There are many valuable lessons I have gained for student teaching, and it will be hard to narrow them down. One of the most valuable things I have learned is using different teaching/reading strategies. Each child learns so vastly different from the other, and it is imperative teachers use strategies that incorporates all learning abilities and styles. Also, modeling something new to students always is helpful. When the students can see " how to" do it before they try it own their own it will illuminate confusion. My least favorite experience was the state testing. I understand why the state must test students, but the entire process is exhausting for every person invovled. I do feel there is a huge emphasis on test scores, and teachers must teacher to the test, which in the future I hope this method will change. I hope everybody has had as great of an experience as I have, and good luck to all with job hunting!
I have gained a great deal of valuable lessons through my student teaching and I look forward to continuing to learn as I enter the field as a certified teacher. It is hard to say what is the most valuable and the least favorite in what I learned because everything I take from my student teaching has taught me something. I am very grateful for this. Overall, my student teaching and observations have been wonderful.
Since I do need to pick one, I would have to say the “I do, we do, y’all do, you do” strategy has been the most valuable experience I have had – seeing it, using it, and getting the students to understand through it. I have been in classes where the teacher states the fact, gives the class an assignment, and sits down. Students do not learn this way! They need to be told why things are what they are and why they are expected to know it. When I first began student teaching, I would use a PowerPoint to follow the strategy exactly. For each concept we learned, I would have slides where I did it, we did it as a class, they did it with a partner, and then I assigned the homework. I saw how tremendously helpful this was from the start! The more I taught the more I did not need the PowerPoint and I could complete the strategy without thinking about it.
I will have to agree – my least favorite lesson was standardized testing. This year Daphne Middle School piloted a new test; therefore, on top of two weeks of ARMT and SAT testing, we have two days (the Monday and Wednesday after spring break) of ARMT+ testing! It truly was draining to students and staff. However, from this, I did learn how to continue teaching on testing days without overwhelming the students. My cooperating teacher planned a fairy tale unit during testing. We researched fairy tales after testing by watching visual footage of fairy tales and reading fairy tales. (AKA – we watched Princess Bride and we read The Real Story of the Three Little Pigs.) After testing, students wrote their own fairy tales and turned them into a puppet show.
I can not express how thankful I am to everyone involved in my student teaching. It has been a blessing to work with such helpful, understanding teachers! I look forward to entering my own classroom and continuing to work with students!
Student teaching has been a whirlwind. I have learned so much and I am still learning everyday I am there. I am trying to absorb all I can before I am forced to do it by myself. Sometimes it is crazy to think that we will have to do this alone soon. I have learned so much about classroom management from how to just give out simple assignments and how to just wing a lesson. Student teaching is an incredible experience. I have learned that being a multi-tasker is so important but also not showing you are doing a 100 things at one time to your students. I have realized the personal relationships that are involved with teaching. My least favorite experience would have to be the discipline. This aspect is one of the hardest of our job. Sometimes I didn't know how to handle something or could have handled it differently. Someone can tell you all day about discipline and management but until you have experienced it and learn how to speak to students and deal with the situation, you know nothing. While this was one of my hardest experiences, I think it is rewarding in the learning that came with it. So often I would think about it to myself and now I know how to react the next time it might happen. Just like Brittney said, I am so grateful for this experience and all the people involved. I am ready to get out there and try all these things in my own classroom!!
Student teaching has been the most challenging experience I've had in my entire educational career. At the same time, it has been a blast! I have enjoyed working with the students and my CT over the last few months and feel that I will take much from this experience no matter what my future holds.
Patience has to be the most valuable lesson taken from this experience. Dealing with the many issues that comes with teaching, whether the issues stem from students and classroom management or the many other parts of the job, requires a great deal of patience and it has made me a better person due to this!
My least favorite experience was the few days that really challenged me with classroom management. I have learned that letting too many things "roll of my back" can come to haunt me later one. Every action has a consequence...whether good or bad. Letting student's get away with too much can lead to poor classroom management, while being too strict can have that same effect. The balancing act was the least favorite, however; I feel it was also an important lesson to gain from this experience.
I agree that multitasking is one of the most important skills needed to be a successful teacher. There is just so much happening from the moment the first period bell rings to the end of the day. Getting distracted can be detrimental, and it all comes back to classroom management.
My most valuable lesson gained from the experience was that teaching is a real vocation and not just a job. If you do not have the want to educate the children then you do not need to be teaching. It has been a great experience to be able to get a chance to work with the students. to finally to into practice what we have been learning about all this time. And finally to hear students actually using the knowledge that you have taught them.
On the other hand the most frustrating thing I have encountered are those students that just will not do the work. I had an example of this, one student that will give an attitude of they just do not care. I attempted to get through to the student. I tried after class to find a way to get their work done, but I had to learn that you can not teach them all. You can give them every opportunity to learn but it takes effort on their part to accept the knowledge you are trying to pass onto them. That one student that will not make the effort to learn has got to be the most disappointing lesson of this experience.
