"Okay!" Arya clapped her hands. "As promised last week, this class my friend Kaitlyn will be co-teaching this lesson with me, so that we can have a diversity of perspectives and not just mine." she nodded at her friend.
"Hi everyone! My name is Kaitlyn, and I'm in Arya's LAS 399 class. Today, she and I will be leading the lesson in professional development." Kaitlyn began, clicking ahead in the PowerPoint they had made together the previous day.
Kaitlyn and Arya decided to title their lesson the "Wheel of Fortune" as the students were going to be working on career wheels that day. After explaining the concept, each of the girls showed the students their career wheels which each of them filled out as freshman versions of themselves. Both of them were very pleased with the way this worked out as while Kaitlyn's career plans had changed almost completely since her first year of college, Arya's hadn't changed at all.
The previous day in LAS 399, the class had discussed the shortcomings of the career wheel- that it was so busy trying to accommodate all majors that it was too general, and likely to cause students to perceive/panic thinking that one criteria is important when it may not be so for their particular major. So, after class, Kaitlyn and Arya came up with their own version of the career wheel. Calling it the "career path" they flattened out the career wheel and turned it into a more step-by-step process of what needs to be done and when.
Things flowed rather well in Arya's class. In her class, Kaitlyn usually gave her students time to think and write down responses before sharing with the the rest of the room, a tactic they found to work rather well with Arya's kids. Going into the next hour with Kaitlyn's class though, Arya was afraid of stepping on her toes. In the past, some had told her that she has a domineering personality, while others noted that she's a bit of a control freak. And so, going into Kaitlyn's class, Arya tried her best to ensure that she didn't talk too much and detract from Kait's delivery of the lesson, just as Kaitlyn had done in her own class.
Letting the students write down their thoughts before sharing them with the class was only one of the things Arya learned from Kaitlyn. The other was how to keep her eye on the ball during lessons. By week 10, Arya had established a good working dynamic with her students; they got along well and were very comfortable with each other. Hence, Arya found that they would occasionally get lost on a tangent, leading to lost class time. On the other hand, Kaitlyn was better able to stay on track and make sure they don't take their eye off the ball.
"Hi everyone! My name is Kaitlyn, and I'm in Arya's LAS 399 class. Today, she and I will be leading the lesson in professional development." Kaitlyn began, clicking ahead in the PowerPoint they had made together the previous day.
Kaitlyn and Arya decided to title their lesson the "Wheel of Fortune" as the students were going to be working on career wheels that day. After explaining the concept, each of the girls showed the students their career wheels which each of them filled out as freshman versions of themselves. Both of them were very pleased with the way this worked out as while Kaitlyn's career plans had changed almost completely since her first year of college, Arya's hadn't changed at all.
The previous day in LAS 399, the class had discussed the shortcomings of the career wheel- that it was so busy trying to accommodate all majors that it was too general, and likely to cause students to perceive/panic thinking that one criteria is important when it may not be so for their particular major. So, after class, Kaitlyn and Arya came up with their own version of the career wheel. Calling it the "career path" they flattened out the career wheel and turned it into a more step-by-step process of what needs to be done and when.
Things flowed rather well in Arya's class. In her class, Kaitlyn usually gave her students time to think and write down responses before sharing with the the rest of the room, a tactic they found to work rather well with Arya's kids. Going into the next hour with Kaitlyn's class though, Arya was afraid of stepping on her toes. In the past, some had told her that she has a domineering personality, while others noted that she's a bit of a control freak. And so, going into Kaitlyn's class, Arya tried her best to ensure that she didn't talk too much and detract from Kait's delivery of the lesson, just as Kaitlyn had done in her own class.
Letting the students write down their thoughts before sharing them with the class was only one of the things Arya learned from Kaitlyn. The other was how to keep her eye on the ball during lessons. By week 10, Arya had established a good working dynamic with her students; they got along well and were very comfortable with each other. Hence, Arya found that they would occasionally get lost on a tangent, leading to lost class time. On the other hand, Kaitlyn was better able to stay on track and make sure they don't take their eye off the ball.
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