Entry 55

School Placement: Carlisle School

Cooperating Teacher: Mancino Craighead

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

Date: 11/18/14

Summary of Today’s Activities:

Normal planning period.
Tuesday (5th, long period) - Before class started, I met with the student who had prepared to teach class today. He went over his lesson plan with me, but I wasn't too worried about him since he is my senior that always has it together. He planned a different variation to the normal warm-up but it was still effective and everyone still followed his lead. After warm-ups he directed the group to different teams to compete in different drills he designed specifically for this class. The class was well managed and the lesson supplied great variation for all different skill levels. Overall, I was very happy with the results - but I do know results can vary greatly depending on the "teacher" of the class.
Middle Division Study Hall.
Middle PE (7th) - Grandparents day is on Friday so most of the middle school students were pulled from PE to work on a special presentation in preparation for the grandparents. The few students that we did have helped us set up the gym for the upcoming basketball game. When everything was set up we took them through a few basketball drills and let them play a game of knock-out before we left.

Reflections of Today's Activities

The PE student lead lesson plan was very successful today - almost too good to be true. I'm hoping by having the responsible seniors be the first guinea pigs that they rest of the class will follow in line. However, one lurking variable that has lead to the success thus far- the responsible seniors have also been the captains on our Varsity basketball team (our realllllllly good basketball team). They have the experience to lead and set up appropriate drills due to their 12+ years in the sport - so I'm interested to see how the people who have less experience plan for the class.