What's In Store For Student Teachers?



The Student Teachers Experience:  If you are in your senior year of your educational career, then thinking about passing Certified Teacher is not the only thing   on your mind.                                      

  How about your student teaching semester?  So…you’ve got butterflies, excited and nervous all rolled up into one.  What will you be doing and just how much will you be responsible for?  Will you be given various tasks that will help you reach your goal as a strong educator or will you only be expected to observe, listen, make copies and run errands for the Clinical Teacher?  Your experience could be either good or bad.  The Clinical Teacher is the one who has all the answers to that question. 

I had the opportunity to observe a fellow classmate over the week-end, who is presently doing her student teaching this semester.  She told of some of her experiences good and bad.  The only advice that I could give was from the experience of volunteering at my children's school.  And this is what I said to her and it goes to all future student teachers: get to know the staff, the ladies in the office, lunchroom workers etc.  Develop a great relationship with the Principal, you may even want him or her to observe you in the classroom and give you some feedback. Keep copies and take photos of all your work.  You may be able to use it later or put it in your portfolio.  I’m not that great at remembering names, but learn the name of all the students and become Miss or Mr. Curious. All of those things could get you the recommendations you need and set the tone for an A+ model of student teaching.  http://www.wikihow.com/Be-a-Good-Student-Teacher

                     Another Child Goes Hungry 

The summers at my grandparent was the best.  I can remember as if it was yesterday. Every kid on the block enjoyed hanging out there.  Unlike, most parents on the street when lunch time came they would call their kids in and we would all have to go home until they finished lunch.  At my grandparents it was just the opposite.  If we were all playing at my grandparent’s home at lunch time every kid got a hot dog, grilled cheese, popsicles, chips, juice or whatever.

One day Mr. Evans, one of the neighbors across the street, stopped my grandfather as he was coming home from work and told him man you’re not ever going to have anything your wife feeds every kid on the block. My grandparents were not rich by no means, but we had whatever we needed and we always had plenty to eat. Maybe that was because we shared and was taught to share.  Saying that to say this.  How can you deny a child food and a thirty (30) cent breakfast?  Where was the morals of that staff member?  Why didn’t she pay for the lunch instead of throwing it in the trash and having the child go hungry?  I just cannot get that out of my mind.  If it was against the schools policy then THINK! Some have done a lot worse than going against the rule and paying thirty (30) cents for the child’s breakfast.

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How to Introduce Change

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This week’s blog takes me from Mahara to Taskstream . Am I, the only one who thinks that the changes between the two should have either happen at the beginning of the fall semester or at the beginning of spring 2014? Maybe a tutorial session to help make the transition smooth, and less stressful for everyone.  Right now, in the middle of the semester, when assignment are due and under construction with semester end  fast approaching we are expected to learn, make changes and transition to something new.  Don't misunderstand me. Change is good and I know we as future
educators need to be able to adapt to change, whether it occurs in a teaching or student environment.
This is just my opinion TODAY.

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