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All of a sudden, she was always absent, late, or leaving early. She would just sit at the desk
and play on her phone or read, and when it came to re-teaching concepts to students, I was
the one. That sounds fine; however, when there are two teachers for that reason, it is difficult
to be successful trying to complete two jobs. I would still get one group working on an
assignment in my room and take the other group who needed additional help to the room next
door, and I would split my time between the two. It was really frustrating having to do two
jobs while the other person just sat and did whatever she wanted.
c. Given the chance to do it again, how would you do it better?
If this happened again, I would be more assertive with that teacher and be more specific
about what needed to be done to help our students. Because even typing this reflection,
this issue is not as much about re-teaching concepts as much as it is about the personnel
affecting the ability to re-teach concepts.
I would also invest, if I had to with my own money, ways to divide my room into more
effective grouping stations for ways to re-teach concepts. The idea of re-teaching
concepts is not just for lower-level students or special education students. I have learned
that all kids will need to be re-taught concepts and areas of weaknesses.