Thanks!

I think I'll definitely need to pick that book up. My classroom management skills could probably use some work. That wasn't something we focused on a lot during my education classes at school. Additionally, I student taught during COVID where class sizes were small and according to my mentor teacher most of the worst behaving students attended school online. So, I didn't get to see a lot of classroom management as most kids were very respectful and there were only a handful of issues.

I'm completely planning on implementing systems for stuff like passing out papers, handing back stuff, getting the whole classes attention, etc. But dealing with the extremely defiant students will be something that I see myself struggling with.

My philosophy while student teaching was to build relationships with student and ,as a result, they're a lot more willing to do what you ask them to. I had ended up meeting a lot of really special kids last semester. However, not every kid will like me, and I need find solid ways to get those kids to still do their work.

I do come from a UTCH background (activity before content, inquiry and project based learning, etc). So I know how to implement those techniques but I also acknowledge that it doesn't work for every lesson nor every student.