Synopsis
The
Ron Clark story is about an enthusiastic teacher who wants the challenge of
working with the least disciplined students of an elementary school in New York
City. Mr. Clark lived in North Carolina, but he decides to move to New York and
finds a job in a public school. During the first days of class, Mr. Clark implements
many rules for that class which most of the students do not pay attention. Mr.
Clark is very creative; he does everything he can in order to help the
students. For example, he decorates the classroom, even after finding it
totally mess; he also visits the students who he considers that they need extra
help. He works in and out of the classroom to get the best of their students.
Mr. Clark is always optimist, even when he has bad test results he motivates
his students telling them that he believes they can have better grades. He also
has something good to say to every single student. Mr. Clark gets sick some
days before the final test that is given by the government, but he doesn`t stop
working. As he has pneumonia and cannot assist to class, he records the classes
and sends them to his students with a friend. At the end of the school year Mr.
Clark`s students got the best grades of school.
Profile
of the teacher
Mr. Clark worked
in fifth grade for four years in North Carolina.
He is
specialized in racing standardized tests scores.
Challenge
he faces and strategies he uses to overcome them
Mr. Clark faces many challenges. He has to
work with students who present problems with discipline, social adaptation, family
and learning problems too.
He uses strategies such as visiting his students’
parents to ask them for help, setting rules at the beginning of the class,
motivating his students to give the best of them, and visiting the students who
need extra help.
Lesson
you learn from him and how you plan to use them.
I learned many important things. For
example, teachers should create an environment in which their students feel
that they are in a family. Therefore, teachers should teach with love and
patience. I also learn that teachers should know their students` problems to
know how to help them. I have heard some teachers who say that students should
not be evaluated the same way because students have different learning styles,
multiple intelligences, face different family problems, etc. Something that I will not forget about that
teacher is that he is a passionate and optimist teacher. Moreover, he is a
teacher who motivates his students using positive quotes. I am going to follow
many of his strategies to get the best of my students. For example, I am going to
create an environment, in which they feel in a family, I am going to offer them
extra help, and I am going to encourage them to give the best. Moreover, I am
going to keep in mind that having a good rapport with the students is essential
to have the best results in the learning and teaching process.
