Internship Interflection

During homework, I worked with a couple of students. I found it difficult to connect with the students as they were expected to

I learned that as a first year teacher, I should be over prepared for the best and the worst scenarios. Being under prepared is the worst thing you can do. I learned that before the first day of class, I have to have a plan for managing my classroom well. While, yelling at my students may seem like the best way to get their attention it is not. I have to use a calm but firm voice. I have to let them know that I am in charge. That means, I am the teacher and they are the students. I say what I mean and I mean what I say. I think that while having my own plan in place, if I notice that their behavior is better when they are in related arts classes, I could ask those teachers what they do to get them to behave correctly and respectfully. Since I will be working

Students in the classroom come from a variety of backgrounds. Their lives are shaped by their families, their communities, but also their peers in school whom they will spend hours a day with throughout their educational career. The ability to form relationships with others, to create lasting friendships that grow and evolve with time, is detrimental to all children and their development. Lacking the ability to do so, whether it is directly because of their conditions or because of how other students perceive them, can dramatically harm them emotionally and mentally.

The first thing I will talk about in this book is the positive and negative effects of physical contact with your students. Michie, the main character, was in an incident where he was accused of touching a student inappropriately. Although the truth was revealed that he didn’t do what he was accused of, it shows how physical contact with a student can have a negative impact on a teacher’s career. Even though Michie was merely trying to console a person, children look for attention in any way they can find. This incident nearly cost Michie his job, but at the same time, a big part of teaching is showing the kids you care for them. Michie believes it is hard to care for people if you keep them at arm’s length, and I agree. Physical contact is an

Each day of observation, I spent two hours observing in the meetings. The first day, I felt very out of place and a sense of fear. My fear was people were talking about me because I couldnt understand what any one was saying. Usaually when you attend a formal meeting, you are greeted and seated, or at least informed of what was going. I walked in and seated my self and started to observe what was going on. The people in this meeting were students between the ages of eighteen and twenty five. Majority if the students were younger which means they were freshmans. Freshman year is the year when you find out where you belong, what crowds, organizations, or sports you belong to. It seemed as thought freshman Hispanic students found comfort here. This was the main observation I concluded during this session amongst other things. During my second meeting, I had the opportunity to see how the students and thier family member interacted with each other. Thier family came to visit them during family visit weekened here at SIUE. I really

A typical day consisted of, casual conversations between students, Mrs. Hughes, and myself while we wait for more students to arrive. The older female students often got side-tracked talking to one another and on their cell phones. I noticed the majority of the students who come to class are the intermediate/ advanced students, only two beginner students came throughout the entirety of my service. At most, only seven intermediate/ advanced students came to class. Yet, there were two constant students in attendance, Rose (intermediate) and Vicente (advanced). I consider both Rose and Vicente the most driven students in the program, their attendance and participation in class speaks for

If the students had better access to dental check-ups, their dentist could prescribe medicine to help or schedule other appointments to fix the problems that have arisen with the students. Children call other students’ names, which could destroy the other young person’s life by losing confidence, not wanting to go to school, or just giving up on life with suicide. That “bully” would say mean things to a student in front of other students. When

Another interaction was when the teacher was reading a story, two kids were taking during she was reading. The teacher said to them to stop and listen and they did. Another interaction between the teacher and the children was encouraging the upset child Kayln. He liked to be alone all the time, and he wasn’t an active child. When the time of the outside activity was done, the teacher asked him to enjoy the group in music area, but he refused and kept being alone and then the teacher asked him to draw something then he did. I noticed there were many redirections to the children. For example, one child was drawing and colored all over the paper and the table got messy, then I told him the paper is used for drawing and the tables are for toys. Then he drew again and wasn’t messy like the first time. The teacher was using effective technique to teach the children when one child tried to be alone and was shy, and the teacher changed the environment of the child and he became less shy. During my lab time I learned many important things, like I learned the best thing which was to wait first and see if the children can solve problems by

