What was a positive highlight in
your teaching week?
Many of
the students are starting to seek me out for extra help outside of class.
Although I’m very busy during lunch and after school, I love seeing students
take responsibility for their learning and put more effort into learning
biology. It’s been very rewarding to foster the teacher-student relationship
between myself and the kids.
What was your biggest challenge
this week?
Having
enough time in the day to do everything! I’ve been swamped with homework,
grading, lesson planning, parent phone calls, 504 meetings, and extra classes
this week. I can feel myself starting to come down with a cold. I just hope I
can get all my assignments done this weekend, even though I have class all day
on Saturday (and that I don’t get sick).
What aspect of teaching do you
hope to work on or refine next week?
I’m
ready to start taking on more responsibility. I would like to try presenting
content to the class. I want to prepare ahead of time so it goes smoothly. I
know it won’t be perfect but that’s the whole point of being a student teacher.
Additional responsibilities required
reflection.
Note: I
got to attend my second 504 meeting this week. I also met
with the ELD coordinator at my site to discuss differentiation strategies for
ELL students in my classes. Finally, since the 1st
progress reports are due Friday, I learned how to enter grades from my classes
into the school’s computer system. I also called parents of students receiving
a D or lower in the class. The one parent I was able
to contact was very appreciative of my phone call and discussion of strategies
to improve her son’s grade. I also learned how the school site contacts parents
who speak another language other than English. After filling out a form, our
ELD coordinator has a translator call home for me.
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