A Little About Me....

Hello Everyone!

My name is Mallory and I am a student at Memorial University. I am currently in my fourth year of studies and this is my first year in the Education Faculty. My focus area is in English and I am completing my last English course this semester to finish it up. I plan to teach primary/elementary school children but I have a preference towards the primary grades. I also plan to pursue Special Education when I graduate with my degree in a couple of years. I know I will be eager to get out and teach right away, but hopefully I will stick to my plan and apply for the special education faculty. I would love to teach in town when I graduate, however I would not be opposed to moving to a smaller community within Newfoundland to gain some experience. I have a friend who has taught in Labrador and she absolutely loved it, so I may give that idea some consideration as well. This being my first year in the faculty, I have not made any final decisions about where I would like to go when I graduate. I think as the time gets closer I will start to look at my options more carefully and make a decision then.

I chose to center my blog around Classroom Management because I feel it is an essential tool to have in the classroom. When I was in grade eleven I took a course called Future Pathways and was placed in a primary/elementary school for four weeks to gain some experience with teaching. The teacher I was placed with was absolutely wonderful and I will never forget her. I didn't know anything about classroom management back then, but looking back I can see how she implemented this tool into her classroom. She treated the children with respect and had clearly defined rules and expectations that she stuck to at all times. The children understood their role as students and for the most part the classroom ran very smoothly. After doing some reading on this topic I have come to understand that effective classroom management comes with experience and is constantly being modified and improved. It is definitely something I, as a teacher, will seek to obtain throughout my career.