Midterm Reflection

As the first rotation ends, I find myself a little sad. I learned so much this rotation and had a great SBT and class! The professional attribute I had the most trouble with was the health and wellness. I was overcome the colds from the students and I have to admit it was overwhelming at times.

I think I did much better reflecting on my lessons, and I was able to adapt so the students could enjoy them and learn more. I also found that being creative was not a natural feeling for me. I found that I had to really work and finding new and creative ideas for lessons, and then trimming them down into a workable time frame. I know I will get better with practice and time.

This rotation I have learned how to conduct benchmarks for the school. Testing is always serious business, and I was able to see how it affected the students and the teachers. I was thankful for the opportunity to assist the teachers with this task.

My learning goals for the rest of the semester will be centered around my new SBT and the new grade level I will be teaching. It is an upper elementary grade level and I feel a little out of sorts. I am not sure how these students will conduct their daily routines and I don't want to create a lesson that is too easy for them.

To conclude this reflection, I must say that being in the schools for this length of time has been more of an eye opener into the teaching profession, than any other experience I have had to date. I have enjoyed all of my time teaching and working in the schools and cannot wait for what lies ahead.

Reflection #1

After our first week in Quest 2, I now know why the Professors have stresed the importance of mastering our professional attributes. I have seen teachers and university students who are great examples of these professional attributes. I think teachers should master these traits, and I do realize that the mastery of these traits takes time.

There are a couple that I find challenging. They are Health and Ableness and Reflectivity attributes. Even though I have children and try to be careful about getting sick, germs from school are resilent little buggers and sometimes they cannot be avoided. Taking vitamins ,getting enough rest, and washing your hands are important items to do but they maynot save us from every cold. Finally I believe that I can always improve on the reflectivity attribute. I know that the longer one teaches, the better able they should be to step back and evaluate wether or not a lesson was successful, the tests were designed perfectly, etc.

To close this reflection, I would like to say I think that we have a great group of students this year, and the cluster of Quest Two teachers-to-be are a wonderful bunch of ladies. I know we will have a very productive and fun year!