Ligia G.
South House
Topic: Kindergarten Teacher
EQ: What is the best way to become a kindergarten teacher?

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Blog 17: Fourth Interview Questions

1. What is the most successful way to teach a kindergarten classroom?
2. What lesson techniques have you used that seem effective?
3. How do you develop your lesson plans? 
4. Which factors should be kept in mind when teaching kindergarteners?
5. How should your relationship with your students be kept?
6. Do you feel like a parent/teacher relationship should be maintained?
7. What sort of activities are good to include in daily lessons?
8. How much does it affect your classroom when a children with a learning disorder is in your own classroom?
9. What type of things do you think make a successful teacher?
10. How do you know you have created a well done lesson?
11. Do you use the same lesson plans yearly or so you change them?
12. As a teacher what are the things or signs you should know to see if a child is having difficulty learning but just won't speak up?
13. How important is parent involvement and why?
14. What have you done or what would you do if you see a child struggling? How would you approach the situation?
15. What is the best way to act like in a classroom, in other words is it better to be a strict teacher in order to see your students with good behavior?
16. How do you handle misbehavior?
17. What must a typical lesson include?
18. Is every lesson you teach approached similarly or do you use other methods?
19. What teaching method(s) has helped you the most through out our teaching career with your kids? Why?
20. In what area do most kindergartners need help on most and how have you attempted to decrease the problem?

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Blog 16: Independent Component 2 Approval


 (1) I Plan to buy several books of how to write lesson plans and develop my own, I will keep a log every time I am working on the lessons and have it verified by a witness. 
(2) The reading and development will definitely take up 30 hours or more, since I want to build my own folder of lesson plans and have them reviewed by professionals.
(3) This component directly pertains to my second answer, which become a master at lesson planning.

Thursday, February 9, 2012

Blog 15: Independent Component 1


Literal
(a) I, Ligia Guerra , affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.
(b) I completed a basic course A of Psychology, in this class various types of worksheets, projects, tests and quizzes were done. Which were all kept by the teacher.

Interpretive
The class required 62.5 hours in hours in order to receive credit for it, which I did. Each day I could I sign in through a log the teachers always kept and asked for to check in and check out which verified the total of hours which were done.

Applied
The class though me the n=basic psychology of children. The way their mind is step through each stage, which helped me better understand how each child learns differently.

Grading Criteria
- In order to pass the class you needed 62.5 hours 

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Blog 13: Senior Project 2-Hour House Meeting #1

Answer: The first answer to my EQ is adopting a the Multiple Intelligences Theory.

Evidence: The more I talked to Ms. Watschke, kindergarten teacher in Kellogg Elementary, she kept repeating how teaching styles and techniques were important in the classroom. So I did more research and found the Multiple Intelligences Theory by Howard Gardner which said there are 8 different types of learners. Depending on the person you were weaker or stronger in the 8 different intelligences.
As well the book Educational Psychology by Robert E Slavin gave some evidence that teacher must adapt their way of teaching according to their students.

Resources: Articles on Multiple Intelligences Theory, and the book Educational Psychology by Robert E. Slavin.

Friday, January 13, 2012

Blog 12: Service Learning

-I have two places where I am doing my service learning. One is with a kindergarten teacher at Kellogg Elementary and the second one is with a third grade teacher from Asuza district.
- Peggy Harris (626) 633-8624 (third grade teacher)
-With Ms. Harris there isn't really any requirement to complete the service learning. I work at my leisure to help her with anything she needs and shadow her as well.
-So far I have only the 10 hours required 

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Blog 11: Third Interview Questions



1.What is the best way to become a kindergarten teacher?

2. Is the same teaching method used everyday?

3. Is there different techniques used depending on the child?

4. How can a child with special needs be thaught?

5. What can a teacher do to make the child feel comfortable enough to learn?

6. Are there any factors that can interupt a childs learning?

7. Does the attitude of the teacher change anything?

8. What can a teacher do to keep a constant level of learning?

9. Should a teachers be lenient or harsh when it comes to punishment?

10. What should be the connection between the teacher and the parents?