Here are some of my thoughts for the post conference (waiting to hear back from peer coach for the post conference)

I thought the lesson went well. My mentee was very nervous. As I said before he is a brand new teacher. The majority of his class have failed one or more subjects in the past and 3 are taking the class for the second time. There are definitely some behavior issues, but I think he handled it very well. He said that ignoring the behavior worked best and then redirecting their attention.

At the beginning of this session he opened with a United Streaming clip that reviewed (prior knowledge) the previous two days of sessions. The students liked the clip although a couple thought it was corny. They took notes and he paused the video often and added his own words.

After the video clip he introduced transversals and their angles using a Powerpoint. He used different techniques. Some slides were question/answer, true/false, and problem solving. The students responded well. Some were enthusiastic and appeared excited. He had the students go up indidvidually - if they could not answer the question they were allowed one lifeline - help from another student in the class. This strategy worked well. Out of 15 questions only 2 had a wrong answer.

After the Powerpoint was done, he had students come up on a blank page to randomly draw whatever type of angles he asked and they had to explain why. After the class was over he seemed a bit relieved but thought it could have gone better. I told him what I noticed from my position in the back of the room. He seemed more pleased after that. I really did think it went well, especially for the student makeup of the class. He will use the Smart Notebook software to go farther tomorrow with what was taught today.

I feel more comfortable with this process now. I consciously notice that I am talking slower and pausing more. I feel that I am thinking things through and trying to ask questions that will help my mentee to go a little deeper. I could definitely see increased enthusiasm in the classroom. I would love to read more research on the affects of technology integration on math scores. I believe that the peer mentoring in the classroom was also beneficial. The students who chose a lifeline were really depending on their partner for help and even explanation. The teacher was good about asking why. From the standpoint of meeting with the teacher, I think time was the biggest factor. I felt like I was taking up his time at first but toward the end I could see the benefits to what we had gone through together and I could tell that he was grateful.