Today's Scenarios

Today’s Scenario

What do
you do?

You are trying to lead a class

discussion, but most students are

just sitting there in silence, or

messing around on their phones and
many students are not participating.
You tried calling on a student or two,
but they are only giving you one-or
two word answers, or they are saying

they just don’t know....

What do
you do?

You have just handed back the first
test. One student raises his hand and
argues that the test questions were
not like what they did in class. Now,
the rest of the students are joining in

and complaining that the test isn’t

fair, and that they were not well

prepared.

What do
you do?

A student tells you that it is

important for her to get a good

grade, and her partner isn’t doing

anything to help her with the

assignment/project. She feels it is
unfair for him to receive the same

grade, since she did the work.

What do
you do?

Tori will frequently become upset

over her grades and will ask for extra

credit. While you typically are

supportive of someone seeking extra
opportunities, she always gets As and

is worried about a few points. Tori

always seems stressed and you know
there is a lot of pressure at home to

do well.

What do
you do?

You have students sitting in tables of

4. At one table, one of the more

fidgety kids is pestering one of the
other students. (taking things off of
her desk, staring at her paper etc).
You have warned the students to

stop, but the pestering has not

stopped.

What do
you do?

Your evaluator walks in....

Emilio often looks bored in class, and
today, like many days, he finished his

work long before the others. He
consistently gets As on tests and
projects. He is always on his phone
when he is done, or he is working on

work for other classes. Other

students notice.

What do
you do?

George is a know-it-all and calls
attention to your mistakes during

class. Kids are annoyed with him, and
you are embarrassed when he does

this; this makes you uneasy and

question yourself sometimes when
teaching or writing on the board and
you feel like you are being constantly

monitored.

What do
you do?

After your lesson, you realize you
gave some wrong information. How

do you maintain credibility and at the

same time correct the mistake?

What do
you do?

You have one or two students that
tend to dominate class discussion.

You do not like to cold call on

students in class, but you feel like a
lot of students just let the others talk

so they don’t have to, or don’t feel

comfortable speaking up.
*An evaluator walks in....

What do
you do?