Vigilante

So much can be learned about one's personality from teaching one lesson or from teaching a whole week.  The teaching week at Central High provided me with insight as to who I want to be as a future teacher.  Also the topics that I learned about ranged from classroom management to teaching voice.

After my teacher came to observed us and gave us many positive regards I was happy to know that I was on the "right path."  I was scared at first to be watched but after it was all over I was happy to have had the advice of someone who wants the best for her future teachers.  I remember starting off with a mini lesson back in 406, which was to be taught to our peers and now I was teaching a whole week.  We planned for a whole week, this felt like such an accomplishment on Friday.

My favorite lesson was the one we taught on Monday.  It involved Oedipus and finding irony in the pages we had read.  Students were divided into three groups each being observed by either Emmanuel, Ms. Friendson or myself.  In my group we collected more examples than the ones we had to have done; not to mention they worked successful in supporting each other.  I am not going to lie, I think this lesson was rather successful because each one of us was there to support our groups.

One major observation and learning that I took away from this week was the success of having multiple teachers teaching one class.  Teaching is a secluded job; teachers often set boundaries within their classrooms and isolate themselves.  Teaching with two other people provided me with an opportunity to have other's knowledge and support.  It made lesson planning easier and reflections be much diverse coming from different points of view.  While it is irrelevant because classrooms are not going to have three teachers at a time but it was still nice to experience this.