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Home : 2007 : Nov : 22
When I did my student teaching 4 years ago, my mentor teacher had me fill out a questionairre every Friday and we went over it together at the beginning of the day the following Monday. It was a great reflection tool. It had things like "Something that went well this week was...", "Something I'd like to improve for next week is...", "I like it when...", "A question I have is...". This helped me set goals and work towards them. I had a fantastic mentor teacher who also gave me copies of EVERYTHING. I student taught in 5th and eventhough I teach 2nd now, I am still able to use some of the things she gave me. She also had every kid write me a letter and she mailed them to me over Christmas break. Then when I started my internship in January, I knew a bit about each kid- they attached pictures too, so I had a few weeks to look over the letters and get to know my kiddos! My mentor was very openminded and let me try a lot of things in her room. I established literature circles, worked on helping to differentiate curriculum, and set up a website for the classroom. I started out observing the first week or so and doing jobs for her. The second week, I started teaching spelling, then she added reading, then grammar. After about a month and a half, I did a solo week. Then I taught all math and science. After 4 weeks of that, I did 2 solo weeks in a row. She was out of the room a lot during that. So, for the last two weeks, she was working on taking the class back for herself, so I taught less and less each day until finally, I was back to observing and doing odd jobs for her the last few days of my internship. I came in after Christmas break and finished out the year, so I didn't have the advantage of being with the kids since day 1. I was nervous about that, but it was "our room" and she made that clear to me as soon as I walked in the door- which was wonderful. I had other experiences in college where I didn't feel like a part of the class... I was just "that girl" who came in a few days a week. But I was definitely a part of the classroom community! Good luck! :) Christina http://www.teacherweb.com/mi/centralelementaryschool/mrsbainbridge
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