My first day was very exciting. Today was a team day at the school and almost every teacher and student had on blue shirts. It gave off a great sense of team unity within the school which was really nice. My co-op is an awsome person. He showed my how teachers at the school are evaluated in 5x5's and he also let me review the lesson plans for the year. Most of the plans are based on what should take between 10-25 days on the importance of the material. I also enjoyed watching him teach the same lesson but change it up each time. He also held disscusions with his students which helped everyone get involved. I am nervous about time limits because it did fly in the classroom. Next week i'd like to be more interactice in the classroom, today I sat back and observed to try and get a feel for the class itself.
Today was a very good day in my opinion. My co-op was a great guy and I enjoyed working in the middle school environment. My co-op lectures with note and makes the students copy them. However, he is very engaging and does a great job of forming class discussion. I was able to talk to him about certain things that we have discussed in his course. He said that this particular school does not require lesson plans. Also, he says that there is not a lot of pressure to use the Standards in the cirriculum. One thing I really liked is that the middle school intergrates the classes. Mr. Lister relies heavily on the forming his classroom based off of what other teachers in different subjects are doing. Next week, Mr. Lister was going to have me teach but it is a half day and he is going to do Current Events (in an Ancient Civilization class!). I will begin teaching his class in three weeks after our two week break. I am looking forward to that the most.
Dr.Bowman.......Today was fantastic!! I had such a great time. I'll be honest I was a little nervous this morning when I got up. I drove to Giant and bought a box of a dozen doughnuts for the teacher's lounge and while I was there I ran into another teacher from Etown HS buying doughnuts for his TL and we talked for a few minutes and that was really awesome. Anyways, my co-op met me in the office at 7:00 and we hit it off right away. He's a great guy, we share a lot of the same interests. I think I can speak for almost everyone at the Middle School in saying that everyone and there co-ops seemed to have something in commmon/get along very well. The staff at LDMS was fantastic! Everyone was so nice and laid back. I loved the classrooms. They were clean, spacious, and I really like the way they went for a more natural lighting style in the class. The kids were great and super-respectful. Today my Co-op basically told me the assignment we were doing ahead of time and said he wanted me to take the lead a little (I was kinda nervous). He said that the best way was to hit the ground running, so to speak. Anyways we did an activity on the 13 colonies, each kid was responsible for creating an American crest/shield that had a section for each colony and an important symbol that represented each. I helped students find unique and identifying features. It was great for him to let me take the lead on this. I felt really comfortable in front of the kids, and no one messed up my name (haha). It was such a wonderful experience today, I feel so much more confident in my abilities as an educator. I can't wait until next week!
Today turned out to be pretty much dead on for what I expected when I woke up this morning. The nerves didn't even hit, which was a complete relief. My co-op is a really nice, friendly guy who has very clear opinions on the state of education and how his classes are run. A lot of the classes were lecture format, which I did expect from mostly AP classes, and the students were as polite and attentive. I found it a little entertaining that I was very rarely introduced to the students and ended up being the silent ghost behind the teachers desk without a name or reason for being there, but it wasn't a wholly bad experience.
I did get to take a glance at some of the students work to find out what had been going on and my co-op insisted I circulate through the other social studies classrooms in the wing to get a feel for the whole department which was very nice. I'm a little disappointed by how little interaction I got with the students (aside from the fact that the majority still don't know my name) but hopefully that will change next week as my co-op is going to be out and it's a half day for the school. I'll be leading in a class activity next week on POV in primary sources and hopefully that will be much more fun.
I had a wonderful first day! : ). I think the thing that exceeded my expectation was how nice all the teachers in the department were. They were all very willing to have me observe their classes. I really didn't expect them to be as open and generous with me! It was a great experience. One thing that surprised was how open the teachers were to me about the profession. They were not shy in sharing some of the things they dislike about their job. They told me somethings to watch out for as I become a teacher. They really treated me like a professional teacher and not a student. I guess I expected them to sort of baby me a little, but they did not at all. It was really cool to hear their perspective on some issues the schools are facing. I felt like a fit in well with my co-op and the rest of the teachers in the department.
The most positive experiences that I took away from today was that I know more content then I give myself credit for. I was nervous that I was not going to be able to handle teaching high school students because I do not have a largest enough content knowledge, but today I found myself knowing a lot of the information that was being presented. I knew answers to a lot of the questions the teachers were asking and it really gave me confidence for later teaching days that I can handle this placement.
I am excited to get more involved in the students learning. Observing was helpful today, but it was a little boring. I want to get more involved in the classroom! I am sure it will come, but hopefully it will come next week! : )
I had a great experience on my first day! I was surprised how quickly I got to do things. I got to grade quizzes, talk to the adminstrative staff, hrlp students in groups to develop a "rap" on the mddle ages. At the end of the day I got to oversee some of the students when a portion of the class went outside for the end of the day.
I was most surprised with how much respect the students gave me and how natural it felt to be in charge. I was also surprised to see how bare the classroom was, but despite this the students really seemed to enjoy the lessons. It was a little sobering to sit through the same lesson 4 times in a row. I'd never realized the repetitiveness until Friday, but my co-op organized the lesson so it wouldn't get dry.
What stands out the most for me is the sense of belonging I got being in the classroom. It felt "right". I can't really explian it, but it was a really good feeling I can only discribe as giddy.
I'm looking forward to helping in the classroom. I love working one-on-one with the students, but I can't wait to be in front of the class instructing them.
