Block1CMconcerns

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 * I am nervous about knowing a student’s background. Some students I won’t know their background and that could mean everything. I don’t want to be invasive, but I want to know my students.
 * What do I do if two of my students begin a physical fight in my classroom? Because this has never happened and is so hard to recreate I am still unaware of what to do if it does occur. I can only think to panic and get help as quickly as possible, which probably isn’t correct.
 * I feel like dealing with kids that are stressing out is not looked at very much, and I only say that because we are stressing out right now and it makes me think about how I would try to help one of my students in this situation.--channel Dr. Grace is one possibility, but others . ..
 * Dealing with long term absences (skipping/ suspended students)
 * Practicum has caused me to understand that the more one learns about teaching, the more daunting a task it can become. Some of the more delicate issues (bullying, disruptive/violent students, drugs and alcohol) I still feel extremely unequipped to deal with. However, because I know that after Practicum I know so much more than I ever thought I would need to know, I am sure that as I progress further into the teaching career, I will feel more and more able and ready to tackle these issues.
 * I am still concerned about how to manage difficult situations in the classroom. This comes from the actions during Kellie and Ali’s presentation where I had tons of trouble solving the issues presented.--SED 361, practice, student teaching, summer camp counselor,...
 * Making the classroom a safe environment for special needs students--SED 361
 * How to deal with my own lesson planning and unit organization over the course of a year. I feel like it is going to be overwhelming when I student teach, because we only did six lessons and one unit and in a real school situation we will have to do much much more than that.--methods
 * How to handle policy. I know that we have to follow it, and that is all I learned, but how does policy get changed without someone wanting to make change? Maybe if there was a section on how to start research and proposals for new ideas, then policy that we get stuck behind can change!--402