July Observation...

One of the main things that I wanted to improve was pausing during the lesson to think of how to explain/phrase things.  I think that I accomplished that over this past month.  I was pleasantly surprised in how much I improved over this past month.  Last month I gave myself an 88%. This month I gave myself a 92%.

Things I did well:
*The student was really into my set.  In comparsion to June's lesson, my set even more engaging.  My lesson was over globalization and we took an in depth look at Starbucks and McDonalds around the world.  He loved it!!
*Even balance of lecture and independent work.  I have defiantly gotten better at not talking as much and letting the student do most of the work. In June, I was doing too much talking and not enough "teaching." I tended to guide the student too much. I think that I have fixed that problem.  In July, I did not talk that much and let the student discover most of the information. I only came back and clarified things for him.

Improvements:
*I am still having a time management problem.  I tend to over plan my lessons, but everyone keeps telling me that it's better to do that than to under-plan a lesson.  I think I had the same problem in June; but I am getting better at making adjustments throughout my lessons.

I was really pleased with my lesson and improvement since June. It is amazing how much you can improve as a teacher on such a short amount of time.  I hope to only continue to grow.