Entry 50

School Placement: Carlisle School

Cooperating Teacher: Mancino Craighead

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

Date: 11/11/14

Summary of Today’s Activities:

Today is my birthday!! :) (but I have to work and one of my busiest days : / )
No normal planning period today - instead I had a physical therapy appointment in Greensboro at 9:00 am. I'm currently trying to avoid another surgery and hoping physical therapy will be a sufficient treatment. I arrived at school just in time for my 5th period PE class.
PE (5th, long) - Today I'm letting one of my seniors run the class (manage the class) as promised from yesterday. First - he started with the warm-ups (same routine we are currently using) and the whole class followed his lead. Then he got 2 basketballs from the equipment closet and started the class on lay-up lines - half court. After about 10 minutes of a combination or lay-ups and jump shots, he transitioned the drill into 3v2 and 2v1 activity, using the full court. This drill lasted about 10 minutes as well. The last activity - 4v4v4 where 2 teams were located on both sides of the court. The 1 team of 4 not positioned on the court takes on another team of 4 where they battle it out - offense vs defense. If the offensive team shoots and gets the rebound, they shoot again. But it the defensive team gets the rebound they outlet the ball and transition to the other side of the court to play the other team of 4. If the offensive team shoots and makes the shot, then they keep the ball and travel down the court to the play other team of 4. This drill continues until 1 team scores 5 points. Today's lesson went so well - I assigned another senior to run the class on Thursday.
No 7th period today - 2 accreditation teams (VAIS & SAIS) are here to observe our school; so we had to hold a special assembly to welcome them and basically put on a show for their presence. 

Reflections of Today's Activities:

PE was very productive today - I've never seen the boys work harder! However, I do know basketball is their favorite sport and they do take it seriously. Instead of running the Sport Education Model for this basketball unit - I believe I'm going to assign a student to lead the class under my supervision and unit plan. My current plan - assign 1 student (seniors must be able to do it by themselves, underclassmen may work in pairs) per day to deliver the lesson. I will meet with the students a week before they are assigned to run the class to give them their topic and objectives. The student(s) will have to plan ahead and submit their "lesson plans" prior to teaching the class - this is to avoid unprepared lessons and wasted time in class. It feels a little bittersweet of how well the class went today - why can't my students act like responsible young adults for me?! Maybe they are ready for more responsibility and I was holding them back - most of my students are serious athletes. Well I'm going to give this a whirl and see where it goes!