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My Personal Experience : My Experience In Pre-Internship

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In the past few weeks of my pre-internship, I feel as though I am really coming into my own. I have always been a person that has questioned herself, and I have always struggled will just allowing myself to experience and enjoy whatever I am doing. It has been in these past few weeks that I have really started to allow myself to learn yes, but to also just enjoy my experience in my pre-internship. I have truly enjoyed every day that I have been with my class, and my mentor. I have become so much more comfortable with myself being in the classroom that it has really allowed me to not only enjoy the experience but to really engage with the class and learn along with them, on how to be the best educator I can. Being more comfortable with myself has also lead to me being much more included to ask my mentor various questions, and engage during the first-grade PLC meetings. During the first few weeks of being inside the classroom, I spent much of the time sitting back and observing Mary teach as I took notes. This is in stark contrast to what has now occurred these past few weeks; in which I have spent much less time taking notes, and instead have been participating with the class and engaging with them as Mary teaches. I have found this to be very rewarding because not only am I seeing how instruction is being done, but I am being a part of it as well. I can honestly say that I absolutely love my mentor Mary and am truly grateful for her. Mary has been a wonderful resource for

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