May 1, 2008, Thursday
Upon arrival one of my students immediately came up to me and told me that he has already picked out the book which he would be reading. Prior to this, we had a conversation around his current performance in English class. He did identify that the reason for his declined participation is that he doesn’t like the book, “The Giver” so he is not motivated at all to discuss and participate in class activities when prompted. He complies with my directives in class although he hesitates to share his opinions and ideas in class. He did picked out the books he wanted to read and we agreed on that he and I will do a one-on-one reading so he could better off his English performance.
That’s it for today! The school is actually getting ready for a DOE Audit next week. After class today at 2:15, the school is scheduled to have a meeting with the Executive Director and the two directors of each campus. I look forward for the many information that I could get out of this meeting and of course from the DOE Audit. It will be my first time to witness and experience a week-long presence of the DOE in school. There were talks today that there will be two DOE representatives who will be interviewing teachers and students alike and also observe teachers in the classroom. Hopefully it will all go fine!
