Reflection 10

Redo

If I had it to do all over again, I would tell myself to take it easy and not take things personally.  I would tell myself to switch teachers earlier than I did in order to get more experience; sometimes staying with one teacher too long hinders learning.  I would remind myself from the very beginning that it does not matter if students like you, you are there to teach and not be their friends.  I would tell myself that you should do what the CT wants, not what you will do once you teach, because they are judging you based on their standards.  I would also tell myself that you really do need to start your KPTP early in order to not be trying to cram it all in at the last minute.  I would remind myself that while observing the good teachers, really take notes of what makes them good and pay attention to transitions.

                I would congratulate myself for learning and growing during this whole experience and staying true to who I am.  I would point out that I developed some really good and nurturing relationships with some of my students and really care about them and their futures.  I would tell myself which lesson plans worked and which I need to adjust so I could be better prepared (but who wouldn’t).

                I wish the class when we discuss lesson planning would have been more effective.  It would be nice to have a class where we four or five of us are assigned a book to write a unit on and we collaborate and create it together.  I think this would improve our lesson planning and collaboration skills.  I wish we would have more responsibility in the classroom during our pre-student teaching semester and less during our student teaching semester so that we are not so stressed trying to get the KPTP done.  Another option could be doing the KPTP during our pre-student teaching semester in order to be able to focus on it more.