Lesson planning and being prepared is the best advice I can give. I have learned how crucial it is to be prepared. Teaching is not as easy as it seems on the surface. It is not a job. It is a profession, it is a calling, and not every one can do it. I have never been so busy before in my life. I truly know what I am getting myself into, but I love it. I have met some of the most outstanding students, teachers, and people in general through my experience. I would have to agree with some of the other comments, patience is a great lesson learned here. It is too easy to become frustrated with the students. We must be patient. I know that I would never let any emotion such as frustration show in front of my students. I have grown too attached to my class to blow my lid. My least favorite experience was breaking the ice. The first few times I taught were nerve racking because I knew how the students viewed me, as a young teacher. I really feared the whole "respect" aspect, but everthing turned out great. I was afraid that I did not look the part of a teacher on the outside. Yet, I seemed to gain their respect through my management of the class.
My student teaching experience has been enlightening. I have learned more about teaching in this one semester than in all of my education courses combined. Many of the educational practices and theories I learned as a student were made real for the first time by experiencing their application in the classroom. For me, this real world experience was the most valuable part of the internship.
The most frustrating part of student teaching was not having full control of the courses. I found it difficult to work within a framework created by another teacher. Because almost all aspects of instruction are interrelated, things would have run much more smoothly had I been able to set out the classroom rules and procedures. Graduation Exam review was another frustrating part of student teaching. I am bewildered by the fact that teachers are required to dedicate a significant portion of class time to review that focuses on nothing but rote memorization.
You wrote, "Someone can tell you all day about discipline and management but until you have experienced it and learn how to speak to students and deal with the situation, you know nothing."
This is so true. Classroom management is a skill that must be learned through experience.
I really enjoyed my experience and learned so much from both the teacher and the students. I learned how important it is to form good relationships with the students and to take an interest in them not just in the classroom. However, you have to be careful to draw the line between caring and friend. I am not my student's friend but a second parent and a supporter. I had so much fun conducting experiments and really getting into group work. The students enjoyed it and it allowed me to practice my management skills. Planning! I don't mind planning and deciding what I want to do in a lesson but actually writing out the plan is such a headache. I always over-planned which was great because they were never left with nothing to do and this kept misbehavior to a minimum. I can not believe it is over already and I am really going to miss my students!
There are many valuable lessons I have gained for student teaching, and it will be hard to narrow them down. One of the most valuable things I have learned is using different teaching/reading strategies. Each child learns so vastly different from the other, and it is imperative teachers use strategies that incorporates all learning abilities and styles. Also, modeling something new to students always is helpful. When the students can see " how to" do it before they try it own their own it will illuminate confusion. My least favorite experience was the state testing. I understand why the state must test students, but the entire process is exhausting for every person invovled. I do feel there is a huge emphasis on test scores, and teachers must teacher to the test, which in the future I hope this method will change. I hope everybody has had as great of an experience as I have, and good luck to all with job hunting!
ReplyDeleteI have gained a great deal of valuable lessons through my student teaching and I look forward to continuing to learn as I enter the field as a certified teacher. It is hard to say what is the most valuable and the least favorite in what I learned because everything I take from my student teaching has taught me something. I am very grateful for this. Overall, my student teaching and observations have been wonderful.
ReplyDeleteSince I do need to pick one, I would have to say the “I do, we do, y’all do, you do” strategy has been the most valuable experience I have had – seeing it, using it, and getting the students to understand through it. I have been in classes where the teacher states the fact, gives the class an assignment, and sits down. Students do not learn this way! They need to be told why things are what they are and why they are expected to know it. When I first began student teaching, I would use a PowerPoint to follow the strategy exactly. For each concept we learned, I would have slides where I did it, we did it as a class, they did it with a partner, and then I assigned the homework. I saw how tremendously helpful this was from the start! The more I taught the more I did not need the PowerPoint and I could complete the strategy without thinking about it.
I will have to agree – my least favorite lesson was standardized testing. This year Daphne Middle School piloted a new test; therefore, on top of two weeks of ARMT and SAT testing, we have two days (the Monday and Wednesday after spring break) of ARMT+ testing! It truly was draining to students and staff. However, from this, I did learn how to continue teaching on testing days without overwhelming the students. My cooperating teacher planned a fairy tale unit during testing. We researched fairy tales after testing by watching visual footage of fairy tales and reading fairy tales. (AKA – we watched Princess Bride and we read The Real Story of the Three Little Pigs.) After testing, students wrote their own fairy tales and turned them into a puppet show.
I can not express how thankful I am to everyone involved in my student teaching. It has been a blessing to work with such helpful, understanding teachers! I look forward to entering my own classroom and continuing to work with students!
