It is in this outcome that I have met the most struggle and, I believe, also found the most success.  Prior to my student teaching internship, I struggled with classroom management, which I believe resulted from what Jacob Kounin calls "with-it-ness": an acute and responsive awareness to what is going on in all areas of one's classroom at any given time.  However, as you will see in various pieces of evidence, this is something I have come to master in my student teaching internship.  I believe that what has helped bring about this mastery is confidence gained from practical experience, and the gravity of realizing that I am responsible for my class, per training in CPR, AED, and First Aid.  In short, realizing that "the training wheels will soon be off" has brought me a sense of conviction in my classroom management.

I found this training to be very confidence-building.  Many of the things I learned in this training program were not new, but they did teach an exact protocol for emergency situations.  I feel this to be important in ensuring that professionals who are called to use these skills do not "lock up" at the time they are needed.  I also feel that all teaching professionals who are not certified in First Aid and CPR should be.  As CPR training clearly indicated, the more trained responders there are, the better the person's chances of survival are.  Also, this program has made me very conscious of the need to know school's emergency plans. 

This section presents the design and experience I hope to provide to my future classroom.  I believe my work, though yet applied, could merit the rank of proficient initial.  Please read the system overview PDF document for a brief context for my system, then proceed to visit the system by clicking on the link provided.  Please note that I include my accomodations in the site itself.  After visiting the system, feel free to review the misbehavior managment reflection and hours of my own classroom management experience, which heavily influenced the design of this system.