It is hard to believe I have just finished my second week at Troy High School. This week was especially busy because I had all three of my graduate classes this week and had my first full week of student teaching. This week I also met with my supervisor. Each intern is assigned a mentor, the cooperating teacher they will work with the entire year and a supervisor. Each supervisor has approximately 3 students that they are responsible for. Their job is to visit their interns every two weeks, for an entire class period to observe their class. They look for many things such as classroom management, use of multiple modalities, keeping the students engaged, and much more. I am sure I will have much more to add to that as time goes on. So my mentor and I met with my supervisor to discuss the expectations of the year. The meeting went well, but left me feeling somewhat overwhelmed by the end, but with the support of my mentor and supervisor I know it will be okay.
As I had mentioned earlier in the week, I gave my first quiz. For the most part I was fairly pleased with how it went and was pleasantly surprised how well some of the students did. First quizzes are usually tough, because the students don't know what to expect with the quiz (even when you tell them) and are still learning how best to study for each class and teacher, so it usually takes a few quizzes to get a sense of how it will go. Friday was the first class that I taught almost the full period. It overall went well. I realized that I am really tough on myself, so it was helpful to hear from my mentor how he felt the lesson went. He was able to pick up on a variety of things I did well as well as a few things I need to be aware of or practice. I thought I would take the critique a little harder, but I know it is being said only to make me better and alot of the things he said, I was already aware of that I needed to work on.
I did not make it to TGIT this week as I had hoped. I had some lesson planning to do and prep for Friday and made the choice of school first. This weekend, I have a lot of lesson plan writing to do. The reason being my supervisor said, at any given moment I should have my lesson plans written three days ahead. So when he comes in to observe, he should be able to go to my binder and see at least three days out. If he does not, then I cannot teach on those days. The reason being, if we are out sick, we need to have plans established. Also, planning is integral in knowing where we are heading and what we need to do to get there. So I decided each weekend, I would write for the entire week. Except Monday, would need to be written Thursday for Friday, so that my mentor can review it ahead of time to make sure I am on the right track. I have learned so much already about myself, my students and the teaching profession. I am very grateful that my internship is one year instead of the traditional semester. It will allow me to see the entire school year in regards to the curriculum and will allow me to truly establish myself as my students teacher. They will see me as a constant person in their life, instead of me only being there a few months and knowing I am leaving. I am excited to see how my students change over the year and hopefully all of their successes on the Regents exam at the end of the year.
On that note, going to go work on my grad homework and lesson plans.
Have a great weekend! I will update you on Tuesday!
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