The Lab D Experience

After teaching a 15 minute lesson for Lab D, I think I have really learned about myself as a teacher. I have made great strides in development from the first day of class, when we taught our mini-lessons, and I feel like I have even made large strides since teaching my Kin ball lesson. I can see/hear a huge difference in myself, and my confidence has grown a lot since the I began in 255. I have a greater appreciation for all of the little things that go into teaching a lesson, and I am trying to use all of this information to be an effective teacher.
Looking over my transcript from Lab D revealed some major changes I have made since my last teaching experience. I cut down on my use of the word "guys", however, I did continue to use "alright" quite a bit during my lesson. This will be my major goal as I continue to teach. I need to eliminate this filler from my lessons. I provided a lot of feedback for a number of students, and it tended to be specific and congruent, rather than just general, although I did do some of that as well. I was pretty happy overall after going through my transcript and really looking at it.
After going over my time code form, I realized that I did a pretty good job managing my time. I had over 50% activity time and an instruction time under 30%, but my management time was over 15%. I think my management time would have been less, but transitioning between stations took much longer than I had expected because of the large number of inexperienced skaters. Had this been another activity other than skating, I think management time would have been much smaller, and I thus, I am not too upset with my time management during Lab D.
Finally, I looked over my feedback form, and I was surprised by how much I had actually given. I was very pleased with the results, I gave very little general feedback, and I gave a lot of positive, congruent, specific feedback. The only negative thing I can find with this area is getting to everyone in the class. There are a few students who I seem to have failed to give feedback to during the lesson. Next time I teach, I will try to make sure I give every student at least 1 piece of specific congruent feedback. Other than that, I am extremely pleased with the feedback form.
Overall, I had a good experience my first time on the ice, even though I had my doubts, and I think the lesson went as smoothly as it possibly could have. No one got hurt (myself included), I covered my material, and I managed to work on most of the problems that I had in my earlier teaching experiences.