Student teaching has been a whirlwind. I have learned so much and I am still learning everyday I am there. I am trying to absorb all I can before I am forced to do it by myself. Sometimes it is crazy to think that we will have to do this alone soon. I have learned so much about classroom management from how to just give out simple assignments and how to just wing a lesson. Student teaching is an incredible experience. I have learned that being a multi-tasker is so important but also not showing you are doing a 100 things at one time to your students. I have realized the personal relationships that are involved with teaching.
ReplyDeleteMy least favorite experience would have to be the discipline. This aspect is one of the hardest of our job. Sometimes I didn't know how to handle something or could have handled it differently. Someone can tell you all day about discipline and management but until you have experienced it and learn how to speak to students and deal with the situation, you know nothing. While this was one of my hardest experiences, I think it is rewarding in the learning that came with it. So often I would think about it to myself and now I know how to react the next time it might happen.
Just like Brittney said, I am so grateful for this experience and all the people involved. I am ready to get out there and try all these things in my own classroom!!
Student teaching has been the most challenging experience I've had in my entire educational career. At the same time, it has been a blast! I have enjoyed working with the students and my CT over the last few months and feel that I will take much from this experience no matter what my future holds.
ReplyDeletePatience has to be the most valuable lesson taken from this experience. Dealing with the many issues that comes with teaching, whether the issues stem from students and classroom management or the many other parts of the job, requires a great deal of patience and it has made me a better person due to this!
My least favorite experience was the few days that really challenged me with classroom management. I have learned that letting too many things "roll of my back" can come to haunt me later one. Every action has a consequence...whether good or bad. Letting student's get away with too much can lead to poor classroom management, while being too strict can have that same effect. The balancing act was the least favorite, however; I feel it was also an important lesson to gain from this experience.
Allie,
ReplyDeleteI agree that multitasking is one of the most important skills needed to be a successful teacher. There is just so much happening from the moment the first period bell rings to the end of the day. Getting distracted can be detrimental, and it all comes back to classroom management.
My most valuable lesson gained from the experience was that teaching is a real vocation and not just a job. If you do not have the want to educate the children then you do not need to be teaching. It has been a great experience to be able to get a chance to work with the students. to finally to into practice what we have been learning about all this time. And finally to hear students actually using the knowledge that you have taught them.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand the most frustrating thing I have encountered are those students that just will not do the work. I had an example of this, one student that will give an attitude of they just do not care. I attempted to get through to the student. I tried after class to find a way to get their work done, but I had to learn that you can not teach them all. You can give them every opportunity to learn but it takes effort on their part to accept the knowledge you are trying to pass onto them. That one student that will not make the effort to learn has got to be the most disappointing lesson of this experience.
Lesson planning and being prepared is the best advice I can give. I have learned how crucial it is to be prepared. Teaching is not as easy as it seems on the surface. It is not a job. It is a profession, it is a calling, and not every one can do it. I have never been so busy before in my life. I truly know what I am getting myself into, but I love it. I have met some of the most outstanding students, teachers, and people in general through my experience. I would have to agree with some of the other comments, patience is a great lesson learned here. It is too easy to become frustrated with the students. We must be patient. I know that I would never let any emotion such as frustration show in front of my students. I have grown too attached to my class to blow my lid.
ReplyDeleteMy least favorite experience was breaking the ice. The first few times I taught were nerve racking because I knew how the students viewed me, as a young teacher. I really feared the whole "respect" aspect, but everthing turned out great. I was afraid that I did not look the part of a teacher on the outside. Yet, I seemed to gain their respect through my management of the class.
My student teaching experience has been enlightening. I have learned more about teaching in this one semester than in all of my education courses combined. Many of the educational practices and theories I learned as a student were made real for the first time by experiencing their application in the classroom. For me, this real world experience was the most valuable part of the internship.
ReplyDeleteThe most frustrating part of student teaching was not having full control of the courses. I found it difficult to work within a framework created by another teacher. Because almost all aspects of instruction are interrelated, things would have run much more smoothly had I been able to set out the classroom rules and procedures. Graduation Exam review was another frustrating part of student teaching. I am bewildered by the fact that teachers are required to dedicate a significant portion of class time to review that focuses on nothing but rote memorization.
@ Allie
ReplyDeleteYou wrote, "Someone can tell you all day about discipline and management but until you have experienced it and learn how to speak to students and deal with the situation, you know nothing."
This is so true. Classroom management is a skill that must be learned through experience.
I really enjoyed my experience and learned so much from both the teacher and the students. I learned how important it is to form good relationships with the students and to take an interest in them not just in the classroom. However, you have to be careful to draw the line between caring and friend. I am not my student's friend but a second parent and a supporter.
ReplyDeleteI had so much fun conducting experiments and really getting into group work. The students enjoyed it and it allowed me to practice my management skills.
Planning! I don't mind planning and deciding what I want to do in a lesson but actually writing out the plan is such a headache. I always over-planned which was great because they were never left with nothing to do and this kept misbehavior to a minimum.
I can not believe it is over already and I am really going to miss my students!