In Miss. Hooker’s classroom she never makes a problem, just the student’s problem, but a problem they share and can fix together. Once the student would see that Miss. Hooker wanted to help them, they were very less offensive and were happy to have someone on “their side”. Another big thing I learned was to use every resource out there. She uses so many different websites and reading materials to get ideas, and talks to other teachers or other adults, she does not limit her circle of information. I also learned that sometimes it is true what they say “less is more”. In Miss Hooker’s classroom I almost felt claustrophobic. There were so many posters/resources on the walls, and every shelf was pilled full of books or totes, I was very over stimulated by the clutter. The stuff was not useless junk, it was mainly books, and different learning materials but there was so much stuff out that I do not think half of it got used. One big thing I realized is you cannot fix everything. There was always someone that had a hurt body part or did not feel good. Yes, Miss Hooker would show compassion to this matter, but she did not stop everything to try to best accommodate the student either. If she would have done something to accommodate every student she would have never been able to complete a lesson.

[ I promote a positive, low-risk and emotionally and physically safe environment in many ways. The students know the classroom daily expectations, the school 's rules, and my personal rules that I have added since teaching their class, which in some ways differ from my cooperating teacher 's rules. I do not allow students to chew gum during class and the students are not to climb the bleachers to get equipment that has been thrown up there unless they ask me first. I expect students to use appropriate language and treat others how they would like to be treated. When a student feels he or she is or was being emotionally or physically hurt, they come and report it to me. I then will talk to the student(s) who are invoiced and help them sort it out. During the soccer lessons, in my expiation of the stations as well as on some of my station cue cards there are warnings about the potential dangerous situation that may occur, such as flaying soccer balls, trip over cones, crashing into someone who is running written on the cards. I found with these warning verbally

I arrived to the classroom at about 8:50 AM and left at 10:00 AM. When I arrived to the classroom the children, the teacher and her assistant were sitting in the table playing with baby dolls. They were using the baby dolls to show the children the different parts of the body. Soon after, they moved to the carpet for circle time. Teacher Dayana and her assistant welcomed each child by his or her name. They welcomed the children both on English and in Spanish. They prosside by singing English and Spanish songs including,”Buenos dias (good morning)”, “The wheels in the bus go round and round”, “Days of the week”, and “Pin Pon es un muñeco”. While they were singing two of the children graved toy pianos and played them. Once circle time was over the teacher assistant started to take the children one by one to wash their hands. They all moved to the table where breakfast was waiting for them. The students and the children all ate together. Throughout the entire time the teacher and the assistant try to keep an open conversation with the children. Once everyone was finished having breakfast the teacher instructed the children to clean after themselves. They all seemed to know what to do as they placed their plates on a container and used napkins to clean the table. After they were finish cleaning the children return to the carpet where each child grabbed a book. Each book had words and the picture of the word. For the last

Going through the program at NAU, I learned a lot about lesson planning, how to deliver instruction, and having management and procedures. During my student teaching experience, I have learned several valuable things that can only be learned once one has begun teaching and working in a long-term placement with children. The two most important experiences/moments to me that I have learned would be how to calmly handle behavior interruptions and also how to be there for the students who are going through hard times. There were many times during my experience where my lessons or activities were interrupted by a student that would have emotional breakdowns or even try to challenge me with poor behavioral choices. I learned

needs are met and they feel as if they are respected by the teacher. Mutual respect is once again

When I think about my role as a teacher, one of the most important things I consider is the relationships I build with my students, parents, colleagues, and community members. In the classroom, I need to ensure that I create a safe, loving, and positive learning environment. In order to make all students feel welcome, I get to know their names, the correct pronunciation and spellings, learning their culture and background, and their

Mrs. Tijerina has a sturdy relationship built with her students. She has desire to see them succeed and flourish in the Spanish culture while mining high expectations. Mrs. Tijerina wants every single student to be involved or to give feedback. There was not a single student in the classroom that did not participate in discussion or did not have a chance to voice their opinion. Mrs. Tijerina treated every student with respect, and expected that she would be respected as well. If a student was talking out of hand, Mrs. Tijerina was capable to getting them to stop immediately. Since she has a strong desire for the students to excel, she predominantly speaks in