1.Explain the most challenging part during your field experience.
The most challenging part of field for me was keeping up on our class assignments. I thought being in the classroom and creating lessons plans was so exciting and so fun! Creating lesson plans, took up a lot of my time after school already, and then I had to worry about multiple assignments that were very lengthy. It was extra hard for me to concentrate on making the most out of my field experience when my brain was so worried about all of the assignments that needed to be finished! I cannot wait to become a teacher. I loved my field experience so much and I have met so many great people!
2. Explain your greatest success during your field experience.
I honestly think our teaching was our greatest success as a team. I felt very organized, and prepared as we began each day. Our lessons went a million times better than we thought that they would and I was thrilled to hear the students talk about our lessons throughout the day. I loved that the students were so excited for us to teach, it just made it that much better of an experience! My partner and I also became very close to our students and cooperating teacher. Our last day was very sad because everyone became such good friends!
3. What recommendations would you make to others based on your field experience?
Field is the best experience ever. I know that teaching can be hard, same with the preparation to become a teacher, but once you are in the classroom you will remember in less than a second why you are there. I would also recommend to get to know your students and develop trust, but at the same time, keep a professional relationship. The students need to know that you are the teacher and not just a friend, they will respect you more as an adult. Having said that, it's ok to be silly and yourself in the classroom. I loved that about our cooperating teacher. During play day, she would become one of the students as she participated in each game and they absolutely LOVED that!
Creating my lesson plans took a lot more time than I thought, as well. Plus, I had quite a few copies to make, for their tests and fill-in-the-blanks pages.
ReplyDeleteI think that my "greatest success" was the teaching part, too. I enjoyed it thoroughly. And the students were so "generous," knowing that I was a teacher-in-training. They seemed to want to be as helpful as they could. It was very sweet.
I liked what you said about 'if you ever forget why you became a teacher, you will remember as soon as you're in the classroom with your students." I agree!
I feel that developing trust is vital, too. I think it's going to be a balancing act--between "being myself" (&, as you said, "silly") and maintaining that professional, student/teacher relationship.
Thanks for your post!