My New and Imporved? Teaching Identity

Now that this experience is over, how have you become (or not become) a "teacher"? Did you find that identity? Bond with that identity? Refute that identity? Use this space to unpack your final thoughts on your student teaching experience.

Final Thoughts

Reflect on your current frustrations as well as moments of encouragement in your current classroom. What is working? What is not? What are some of the most important lessons learned? What are not? ...you get the point...

Week 5

As you gear up for Spring Break, keep reflecting on your experience! What do you have for me this week? Parent meetings? Disciplinary issues? Troubles/Concerns with the content? ...

Week 4

Same rules as before...have a great week with your students!!!!!

Week 3

Use this space to mention classroom strengths/weakness; successes/failures; expected behaviors/shocking behaviors; etc. Also, if you have noticed a repetitive "something" existent in your teaching beharvior...i.e. saying "like" excessively; wild hand movements...mention it here. What you are doing to fix these behavior "ticks" and/or how do the students react to them(did they notice it or did you?)?

First Impressions

WEEK 1: I ask, during your first days in "the field", that you take an observant look around you. From you position, as the student teacher, what do you relate to? Think of everything in the classroom environment as well as the school environment that speaks to you, either positively or negatively. Basically, I would like you to apply a critical eye to your experience. Please do not use this space to criticize your mentoring teacher or the school, instead use it to "unpack" your initial impressions of your location for the next ten weeks.

My Current Identity

I would like to use this space to define who we are, in the grand scheme of things. How is it that you define yourself? How do you define your character as both a human and a teacher? We will revisit this "identity" at the end of your student teaching experience...The due date will be a week from Friday (February 4th).