Reflection On Teacher Experience

Service in the school and community is an insight to your character and work ethic. I have over 20 hours of community service from many different experiences. Last summer I worked for Camp Barakel, a summer camp, in the kitchen. I assisted in serving food and cleaning. I learned discipline and teamwork through this valuable experience. Not only this I’ve worked with the Elderly in Rehabilitation centers and the patience and nurturing qualities is something that will forever be valuable in my life. Last but not least working as Big Sister or Buddy to a 4th grade girl has given me the chance to positively impact and influence her life as simply as having a friend is immense. All of these service opportunities as added to my character and prepared me for the responsibilities of

This assignment will critically reflect and analyse a microteaching session I presented to my peers in a clinical placement regarding Nursing management of chest drains. I will define reflection; teaching, learning and the rationale for choosing this topic will be clearly outlined in this paper. The preparation, planning, implementation and evaluation will also be incorporated. This assignment will be structured using Gibbs (1988) reflective model cited in Modular Training Course, 2003 because of its simplicity. Analysis will permeate through each stage of the Gibbs reflective model. Finally I will conclude by reflecting on my role as a joint practitioner outlining areas of personal, professional growth, identifying my strength, weakness

I have been doing great at school so far in my high school career. I have a 4.1 grade point average, due to my being in a pre a.p. math class and also getting straight a’s. I am doing really great at all of my classes, although my favorite is math. this is one of the reasons I am in junior math as a sophomore. I am also apart of the A+ program where i get the chance to tutor kids of all ages, I have not been able to tutor kids yet because i am only a sophomore, but i hope to be able to tutoring kids! I also get to go to fifth grade camp or safety town with the A+ program. To me these experiences aren’t just ways to get service hours they are ways to be role models to kids, which is a great thing to be.

Aside from dancing at charity shows, I never had any hands-on experiences in community service in upper elementary or middle school. Upon entering high school, I found the perfect opportunity to give back to the community with many extracurriculars at my high school, West-Windsor Plainsboro North. From 2 years with UNICEF to 4 years with Tutoring Society, I have realized that the best way I contributed to society was through tutoring. Tutoring has given me instant satisfaction when I saw the students I tutored come back and tell me that they aced a difficult test. It has been great being able to connect with the students and learn more about them, and the subject being taught. My experiences as a tutor have expanded my horizons and taught

Throughout my four years of high school, I have participated in the Red Cross club. During my time there, I've helped my local community and communties else where. I have helped raise money for premature babies with the March of Dimes, I have cleaned the woods around my town, and I have taught little elemetary school kids about water and bus safety. Whether it was organizing books in the library or mangaing a game booth for less foruntiate kids, one of biggest highlight of my four years at high school has been helping my

A few years ago, I had the privilege of volunteering as AmeriCorps member at Trinity River Mission, a non-profit afterschool community-learning center that focuses on disadvantaged children in West Dallas. I was assign to work with 3rd and 4th graders. I would be helping them with their homework, school projects, and any other school assignments. I was a bit intimidated by my position, I was placed in a classroom where I was going to be working with 20-40 kids a day. I was nervous and excited at the same time; I was finally working with kids but doubted myself a bit. I was afraid of disappointing the kids and myself. Little did I know that this opportunity was going to help me become the person I am today, and motivate my education career. This experience allowed

Helping others has always been a passion; I used to pretend I was a teacher in order to help my younger brother learn math, I was the youngest volunteer at my YMCA leadership camp and it has never felt like work for me. I get a sense of happiness seeing others smile due to my effortless acts of kindness and once I learned how easy it was to just give back to the community that is a part of me I couldn't stop. I work with grace family church weekly (I have had to slow down due to my courses and work schedule, along with a baby brother who screams and cries every time I walk out the door) volunteering my time to put hot food onto the plates of those in need and just talk to them while they enjoy their food. It was extremely eye opening to see young women my age with hungry children, and people that looked just like my grandparents struggling to find a meal every night; the services I help to provide mean so much to these people and it makes me want to keep going back when I see everyone leave with a smile, I have made so many friends and I have seen situations that many kids my age have not become accustomed to yet and it can seriously change one’s perspective on life. Volunteering with the ecology club and even interacting with the environment on my own time has completely impacted the things I am passionate about and this service-paired with a year in AP Environmental science- opened up an entire realm of knowledge I previously had no idea about. Cleaning up my community and thinking up ways to raise awareness about the environment are two of my favorite things to do in my pastime and this community service has even influenced my idea of what I would like to minor in while attending the university I chose. I never thought I would enjoy learning about the environment but I now would like to

