Hi Readers,
My Externship is coming to an end. I have just 1 day left. Overall, it has been a great summer experience. I have enjoyed working in the business world and seeing what it's like to do something other than teach. Since I only have 1 year of teaching under my belt, there were times in my first year when I wondered if I was really cut out to be a teacher after some of those awful days when you want to cry. Spending the summer doing something different but all the while thinking about how it will apply to a fresh start and a new year, I feel like I've been affirmed that teaching is worth it and is what I love to do. I enjoyed the projects and working with people that I had for the last 6 weeks, but I'm the most excited about taking what I've learned back to school, using the new lessons I've come up with this year, and hopefully seeing some positive changes in my classroom this year.
Another huge blessing was getting to network and meet other math teachers. I know I will keep in touch with both Sam and James.Sam and I are both teaching Geometry this year so we'll be able to share ideas and lesson plans. Sorry James...
One thing I've learned from just the last few days is that it's good to ask students to work independently at times. I love group work, and I think collaboration is so important and beneficial in the classroom. I was worried a little bit about working independently for these last few days with James and Sam both finished. We have completed everything thus far as a team. I have found that I am also able to accomplish quite a bit on my own. I know Sam and James would have had valuable input to add on all of the things I've worked on the last 3 days, but my confidence has been boosted by my ability to take a task and complete it on my own. I guess this is similar to how I run my classroom. Usually learning something initially and practice is always done together or in small groups. In the following days students have Bell Ringers that must be done alone so they can boost their confidence and see what they as an individual are able to do. There is studying and questions and more practice in a large or small groups, and then the students ultimately have to show me on an individual test what they know and are able to do.
My Externship is coming to an end. I have just 1 day left. Overall, it has been a great summer experience. I have enjoyed working in the business world and seeing what it's like to do something other than teach. Since I only have 1 year of teaching under my belt, there were times in my first year when I wondered if I was really cut out to be a teacher after some of those awful days when you want to cry. Spending the summer doing something different but all the while thinking about how it will apply to a fresh start and a new year, I feel like I've been affirmed that teaching is worth it and is what I love to do. I enjoyed the projects and working with people that I had for the last 6 weeks, but I'm the most excited about taking what I've learned back to school, using the new lessons I've come up with this year, and hopefully seeing some positive changes in my classroom this year.
Another huge blessing was getting to network and meet other math teachers. I know I will keep in touch with both Sam and James.Sam and I are both teaching Geometry this year so we'll be able to share ideas and lesson plans. Sorry James...
One thing I've learned from just the last few days is that it's good to ask students to work independently at times. I love group work, and I think collaboration is so important and beneficial in the classroom. I was worried a little bit about working independently for these last few days with James and Sam both finished. We have completed everything thus far as a team. I have found that I am also able to accomplish quite a bit on my own. I know Sam and James would have had valuable input to add on all of the things I've worked on the last 3 days, but my confidence has been boosted by my ability to take a task and complete it on my own. I guess this is similar to how I run my classroom. Usually learning something initially and practice is always done together or in small groups. In the following days students have Bell Ringers that must be done alone so they can boost their confidence and see what they as an individual are able to do. There is studying and questions and more practice in a large or small groups, and then the students ultimately have to show me on an individual test what they know and are able to do.
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