I even dream of freakin lessons 
Once I get something almost down, the teacher I'm working with throws something else at me.
Once I get something almost down, the teacher I'm working with throws something else at me.
Student teaching has taken over my life
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Posts: 2507 (03/11/2009 11:37 PM) |
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KiRkY GiRlY |
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Posts: 22123 (03/11/2009 11:41 PM) |
Yea, I was crazy while student teaching.
Have you taken over full time yet? |
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Posts: 2508 (03/11/2009 11:45 PM) |
Pretty much, except language arts which I'll do next week. I like my cooperating teaching but she's on my ass so much. I do 20 times more crap than all
the other student teachers at my school. The other teachers working there always ask if I'm okay and what not because they know how she is
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there later than any other teacher almost, including my cooperating teacher (And honestly, I'm not sure if thats even really allowed )
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Posts: 3194 (03/11/2009 11:46 PM) |
I hear ya. Are you elementary?
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Posts: 2509 (03/11/2009 11:47 PM) |
Yes, love the kids, even the pain in the ass ones, but I wish I was getting paid for this crap.
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Posts: 6685 (03/11/2009 11:48 PM) |
ugh, tell me about it.
I am about to die. and I keep getting sick. I've already had pink eye and the flu this semester. I can't take any more. |
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Posts: 22125 (03/11/2009 11:49 PM) |
That's good though, it pays off in the long run.
I took over from the first day of school till Christmas break because I had a great CT and I wanted to get as much experience as I could. The other student teachers in the building didn't really care at all and it showed. One didn't pass. What grade are you doing? |
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Posts: 22126 (03/11/2009 11:51 PM) |
Nluva4eva02 wrote: Drink lots of airborne and purell everything. I actually put a little under my nose each day. (weird but it works!) I didn't figure that out until my 2nd year of substitute teaching and I was freaking sick all of the time! |
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Posts: 6688 (03/11/2009 11:53 PM) |
oh that's a good idea. Seriously, I'm on the tail end of the flu (I've been sick all weekend) and I have to go back in tomorrow and I feel like
it's all just going to come right back down on mer. But, I have spring break next week so woohoo (I can actually sleep some. The last time in my life!
haha)
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Nicole2003 |
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Posts: 3195 (03/12/2009 12:07 AM) |
With my program, I've been student teaching for an entire school year and I'm dying for a break. One more week until Spring Break. I've gotten sick
at least 4 times this year and I'm totally trying that trick.
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Posts: 2727 (03/12/2009 12:13 AM) |
DON'T REMIND ME. I still have a ways to go, I won't start my student teaching until the Fall of 2010. But every semester I have to do so many hours in
the classroom. 30 this semester, 45 in the fall, and 75 next Spring. I'm going to die.
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KiRkY GiRlY |
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Posts: 22128 (03/12/2009 12:16 AM) |
It's really not that bad! If it's what you're supposed to be doing you'll enjoy it. The work is hard and there is a lot, but it's fun too.
Especially if you're in elementary school.
The observation hours are seriously boring though. I had to do 30 for initial field and then 120 for clinical 1 experience (which was in the same classroom I did my student teaching in). If you do stuff in the room instead of just observing the time goes fast. |
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Posts: 12290 (03/12/2009 12:21 AM) |
Same here, except I'm teaching 4 days a week (taking over for 4 content areas) and then have class one day a week for 8 hours. My butt is officially
kicked, and there are still 7 more weeks!
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Nicole2003 |
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Posts: 3196 (03/12/2009 12:30 AM) |
You guys are saints for doing elementary-I couldn't do it. Yeah, when I was observing for a few weeks, I was always dead tired. It's so much better
when you move around the class.
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Posts: 2401 (03/12/2009 12:50 AM) |
I just finished student teaching. It is good and bad your cooperating teacher has you doing so much. It will definitely help you get ready to teach though.
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Posts: 2510 (03/12/2009 5:05 PM) |
ilovensyncsarah wrote: It will help me get ready but at the same time im so stressed. I'm still trying to work on classroom management but I feel like I have to do so damn much that it's hard to focus on that. She gave me a grade book today. I'm the only student teacher who has one at the school/ and the only one who needs to hand in lessons on Friday to be emailed and also work on them by myself basically. And it's not like I'm going to get hired there, since its hard as hell to find/get jobs around here. I dont even know if I should talk to my advisor about this because i dont want her to think im just bitching. |
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Posts: 22129 (03/12/2009 5:10 PM) |
She won't help you with lessons?
Do you have grade level meetings with the other teachers? Those were helpful. What are you doing for classroom management? I wouldn't complain to the advisor...do you have a mentor that comes into observe you? |
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Posts: 5873 (03/12/2009 5:21 PM) |
I did my student teaching last spring and it was simultaneously the best and worst experience. It was gut wrenching. I was at a title 1 school and most kids
had more family members in jail than out of jail. I had a drug deal, suicide threat, stabbing with a pencil, and countless other situations. Did I mention it
was only THIRD grade? My first day the teacher said, "want to know what it's really like, or follow this stupid 'observe for a while shit". I
told her I wanted to learn as much as possible and in the middle of her math lesson she said, "you got this?" and left me alone with the kids. From
day one I was on my own and had to learn on my feet what did and didn't work with them. All of the other teachers were taking a pool to see how long
I'd last because I was too much of a softie. During my last week the class "grandma" came up to me and was like, "Girl...I thought you was
done for on day one, but you whipped these kids into shape."
It was really an amazing experience though. The kids were a freaking hoot. I would come home EXHAUSTED because they were so much work. At the end I sobbed because I didn't want to leave them. My supervising teacher didn't teach me a damn thing but that in and of itself taught me how to fend for myself and adapt lessons on my feet. |
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Posts: 496 (03/12/2009 5:49 PM) |
My first placement of student was in 4th grade. My teacher's husband fell and had a brain aneurysm the second week of student teaching. I was on my own for
the rest of the time with NOTHING! It was the best experience though because I proved to myself that I could do it!
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Posts: 16532 (03/12/2009 6:09 PM) Most Mysterious '08 |
it won't take you long, at all, once you have your own classroom to get efficient and proficient with your plans
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