Hapy National #FFAweek

I'm just gonna start off by saying that this week was very busy, but also a lot of fun! This week was National FFA Week and the Bellwood-Antis Chapter had many things going on to make this week fun/exciting for not only FFA members, but the whole school! A list of things we did these week ranged from:

• Monday- FFA Trivia
• Tuesday- Teacher Breakfast and Trivia
• Wednesday- America Day and Trivia
• Thursday- Dodgeball at Northern Bedford County High School
• Friday- Middle School Recruitment

Last night was dodgeball night, Mr. Webreck, the officer team, and myself packed into Mr. Webrecks van at 6 o’clock and headed toward Northern Bedford County High School where there were 8 other FFA chapters competing to raise money for the cystic fibrosis foundation! As always, the drive was very entertaining and funny… it was a nice break from the daily routine of going back to my apartment! Bellwood lost their first game, but battled back to win the rest of their games and earn a 3rd place trophy. The team we lost to ended up taking 1st place this year! I am glad that we had the opportunity to participate!

Back to teaching, this week went well for me… I think that I am getting the attention of more and more students every week and they are beginning to listen better. I am not spending as much time raising my voice and trying to get the attention from the class…

What Went Well:

1. National FFA week was a success and the school seemed to enjoy the activities and participated well! Every day there was a different winner of the trivia and received a $15 gift card of their choice!
2. Gaining rapport with students- This week I seemed to finally gain some ground with a few students who did not previously give me the time of day and did not listen too well. This week things changed a little bit… It’s nice to see some improvements! 

What Needs Work:

1. Multiple Intelligence's- I need to work on changing my teaching styles a little more often. Too many times I get caught up in having discussions with the class while they are taking notes and forget to hit on other modalities of learning. 
2. Time Management- Although it is getting better, there is always room for improvement on this! 

I plan to keep improving on my teaching skills as well as implementing some new ideas and activities to ensure that my students, mainly my freshman class, are not getting bored! I do not want to be remembered as the boring/mean/grouchy/annoying student teacher that they had in 2016. I want to leave a good mark on these students, as many of them need a role model!

Each week I keep having more and more fun... I am glad that I chose this career path!!

Thanks,
Mike