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Absences add up

Absences can add up quickly if you aren't careful and keep up with your work. Many student's don't realize this when they miss school. Missing school for that student still means that they have to make up all the work they missed and the more days missed means the more work they will have. This can be extremely overwhelming for a student that gets behind so fast because of absences.

If your child is missing school because they don't enjoy being in a classroom due to bad grades then as a parent you can consider tutoring for your child so they aren't as easily confused with the materials that they learn in class and don't mind going to school.

If your child is missing school because they are being bullied and don't want to go to school then as a parent you can consider making sure you and your child's relationship is strong so they feel comfortable coming to you when something like bullying becomes a problem. When a child feels comfortable talking to their parent about this situation then the parent has a better chance at helping them with the problem and encouraging them to go to school to learn.

If your child is missing school because they are often sick then as a parent you can consider taking them to frequent doctors visits since you know that they don't have a very high immune system and catch colds easily. The doctor may suggest for your child to take vitamins so that they aren't as prone to getting sick and vulnerable to catching bugs.

In a classroom, a teacher can have incentives for students coming to school. Some can be as simple as a printed certificate, a ribbon, or for students that have perfect attendance, getting the chance to pick a prize from a "WOW box". Simple things like that can be means for students wanting to come to school.

TAFE Region Competition 2016

On Saturday, November 5th, I competed in Portfolio, Impromptu Teaching, and Ethical Dilemma.

Portfolio is an individual competition that requires a complete Portfolio and I am now advancing to state with my finished Portfolio. Here is a link to my Portfolio. 

Impromptu Teaching is a team event that I am in with my partner Tiana Whitmore. In this event you are given a box of materials and 20 minutes to go over a scenario in which a teacher has left and you have to step in for them and come up with a lesson plan for that day. Tiana and I placed 2nd and are advancing to State. 

Ethical Dilemma is a team event that I am in with Tiana Whitmore, Ajmal Mohmad, and Rachel Schelen. In this event you are given a dilemma and you and your team have to come up with a possible solution for it. You must present it to your chapter and include their opinions in this presentation and present it in front of a panel of judges and answer any questions they have about what you show to them. My team and I placed first in our region and are advancing to state. 

State this year will be held in Arlington, Texas and my chapter is very excited to attend!

My First Week as an Intern

I am interning at Snow Heights Elementary School with my mentor Linsy Garner in her Kindergarten classroom during English. I am looking forward to a new school year with Mrs. Garner and a class full of new students that I can help throughout the year. This first week as in intern I helped the long term substitute around the classroom and create folders for the class.

The Importance of Rules

Rules are always important for learning because it provides a system for the students to follow so they don't get distracted or tempted to do things they aren't supposed to do. Rules keep classrooms running smoothly because it's a guideline for the students to follow, without rules a classroom would be chaotic and full of distractions and problems that a teacher wouldn't be able to handle alone. The consequences will be on color change scale. Green will be no consequences, yellow will be a note home to the parents, orange will be a phone call to the parents, and red goes to the principles office.

My Plan of Attack

Last year I really enjoyed competing in the event "Impromptu Teaching" because it was something that challenged me and my partner throughout the entire year and we did fairly well considering it was our first year competing and we advanced all the way to Nationals. This upcoming year I plan on competing in the event "Impromptu Lesson Planning" with Tiana Whitmore similar to our event last year. I also wish to participate in the Portfolio Contest since I already have a portfolio and will just need to update it. I believe that I will be successful with these because I already have experience with these two things so it won't be too difficult to prepare for nor will it be stressful.

My first blog

My name is Taylor King and I am a second year intern at BCTAL in Susan Stevens Education and Training class. I am a senior at Richland High School and I look forward to the upcoming year and invite you to join me for this exciting journey!

#SHARELOVE

A year in review

2015-2016 Animoto Project

Check out everything I've done this year!

