Ryan's Lab C Reflection

Tinikling Grade 12

Lab C Lesson Plan

      I felt that Lab C was a success for everybody in our class.  I enjoyed Lab C because it introduced some more aspects of teaching to me. Such as dealing with behavior problems and also students that had issues with completing the activities. As I reviewed my own lesson I found that there were many things that I did very well, and of course there are also many things that I need to work on and can improve upon before Lab D.

C9 Form

TA Evaluation
My Evaluation

      When comparing the C9 form I received from the TA with the C9 form that I completed myself I found that there were not very many differences. I believe that this is because the TA did a fair job in evaluating me. One of the biggest mistakes that could be found in my lesson was that I didn't have a safety statement. This was a big mistake because if something went wrong during the class, and somebody ended up getting hurt, then it would be my fault for not informing the students how to stay safe during my lesson. Safety is the #1 most important thing in Physical Education and that is why including safety statements in my lessons is the most important part of teaching. Overall I only scored a 13.75 out of 19 on my C9 form, which is not where I want to be. I believe that the main reason I scored so low was because I am not very comfortable with Tinikling, or any kind of dancing. I spent most of my time thinking about the dance and demonstrating it and spent less time thinking about my lesson and what I was going to say. This is not an excuse it's just something that I need to work on in the future.

Time Coding

TA Evaluation
My Evaluation

      I scored a 4 out of 5 on my Time coding form which I completely agree with. The only point I lost was because I spent 23% of the lesson with management when it should be under 15%. To decrease the amount of management time in my lesson I could make sure that everything is laid out the way it needs to be before my lesson starts so that I don't need to move any equipment around during my lesson. 60% of my lesson was activity time, which I am very happy with because I exceeded the goal of 50%. It is important to have as much activity time as possible during the lesson because one of the main goals of Physical Education is to get students active during the school day.

C11 Form

My Evaluation

      Feedback is one of the most important parts of teaching because feedback is how you let a student know how they are doing at the activity, and what they need to work on to get better. While I was teaching I thought that I was doing a good job giving feedback, but after doing the C11 form I realize that there is much more that I need to do. One thing that I do well is using names, I used just about everybody's name during the class and I gave them individual feedback on how they were doing. However, I need to give more positive feedback because most of the feedback that I give is corrective only. I should tell the students that they are doing something really well, and then let them know that they should try to improve one specific part of the skill. This is important because the student can get discouraged if they think that they aren't doing anything right. Our goal should be to motivate the students to do the activity and we don't want to make them dislike any part of physical activity if possible.

Growth

      There are many things that I have improved upon from our progressions from Lab A to Lab B and now to Lab C. I believe that my voice is getting better, though I can still do a better job with being loud and clear. If we had had behavior issues during Lab B I don't believe that I would have handled it as well as I did in Lab C. I feel confident now that I can keep a lesson going smoothly even when there are students that are distracted or misbehaving. You have to be firm with misbehaving students, but at the same time you have to be able to keep them calm and get them back involved in the activity. Sometimes students misbehave because they are bored, and it is my job as the teacher to adapt the activities to make them more difficult or more interesting to each student.