the school, I am feeling better about the whole experience. I think a lot about last week and my impression of the music department comes from classes and teacher settling in to the first week. I played today with the year 7 band kids, ones that kinda know how to play, (the first real contact I've had with real playing so far however) and I'll play again with them next week, on monday. I'm really looking forward to it.

My year 7 class yesterday was good, but not good. I have a ways to go with classes; keeping them in line. But he said that it will take time to sort out my teaching style and how to talk to the class like a teacher instead of an adult who knows stuff. Or as a student teacher. I would love to come and see some of my teachers at my high school and how they run their classes, in particular the music schools to see how they present the music information to the kids. Musically this school doesn't equal how my high school is, and if I am going to be teaching there it would give me a better insight into what I will need to be thinking about this year to be able to teach classes by myself and meet the right goals. To teach them what they need to know to be able to pass at the end of the year, when the other teacher comes back and takes over again.