Week 8

Week 8

Week 8 was a full week of school minus the half day today (Friday). I was only there for the last 4 days, seeing as though I was at trinity on Monday for our writing session. The writing session was a good day to talk with other student teachers and get their insight on their placements and how they go about everyday tasks. I know I was asking some student for advice on either edtpa topics or even planning lessons for future classes. The information that I sought out was very helpful for my planning as well as instructing. Other than Monday the week was a normal week for me at Reavis High School. I am teaching badminton to freshmen first hour and I had my last observation during that class period on Thursday. I was given great feedback on my instruction and was also paid a compliment on how I instructed and how my lesson plans improved from the last observation. Todd has really helped me become a better teacher throughout the semester with his feedback and remarks of different tactics of instruction. (8G) My cooperating teachers helped me with the setup of the e-learning day that is coming up on Monday. The students are participating in an e-learning day so they do not have to make up school days at the end of the school year. I can see the benefits of this instruction but I also see some complications with how they will administer the activities. We did have a meeting going over some of the questions that were brought up over time regarding the e-learning. The students need to check in online with a google form submission by 11am Monday but the students have until Tuesday by 3pm to complete the assignments. (5I) (5N)

I learned how to email the social workers and school psychologists about specific students. I was sent an email regarding one of my students from the school psychologist and social worker. They wanted to get information on a specific student in my class for updating their file. There were only a few questions I had to answer regarding attitude and behavior in the class room and whether or not I would suggest anything new for my classroom to help their intervention (9N). This was nice to be on the other side of this email, since in my social work internship I would see emails from the teachers of specific students that would be in favor of intervention or renewal or revisiting of certain interventions with the emphasis of removing students from certain activities or classrooms. My personal belief is that many of the students can be worked with its may sometimes be the way the teacher is confronting a student or how the teacher is instructing a student but the student doesn’t understand and frustrations increase. This type of classroom environment does not help the student nor teacher. I have full confidence in responding to any emails going forward about similar situations to help any student in need.

This next week we have parent teacher conferences. I am looking forward to meeting some parents and a little nervous about certain situations. But I know all the rules and regulations for PE at Reavis to help me with any questions or concerns that arise. I am very interested in seeing other teachers interact with parents. This can help me learn how to communicate as well as how not to communicate with a parent. I spoke with my cooperating teachers and they suggested that I should dress business casual but I will be wearing a shirt and tie to possibly impress administration and parents. (8P)