1. Yesterday I went back to the middle school to help in the history class. While I was there I was able to witness an observation. One of the principals came to observe the teacher while she taught. This made one of the teachers very nervous and flustered. But I thought she did a good job. Another thing I noticed was a procedure that the head teacher uses to silence the class. When the students were talking to much and she wanted their attention, she would raise her hand and say, "When the hand goes up, the mouth stays shut." This was very affective as it made all the students be quiet and pay attention.
2. The new tardy policy that was put in place on Wednesday has its drawbacks, such as students missing their classes. However, with this policy only being in place for a three days it is already showing its effectiveness. Students are arriving promptly to class for fear of going to ISS. Also, with the addition of an ISS to the students record they would not be able to exempt finals this semester. This provides great motivation for students to not be tardy. Although I do think it would be to the administrations advantage to allow for viable excuses from students who are not usually tardy as there are some situations that are unavoidable and it is a huge inconvenience to miss class especially when they are AP classes.
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