My first day was very exciting. Today was a team day at the school and almost every teacher and student had on blue shirts. It gave off a great sense of team unity within the school which was really nice.
ReplyDeleteMy co-op is an awsome person. He showed my how teachers at the school are evaluated in 5x5's and he also let me review the lesson plans for the year. Most of the plans are based on what should take between 10-25 days on the importance of the material. I also enjoyed watching him teach the same lesson but change it up each time. He also held disscusions with his students which helped everyone get involved. I am nervous about time limits because it did fly in the classroom. Next week i'd like to be more interactice in the classroom, today I sat back and observed to try and get a feel for the class itself.
Today was a very good day in my opinion. My co-op was a great guy and I enjoyed working in the middle school environment. My co-op lectures with note and makes the students copy them. However, he is very engaging and does a great job of forming class discussion. I was able to talk to him about certain things that we have discussed in his course. He said that this particular school does not require lesson plans. Also, he says that there is not a lot of pressure to use the Standards in the cirriculum. One thing I really liked is that the middle school intergrates the classes. Mr. Lister relies heavily on the forming his classroom based off of what other teachers in different subjects are doing. Next week, Mr. Lister was going to have me teach but it is a half day and he is going to do Current Events (in an Ancient Civilization class!). I will begin teaching his class in three weeks after our two week break. I am looking forward to that the most.
ReplyDeleteDr.Bowman.......Today was fantastic!! I had such a great time. I'll be honest I was a little nervous this morning when I got up. I drove to Giant and bought a box of a dozen doughnuts for the teacher's lounge and while I was there I ran into another teacher from Etown HS buying doughnuts for his TL and we talked for a few minutes and that was really awesome. Anyways, my co-op met me in the office at 7:00 and we hit it off right away. He's a great guy, we share a lot of the same interests. I think I can speak for almost everyone at the Middle School in saying that everyone and there co-ops seemed to have something in commmon/get along very well. The staff at LDMS was fantastic! Everyone was so nice and laid back. I loved the classrooms. They were clean, spacious, and I really like the way they went for a more natural lighting style in the class. The kids were great and super-respectful. Today my Co-op basically told me the assignment we were doing ahead of time and said he wanted me to take the lead a little (I was kinda nervous). He said that the best way was to hit the ground running, so to speak. Anyways we did an activity on the 13 colonies, each kid was responsible for creating an American crest/shield that had a section for each colony and an important symbol that represented each. I helped students find unique and identifying features. It was great for him to let me take the lead on this. I felt really comfortable in front of the kids, and no one messed up my name (haha). It was such a wonderful experience today, I feel so much more confident in my abilities as an educator. I can't wait until next week!
ReplyDeleteToday turned out to be pretty much dead on for what I expected when I woke up this morning. The nerves didn't even hit, which was a complete relief. My co-op is a really nice, friendly guy who has very clear opinions on the state of education and how his classes are run. A lot of the classes were lecture format, which I did expect from mostly AP classes, and the students were as polite and attentive. I found it a little entertaining that I was very rarely introduced to the students and ended up being the silent ghost behind the teachers desk without a name or reason for being there, but it wasn't a wholly bad experience.
ReplyDeleteI did get to take a glance at some of the students work to find out what had been going on and my co-op insisted I circulate through the other social studies classrooms in the wing to get a feel for the whole department which was very nice. I'm a little disappointed by how little interaction I got with the students (aside from the fact that the majority still don't know my name) but hopefully that will change next week as my co-op is going to be out and it's a half day for the school. I'll be leading in a class activity next week on POV in primary sources and hopefully that will be much more fun.
I had a wonderful first day! : ). I think the thing that exceeded my expectation was how nice all the teachers in the department were. They were all very willing to have me observe their classes. I really didn't expect them to be as open and generous with me! It was a great experience. One thing that surprised was how open the teachers were to me about the profession. They were not shy in sharing some of the things they dislike about their job. They told me somethings to watch out for as I become a teacher. They really treated me like a professional teacher and not a student. I guess I expected them to sort of baby me a little, but they did not at all. It was really cool to hear their perspective on some issues the schools are facing. I felt like a fit in well with my co-op and the rest of the teachers in the department.
ReplyDeleteThe most positive experiences that I took away from today was that I know more content then I give myself credit for. I was nervous that I was not going to be able to handle teaching high school students because I do not have a largest enough content knowledge, but today I found myself knowing a lot of the information that was being presented. I knew answers to a lot of the questions the teachers were asking and it really gave me confidence for later teaching days that I can handle this placement.
I am excited to get more involved in the students learning. Observing was helpful today, but it was a little boring. I want to get more involved in the classroom! I am sure it will come, but hopefully it will come next week! : )
I had a great experience on my first day! I was surprised how quickly I got to do things. I got to grade quizzes, talk to the adminstrative staff, hrlp students in groups to develop a "rap" on the mddle ages. At the end of the day I got to oversee some of the students when a portion of the class went outside for the end of the day.
ReplyDeleteI was most surprised with how much respect the students gave me and how natural it felt to be in charge. I was also surprised to see how bare the classroom was, but despite this the students really seemed to enjoy the lessons. It was a little sobering to sit through the same lesson 4 times in a row. I'd never realized the repetitiveness until Friday, but my co-op organized the lesson so it wouldn't get dry.
What stands out the most for me is the sense of belonging I got being in the classroom. It felt "right". I can't really explian it, but it was a really good feeling I can only discribe as giddy.
I'm looking forward to helping in the classroom. I love working one-on-one with the students, but I can't wait to be in front of the class instructing them.