Accomplishments in the Classroom and their Positive Impacts

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Accomplishments in the Classroom and their Positive Impacts

When I was first introduced to the classroom, I noticed that most students came late to school, some didn’t do their assignments and those that did presented a shoddy job. There was an overall lack of concentration especially with the students who sat at the back with most of them whispering during classes. I turned all this around. It was sheer hard work but soon the mood in the classroom was good during classes marked by high concentration levels. Assignments were done on time and class attendance was good too.

I promoted happiness, warmth and safety during the classes. I set rolling team building activities that helped students be comfortable with each other and help debunk me as a god of some sort. Lessons encouraging friendship, support and openness were enhanced to create a good attitude towards the classes. I also talked to the parents during our meetings to help the students come early to school by waking them up early and ensuring that they don’t stay up late. The parents were also advised to remind the students to do their homework.

My progress was tracked through observation. I observed the behavior of the students in the classroom focusing on their punctuality to class, delivery of assignments and level of concentration during classes.

The issue of student’s concentration needs to be addressed. The quality of engagement needs to be one that is active, inclusive and respectful so as to create an active class. An inclusive warm up activity will help improve the concentration and thus make the students active during the class and it can be made inclusive by involving all the students through questions and rewarding those who are active. The promise of a test also helps improve the student’s concentration. In addition, the warm up activity should be made simple and should not surpass the understanding of the students to enhance comprehension.

`The students were whispering in the back due to distractions or because they were bored with what they were being taught. They could also be whispering because they had something to say but did not have the guts to do so. Openness should therefore be encouraged to build confidence in the student to speak freely during class and not whisper between them. The class should also be made fun so as to reduce boredom. The number of distractions should be kept at a minimum e.g. getting rid of unnecessary objects in class. Reshuffling could also help minimize the whispering in case close friends sat together in class.