Wow, I can't believe that I only have 5 more weeks of student teaching and then it is all over. Here is a brief reflection on my latest week experience.
Wow another week has come to an end. I have learned so much
about teaching from this week. My cooperating teacher has been really supportive
and helpful. I can’t thank her enough for all her guidance and everything that
she has done.
This week was all me teaching. My only issues this week has
been classroom management. At the beginning of the week I spent a lot of time
focusing on the negative behaviors and I felt like I wasn’t getting anywhere.
My cooperating teacher gave me some advice to focus on the students who were
doing the right thing and it has started to get better. It didn’t help that I
was the week before Spring Break.
On Tuesday, my cooperating teacher was not in the classroom
and there was no sub. It was my first day by myself with the students and I
feel that it went alright. My college supervisor came to observe me and he even
said that I did pretty good.
I got to grade some papers this week and I started to work
with reading groups. So far it has been a struggle with timing getting to all
the groups. Each day I have to work with the two low groups and in between
doing activities with them and trying to keep control of the class I don’t get
to any of the other groups.
While on Spring Break, I will be planning and looking for my
lessons for my last few weeks of full time teaching. I can’t believe that in
about a month I will be done student teaching and on to graduation and trying
to get my own classroom. I guess I should soak up these last few weeks and try
to learn everything I can.
In terms of marketing myself, I have not been interviewed by
anyone in the building, but my cooperating teacher made the comment that the
administration is really impressed with my professionalism and the job that I
am doing. I have also talked to the school’s Special Education facilitator who
has been talking to the administration at the other school’s that she works
out.
I am looking forward to the experiences that come in the
next few weeks and closing this adventure of my educational journey.
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