Giving thanks to helpful and friendly CTs

Thought of all my wonderful Cooperating Teachers (CT) - Mr Zaifar, Mdm Ngiam and Ms Kathy Tan. For non-teachers infor, CT is the person who gives you his/her class to teach, he/she will guide you and assess your teaching.

Mr Zaifar is a very humble man with about 8 years of teaching experience. He shares a lot of his experience with me and taught me a lot of useful tips. 1 of it I must share with all teachers is that when you have groupwork or any task that is time-orientated, place a stop watch on the visuliser and set it to count down. He said that students might not have the concept of time and showing that on visualiser will give them a sense of time. Good tip!! Make sure it has a beeper too..

Mdm Ngiam is fierce.. oh yes she is.. but you know what? It works! These students need fierce and firm teachers to be disciplined. Initially i thought to myself how poor thing these kids are to face a fierce teacher everyday. But I have changed my perceptions totally. It's really a balance of firmness and friendliness. I see how her students can joke and have fun with her out of the classroom and listen to her instructions during the class. It's really important to get them to listen because that is the way to get your lesson going. She taught me to off the lights during groupwork to get their attention. It works! She taught me to get them fold them arms and sit up straight. It works! These kids have to be trained man!

And Ms Kathy Tan.. a young teacher who is so friendly that she took initiative to add me on MSN. No airs and being very helpful. I admire her love for the children.. Sometimes these children so unlovable but she learnt to love them. I seriously shld accept who they are and find more time to understand them.

Thankful to have friendly and helpful CTs. Heard from some friends that have got sucky ones.. Maybe think on a positive side of your CT and you will feel better :)