Speaking as a recent student teacher, my advice is to become involved in your school. The principal where I student taught was really into this. There was a group of three student teachers in the building and we started an after school science club for 3-5th graders. It was a lot of fun and got us great community recognition, as well as great references and reccomendations.
Another thing I would suggest is to observe several teachers in your building. They all have things to learn from - whether good or bad and it is a great way to see a lot of different styles and techniques. I hope you have a great experience in your student teaching! Mine was invaluable, as I had a great mentor that introduced me to the world of Debbie Miller! :) - Among other things. On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 1:26 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > > _______________________________________________ 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.
