Teaching Observations :)

My teacher has time "wasted" mostly during transitions. I say "wasted" loosely because the students are still learning academics, just in a distracting manner. The way the schedule is set-up, half way through each hour, some students come into the classroom and other students leave. When asking my teacher what things take more time than she liked?, she stated, "Transitions seem to take the longest, and checking their grades". My teacher is also a teacher consultant, so she has to work with students on their grades and see how they are doing in each class. Because students she has cannot come into her classroom until a time she is teaching other students, she has to check their grades in the middle of another classes lesson time. Her students have a routine of knowing that when they come to check their grades they are supposed to be working on homework, but that does not always happen. She stated that she wishes the students who she has teacher consulting, could come into her classroom at a time that is not in the middle of her helping her students who are scheduled to be in her classroom at that time.
When I asked my teacher about the building level operations, she did not state anything that was taking their time unnecessarily, she simply stated that there are meetings every Wednesday after school. I have attended those meetings each week, and they are informative. We have had professional developments, and other topics about students success and behavior plans. We also meet with the general education teachers to talk about some students that may need to observed or monitored for academics or behavior. Those meetings have been helpful. My teacher did state that she has to come earlier in the summer, before it is mandatory for teachers to be there, so she can get the students who have individual education plans, the proper documentation for the general education teachers.
Every teacher has things they would like to improve on. Every teacher finds time in their day they would rather be doing something else, but at the end of the day, the teacher is doing their best to educate their children and I think that is exactly what my teacher is accomplishing. That is what being a teacher is all about.