Three things were different this week...we had two activity periods and Thursday we went to regionals for LDEs.
I'm really looking forward to my last 4 days with the students and at Cedar Crest High School. It's going to be an emotional yet awesome week!
Things I Learned
- Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming. I was down 3 periods of Ag 1 this week because of last week's happenings. It was nice to be able to breathe between classes and change a few things real quick before I had to teach it again. That's one of my favorite things about the Ag 1-4 system. Anyway, I had a check list of things to do this week and I got all but 2 done on time. As long as I keep working on stuff, it will get done. It's just a matter of time. (but it is crunch time)
- I was working on a display for a display case these past couple of weeks. I finally got some pictures up and I though they looked fine. My intention was to have candid pictures posted, ones that looked like students were having fun. One of our officers walked by the display and asked who was in charge of constructing it. She said that the pictures were blurry and didn't look nice. Honestly, that kind of hurt...but then I thought about it. Nobody else knows what my intention really was with the display unless I tell them. And that's not something you can post on a display.......moral of the story: always look at things from a different perspective. Even if you had good intentions with something, it may not always be perceived that way.
Regional LDE Contests
- It feels really nice to watch your students succeed. Megan, our senior prepared public speaker has been in the top 2 at the county and area contests. Mr. Haussener and I were fortunate enough to be finished with parli pro in time to be in the room when the results were announced. We got to the top 2, I was really hoping Megan won but she ended up getting 2nd. It didn't really matter, she did great anyway!
- Our parli pro team had tough competition from Northern Lebanon again! Just like at the county contest, we ended up on top. It was a close contest and we shall see what states brings! Hopefully, I can make it out there to see the contests!
Advice Wanted
- Some of students were more high strung Friday than usual. Obviously, it was Friday, the end of the week. Plus Mr. Haussener was out on a field trip so they were a little wired. When you're a student teacher (or a substitute), what can you do to keep them from really getting out of hand? Sometimes they just don't care about student teachers or subs and will only listen to their "real" teacher. Also, what can you do before you leave on a trip so you're students behave (for the most part) when you aren't there?
Sara,
ReplyDeleteIt can be hard as you near the end of the experience to keep pushing to do your best teaching, but you need to do so because the students deserve it. Also, make sure you plan the time well so that you can put your full effort into whatever project you are working on. Yes, quality matters in all that we do and others will notice, and you are correct they may not know what you were going for so you want to think about how others will view the finished product.