Week 8 Discussion - Multiple Hats

Multiple Hats

Monday, December 9, 2019, 10:37 AM

As an intern this semester I often wore the hat as one who handles cases of student

behavior in school. This hat’s duties included: calling the student to the office to figure

out what took place, hearing other student’s perspective of the event, working w

ith my

mentor or SRO

in using the cameras to best determine what took place, collaborating

with my mentor to discuss consequences, and contacting home. I have learned a lot

from this experience that has made me a better teacher and administrative intern.

Some

of the topics I covered included: bus behavior, fights in PE class, bullying, inappropriate

behavior, technology violations, and skipping class.

It took some time and experience to figure out techniques that worked for me when

dealing with behavior, b

ut I would say I wore the hat well during this internship. At first I

was not very comfortable in the position, but with my mentors guidance, I began to feel

much more confident. I learned that most students will tell you whatever if you let them

know the

punishment will be less severe if they are honest about what happened.

However, there are some students whose stories constantly change. I learned that

those students are the ones that will continue to lie to stay out of trouble, and you never

know if they

are telling the truth or not. Luckily, I work in a school where the former

happens much more often than the latter. Also, I believe working in a middle school

helps with this as well.

If I were given this hat again and I believe I will next semester, I do

not have anything

that I would change. I would like to practice and refine my skills dealing with behavior

problems. I do think there could be some improvements between the office and the

teaching staff in how behavior is handled. Such as if a student is

sent to ISS (In School

Suspension,) the means of communication is poor in letting the teachers know their

student is in ISS. However, this appears to be a simple fix in the grand scheme of

things.

Multiple Hats

Monday, December 9, 2019, 10:37 AM

As an intern this semester I often wore the hat as one who handles cases of student

behavior in school. This hat’s duties included: calling the student to the office to figure

out what took place, hearing other student’s perspective of the event, working with my

mentor or SRO in using the cameras to best determine what took place, collaborating

with my mentor to discuss consequences, and contacting home. I have learned a lot

from this experience that has made me a better teacher and administrative intern. Some

of the topics I covered included: bus behavior, fights in PE class, bullying, inappropriate

behavior, technology violations, and skipping class.

It took some time and experience to figure out techniques that worked for me when

dealing with behavior, but I would say I wore the hat well during this internship. At first I

was not very comfortable in the position, but with my mentors guidance, I began to feel

much more confident. I learned that most students will tell you whatever if you let them

know the punishment will be less severe if they are honest about what happened.

However, there are some students whose stories constantly change. I learned that

those students are the ones that will continue to lie to stay out of trouble, and you never

know if they are telling the truth or not. Luckily, I work in a school where the former

happens much more often than the latter. Also, I believe working in a middle school

helps with this as well.

If I were given this hat again and I believe I will next semester, I do not have anything

that I would change. I would like to practice and refine my skills dealing with behavior

problems. I do think there could be some improvements between the office and the

teaching staff in how behavior is handled. Such as if a student is sent to ISS (In School

Suspension,) the means of communication is poor in letting the teachers know their

student is in ISS. However, this appears to be a simple fix in the grand scheme of

things.