Teacher Interview

For my teacher interview project, I was lucky enough to be able to interview a teacher in my family that has been teaching for 30 plus years.  Starting out with elementary education and moving on to high school students.  I did this interview on Sunday night, the questions were not completed yet, so I just asked her all of the questions listed.   I thought it definitely gave me a lot of insight into teaching and connected one of my biggest questions I have had since the beginning of the cohort. 

How will I manage my classroom and get the students to show everyone including the teacher respect.  I thought her answers mostly aligned with Chapter 13, especially page 494 going over routines, procedures, and rules.  Since she taught elementary for so long, a lot of the suggested rules in our text went along with the way Mrs. Baldwin expected her students to engage with her and the rest of the school.   Along with rules, procedures, and routines, she spoke a lot about getting the students attention and respect at the beginning of the year.  Getting Started: The First week of Class (pg 499) brings all of this together.  Stopping problems quickly (pg 506) was another section of chapter 13 I connected to my interview.  If you can get classroom management under control in the beginning of the school year, matters of discipline will be easier throughout the year when needed. 

Although I am related to Mrs. Baldwin, I never really got the chance to talk with her as much about teaching until recently.  Every time we are out and see an old student or a new one, they have so many great things to say.  I am hoping to use her knowledge of teaching to get started.  Maybe I will be as great a teacher as her someday!

Interview Recording