Dual Teaching

One thing that I have noticed during my internship is how busy the teachers are. They never seem to get a break, yet they seem to handle the

workload well.

One of the teachers teaches two classes. When I first arrived I thought that perhaps she was substituting for another teacher that was sick, but I later realized that she just teaches the two classes. When I realized this I thought that there was no way that she would be able to take care of both classes and help them both learn, but she does. She simply goes back and forth teaching and giving assignments. For example, she will teach the younger class a principle of math and then give them a few problems to do while she teaches the older class geography.

The students are well behaved and actually do what they are supposed to do when the teacher is teaching the other class. The two classes are separated by a wall that does not quite reach the ceiling. There are slats on one side through witch she will talk to the other class if they are not doing what she assigned.

She even creates time where both classes are working on problems. When I saw this for the first time I thought to myself, “ok, she will finally take a break.” Instead she started correcting previous assignments that the students had completed. I was amazed to see how effective she was with her time and how accustomed she had become to teaching the two classes.