Week 7

The negatives about being a single teacher is that you have a large amount of kids with only one of you. It can be difficult to wrangle all the kids and get each one of them to sit quietly, or pay attention, all at the same time. Especially with preschoolers, you need to allot a bit more time when doing things all together because they don't always listen the first time, and they tend to take a longer time to complete small tasks (in the preschool its hard for them to sit down at circle and be quiet right away, because they want to sit with their friends, and talk. Its also hard for them to get into a straight line in a timely manner because they all line up in their own lines and we then have to maneuver them into one big line). A good thing about being a solitary teacher is that you have one on one time to get to know each student on a closer level, and they feel closer with you because there is one constant teacher,as a pose to having multiple teachers teaching. Another positive about being a solitary teacher is when you're teaching by yourself it's easier to change plans quickly because you don't have to consult with other teachers about the change in the schedule.