My biggest advice would be to listen and watch with an open mind. When it is your turn to start teaching, take a few minutes to jot down some ideas of how you thought your lesson went and if you had it to do all over again, what would you do differently. If you keep a journal, you'll start to notice trends or personal growth (or both). As for the your critic teacher, I would say that not turning over the reins can happen for a number of reasons. Personality could be one. She might not have thought you were ready. Maybe there was something that need to be taught in a certain way and it was just easier to do that way due to time. I think that some student teachers forget that the responsibility for children ultimately lies with the classroom teacher. Also, I have had a few teachers that came to me thinking they had nothing to learn. They had learned it all in their coursework so they just needed to get student teaching over with so they could get a job and do everything their way. I feel sorry for those teachers because they missed out on so many learning opportunities. Finally, I would just add that it is about depth of understanding and NOT breadth of coverage. If your teacher makes a suggestion to you even though you might not agree, try it out and see what happens. You might be surprised! Good luck! Sue In a message dated 7/23/2009 10:47:37 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
Hi, my name is Tiffany Heikkila and I am a student in the special education program at Wayne State University. I will be graduating in the spring of 2010! I am going to be student teaching in the fall in a second grade classroom. I want to know if there is anyone who can give me advice on what it takes to be an excellent student teacher. Also, in my pre-student teaching, I was assigned with a teacher who never let me take control. If this situation is to happen in my student teaching, how would I conference with the teacher about having more control in a way that would not come over as being rude or pushy? Thank you for your time, Tiffany Heikkila _________________________________________________________________ NEW mobile Hotmail. Optimized for YOUR phone. Click here. http://windowslive.com/Mobile?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_CS_MB_new_hotmail_072009 _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. **************An Excellent Credit Score is 750. See Yours in Just 2 Easy Steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222585106x1201462830/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=62&bcd=Jul yExcfooterNO62) _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
