Update for this past week

I am finding that with some of my groups of students I am feeling success with the new ideas and they seem to be buying in to what we are trying to accomplish. However, with another group of students, I don't feel like I am finding any success. I continue to battle a lot of classroom management issues with this group of students. They are known as "that" class and I work hard to do a lot of positive things with them but it gets hard with some of the blatant disrespect. I have not made the same amount of progress with this group as with the other group and I am finding that it is harder on me when there are groups at so many different points throughout the process. I lose my train of thought, miss something to discuss with a particular group. I am wondering if I should decide to exclude this group from my data collecting. I will still implement some of the same ideas but not be so tied to my exact plan. This may help my overall feel of how everything is going and I may feel more successful with the progress I have made so far. Definitely things to think about over the weekend and to think about over the long MEA break.

Update for the past two weeks

As a result of MAP testing the past two weeks, I have lost a total of 4 preps each week. I only get one prep per day and to lose that prep and even had lunch duties some of those days. As a result of the lost prep time I found it more difficult to stay on top of my schedule set a few weeks ago. I felt like I was in constant catch-up mode and it was difficult to introduce new ideas to my students. My hope is that this upcoming week with a more normal schedule will get me back on track. I'll keep you posted.