Entry 37

School Placement: Carlisle School

Cooperating Teacher: Mancino Craighead

Grade(s)/Subject(s) of Placement: 6-12 (Sports Medicine, AP Statistics, PE (6-12))

Date: 10/21/14

Summary of Today’s Activities:

Normal planning period. 

PE (5th period) - The soccer players have left again, which means all of the teams' captains/coaches have left as well. So none of the teams are prepared to practice or compete within any type of competitions. After daily exercises, I ran a few ball control drills - but it did not go well without the experienced players helping out. When I came to the realization that the rest of the class wasn't going to go well with the path it was traveling - I stopped the class and allowed them to play volleyball. Of course this was a big hit; but I really need to have alternate plans just incase of this being a repetitive thing. 

Middle School PE (7th) - The Tuesday/Friday class is different from the Monday/Thursday class. On Tuesday/Friday I co-teach with my boss - Mancino Craighead. It is also a much bigger class, so we have to make continual adjustments to the lessons. Coach Craighead is wanting to take advantage of the nice weather while it is here, so he wants to teach football to this group. Being that he used to be the Head Football Coach at Carlisle, I allowed him to take the lead and I reinforced whatever he was trying to teach at the moment (especially to the girls). By the end of the day, all of the students had such a good time and I think they actually learned a lot about the game. I encouraged them to watch football on TV (like the Carolina Panthers), to listen to how the game is controlled. 

Reflections of Today's Activities:

Next year, I need to switch up the sports that are planned for the grading periods. For example, trying to teach soccer during the soccer season has more cons that pros. When the soccer boys leave, it is impossible to carry out the sport education model. Also the soccer boys are a little burned out since they have been practicing since the beginning of August - they just want a break to play other sports. I believe I'll switch basketball and soccer so they won't be taught during the seasons they are played.