(travelandleisure.com)Monday-2 hour delay, I was visiting cohort member Victoria
Tuesday-"normal"
Wednesday-"normal" activity period schedule
Thursday-"normal" banquet day!
Friday-"normal" banquet clean up day!
I went home last weekend and then traveled to watch my cohort member teach her classes at Penns Manor High School. She did a great job! The rest of the week went pretty smoothly. Nothing too exceptional happened (besides the banquet). I am super excited to see where week 10 takes me this coming week! It's hard to believe that my student teaching experience is almost 2/3 of the way over.
Banquet Happenings
- around 230 members and guests were present
- many sponsors, school board members and administrators were there
- got numerous high praises of how exceptional the students are and how great the banquet was
Things I Learned
- No matter how hard it may seem, keep going. The amount of effort that gets put in before an event determines how great (or not great in some cases) the event may be. Banquet was great and that was all because of the hard work everyone put in way before March 7th!
- Diamonds are NOT made under pressure. As a college student, that is a popular belief but that is not the case when dealing with hundreds of people and high school students. Planning WAY ahead of time is what made this years banquet "the best one yet." While it may have seemed like there was some last minute planning happening, most things had been done way before.
BECOV Progress
- Variability stayed the same. I did run into a few small issues of going back to Power Point but I used questioning effectively and still had other activities mixed in. Every Ag 1 student made their own landscape design on Tuesday, we had fruits and vegetables as a snack on Thursday and watched the banquet slideshow video on Friday along with briefly talking about floriculture and analyzing a flower arrangement that I made.
- The students really seemed to enjoy making the landscape designs (and of course the eating) so I think that I am going to try to incorporate more drawing (and maybe eating)!
Advice Wanted
- Just the usual how to keep improving variability!
- I think I started to struggle with business like behavior with the officers so any advice on that would be great!
Sara, setting the example and demonstrating the behaviors you want your students to exhibit is a good way to promote business like behavior. Gentle/polite reminders when they are not doing this can also be helpful, but are best when done privately and with a positive tone. (Example: "Jane, I've noticed that you have been struggling with your part for opening ceremonies. I know you can get it down pat, and what can I do to help you with this? I am available during lunch on Wednesdays if you want to come in and practice.")
ReplyDeleteWow! What a great banquet turn out!
ReplyDeleteLots of great things happening. Just be sure to "take good notes" on how your cooperating teacher makes things happen within the program, as this will be a great guide to you in the management of your future program.
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