Book Study Part 1

"The Smartest Kids in the World and how they got that way" is a great book to read if you are wanting to learn more about teaching in other countries. This book is interesting to read about to me but it took me some time to get into it. Out of the three different students I relate most to Kim because she had her mind set on doing something and she didn't stop until she reached that goal. It sounded like an impossible task at first but Kim didn't stop until she new it would be possible to go to Finland. 

I believe that the United States would greatly benefit if they adopted the same education format as Finland. Finland has just recently moved to the top ranking of the country with the smartest kids but they weren't always like that. They made a change in their system which worked. Finland doesn't assign homework for their students which allows them to focus more in school rather than be distracted with things outside the classroom like other work. In South Korea students are so focused on school that they don't spend time on sports like the U.S. does. Sports in South Korea are out of school activities and not focused on as much as the U.S. Students are so tired from working on school so much at home that they will fall asleep in class and the teachers don't see anything wrong with it. Poland also had teaching methods for their students that the U.S. would never consider because we are so technology dependent, students in Poland don't even use calculators for their classes while the U.S. can just pull it up on their phones whenever they need it. 

Live Binder

2016 Tech Tools for Interns

LiveBinders is a tool to use for bookmarking and saving documents and web based information in an organized way.

Web Tool

My Web Tool is Symbaloo which is a website that allows you to bookmark multiple webpage links on one screen that makes it easier to access for teachers and students. Using Symbaloo may be confusing at first but youtube has a handy video from Symbaloo that teaches you how to use the website.

Symbaloo is free to all users, there is a Premium Symbaloo that has more options such as a more customizable and easier ways to share Symbaloo with students, you can also now categorize webmixes by grade and subject or whatever else you want! The paid version is $35 in the classroom, $120 for the school, and $220 for the district. This site does not have an age restriction plus its super easy to sign up! 

All you have to do is:

• enter your name
• enter your email
• create a password and enter it twice
• and agree to the terms and conditions

To add a web mix once you've made an account you have to:

• click the "+" symbol 
• click "start the quick start"
• choose a layout
• select "create a webmix"
• and install the selected webmix

Symbaloo is super helpful to teachers and students because it's an easily accessible homepage that navigates to frequently used web pages that you choose. If you are a teacher you may want it to access your campus home page, district home page, Skyward, Pinterest, your email, or other websites that you use on a day to day basis. A teacher might use this in a classroom for their students to make it easier for the students to find so they don't waste time searching for a website or an online activity and its already linked and ready to go thanks to Symbaloo and it can be used for any subject or activity!

Perot Museum Field Trip

Philosophy of Teaching

TAFE State Conference

Last weekend I traveled to Houston, Texas to participate in the Texas Association of Future Educators State conference. The competition was held at the University of Houston.
Our Chapter did fairly well in competitions, my partner, Tiana Whitmore, and I are advancing to Nationals for Impromptu Teaching, we also placed at state in Scrapbook, Teacher Created Materials, and Outstanding Chapter. My favorite aspect of the trip was getting the opportunity to go to Houston and compete with my best friend, Tiana, and the excitement we experienced to be advancing to nationals in Boston. Here are a few photos to show you the fun I had at TAFE State!

Creativity Counts

Creativity cannot be described with a specific definition because creativity varies from person to person. What is creative to one person may not necessarily be creative to another. I believe that creativity is defined by an individual and how they view it and not something that can be defined as a whole. Creativity matters in Education because it helps with personal learning because different people learn in different ways so it takes a certain person to be able to approach learning this way. A way it would help teachers is to be able to think creatively by coming up with new lesson plans that is able to keep the students engaged with what they're learning that day so they will remember it later. The only way to fix creativity is to encourage it and be open to new ideas that others have. An example could be as simple as a math teacher teaching a formula and a student discovering a simpler way to solve the equation but the math teacher shooting it down because it wasn't the way they taught them to do it. If the teacher would have tried to accept the new way of learning and encouraged the students new discoveries then students today wouldn't feel ashamed or scared to try new things and think outside the box to solve a problem and there would be much more opportunities that would open up for the world to see and prosper because of this growth in acceptance.