Hello all, I am going to have to get used to this whole blogging thing. I am totally out of the loop with social networking. But, to start I guess I will say that I am super excited that this is my senior year and I am going to start teaching soon!
For my first day with my students for pre-student teaching I think it went extremely well. I am working with teachers that team teach during the period I am working with, so I will get a different perspective than what I have seen previously. Both teachers are very enthusiastic and very personable with the kids. They already have a relationship with their students and know all of their names. I hope I can do this on the first week of school as well as they have. I think that this experience will be a great benefit to me and my students.
Gathering experience is what teaching is all about. Experiences is what creates us, it is what makes us who we are. It is how we learn to adapt to our environment. Allowing your experiences to make you and not break you is what makes a person strong. I have not broke once and I don't plan on letting anything stop me. I am ready for this year to prepare me for my future. BRING IT ON!
Having four years of previous experience in an elementary school I have learned many things- but one key tool I discovered was that team teaching is awesome! I absolutely loved team teaching and Power of 2, and I genuinely think the students did too. The extra hand and mind was a powerful tool. While I’m not sure if it would work exactly the same in high school, in the elementary grades we utilized it a lot to generate questions. For example: if I were teaching a new idea or concept, my partner educator would pause me to ask questions- common questions that the students may have, but feel uncomfortable asking. We would go back and forth in this manner to explain our way of thinking and problem solving, which helped a lot with critical thinking skills. You will have to keep us updated on how it goes as I am genuinely interested in this aspect of teaching. I’m also hoping that between my CT and I, we can use some of these same tools this semester!
ReplyDeleteMs. Issinghoff, thanks for sharing this example of co-teaching (team teaching) in your response to Ms. Conway. I love it!
DeleteI hope the year keeps getting better and better, but just remember you will have those bad days to. Just remember that each day is a new one and even if it is bad, you can make it.
ReplyDeleteStay strong and learn a lot this semester and you will come out on the other side a better teacher.