As I reflect back on my field experience I realize that teaching goes beyond the classroom, it goes into lunchroom, clubs, reading buddies and many more actives that schools offer. With that being said, by volunteering and taking advantage of this opportunities it allows you as teacher to establish closer relationships with students. For instance, when CSI club didn’t meet one week a student came back the following week and said Ms. Crosby I really missed you last week. In this moment I realized how impactful you as teacher can be even when you don’t see yourself in the way. I realized through field experience that students notice you and you soon become a key figure in students’ lives.

This semester I was fortunate to volunteer at the Northern Virginia Family Services (NVAFS) head start school. NVAFS per-school is a none profit organization that helps families who cannot afford pre-school, and do not want their kids to be behind when starting kindergarten. The school is open from 6am-7pm (can be modified) because the families work long hours because they are of low income or single mothers. What I got to do was teach tennis to the kids and help out around the school. I was able to interact with the kids and their families. At NVVFS per-school I was not just able to understand what I wanted to pursue in the future, but also able to use my knowledge from my psychology coursework at Gorge Mason University.

While going through the education department, I have spent many hours in the classroom that will never show up on my resume. My mom is a teacher, and because of that, I have spent countless hours helping in her classroom and on field trips. Furthermore, through my connection with my former middle school and high school teachers, I have gone back to shadow the many times. I have spent a lot of time in their classrooms simply watching them teach. In the spring of 2016, I took a semester abroad to the Philippines. While I was there, I was able to help out in different English classes throughout the middle school as well as, teach a night class for older students and young adults; this class met three times a week. Through my Teaching in Secondary School class, I went to on of the local middle schools here in Kalamazoo. At that school, I spent time with a student and help her develop her writing skills. These are the kinds of experiences that you will never see on my resume.

Coe writes that spiritual formation involves “[joining] in following my example, and [observing] those who walk according to the pattern you have in us” (Phil. 3:17). In other words, through relationships with their parents, children learn spirituality first from their parents, observing and copying how they deal with issues, walk in a spiritual journey, and more. The parent’s role is to awaken the God-given capacities and desires as they interact with their children so that they can form healthy attachments to God as well.

1. What went well today? Provide 3 specific examples of children’s actions/comments that occurred during self-selected activities. What evidence do you have for your conclusion? DO NOT use the words, “loved, liked, enjoyed;” rather describe the evidence of children’s reactions to the learning experience.

“A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you can’t do” These exact words come from my own perspective. These words mean something by stating that people have pleasure in doing something. This quote was burned into my mind so deep that I'll never forget the thought of this arrogant teacher. Devotion and talent had made a significant impact on overcoming this challenge.

A wealth of empirical research has been carried out to investigate teachers’ understandings of TBLT and the implementation of it, aiming to identify the appropriate ways to adopt TBLT in different contexts for the reason that many scholars (Ellis, 2003; Littlewood, 2004) have pointed out that TBLT is a highly context-specific approach. They believe that its implementation is predicated on a wide range of contextual factors not only in the classrooms but also outside of the classrooms.

Before taking this course, I obviously considered myself to be literate. I was able to read and write well, and I even considered my exceptional public speaking ability a part of my literacy. However, I quickly learned in this class that literacy is much more than just reading and writing, but something that grows along with technology. The National Council of Teachers of English has its own definition of literacy, and that truly has been the focal point of this class. Through this course, I not only learned what literacy is, but I also became more literate.