I witnessed my student teacher crying last week. Her professor had been in for an hour long observation, and as she re-entered the classroom after de-breifing, tears were welling up in her eyes. During her lesson, the students were testing her, and she needed to use "class-yes" and "hands and eyes" repeatedly, coupled with the scoreboard, to get them ready to settle in and really shine. Can you identify? I wanted to jump in and rescue her, but then, the students began to tune in and participate. She did not give up, continued using WBT strategies, and experienced success. From that point on, they were engaged, animated, and thinking!!! Naturally, I was curious, what did her professor think? Was he critical of her lesson due to the behavior challenges? What could he have said to upset her so? To my delight, the professor was impressed with her consistency, tone of voice, and high expectations, and my student teacher felt like an overcomer because she had met a challenge head on, and didn't give up! She was crying tears of joy! Oh Yeah!
Deb Weigel
WBT Arizona

HOW AWESOME!!!

Farrah Shipley
WBT Inter 2010-2011
Texas

Oh, what an experience. Give her a hug from all of us, been there done that!

That is awesome! She is so lucky to get to experience a WBT classroom. We have block students in our building (a step or two before student teaching). Their supervisor has been so impressed with what they are coming back and sharing regarding WBT that he asked two of our classroom teachers to present a lesson to his college class using WBT. The movement is spreading!!

Congrats go out to your student teacher! I wish I would've known more about WBT when I was there. She is very lucky to have a great role model for WBT!

I have a block student in my room this semester who is really trying to use WBT in her lessons and she was observed the other day by her supervisor. He has fallen in love with WBT and is anxious to try it in his own classroom. My block student said he tried it on Wednesday after observing her on Tuesday, and kept asking her questions about it during the class. She was very excited that she was able to answer. Another colleauge and I went over to present to his college class last semester and are going to do a presentation for the local chapter of Kappa Delta Pi next week. We're so excited about getting soon to be new teachers on board with WBT! "Oh yeah!"