Just like Tracie and the other Katie, I feel that differentiated instruction will be a huge challenge for me this year. With such a diverse class, both in ethnicity and knowledge level, tailoring lessons to each students needs will be something that will require much time, patience, and practice. In regards to teacher-student relationships, I have had limited issues so far. From day one, my mentor teacher treated me as an equal in the class, and even though I haven’t been teaching as many lessons as she has, she consistently includes me in every lesson, making sure the students know what I am also a teacher of the class. This has been great because the students truly do view me as one of their teachers, nearly equal to my mentor teacher. The students split their questions pretty equally between me and my mentor teacher, showing that they do not view her as the “main teacher” and me as the lesser of the two. Because this has been established so early on in the year, I believe that I will have very few issues with students not taking me seriously as the teacher when I begin to teach more.
Tracie and I are in the same school, and therefore we both use Atlas Rubicon. This will be a great resource for us this year and will help remove an issues with constructing relevant curriculum.
After having spent a few weeks in the classroom already (geez has time flown by!) I know that there are definitely some areas that I feel confident in and some that I really need to work on. I think I have developed a great relationship with my students and my mentor teacher, and they all give me confidence in the teaching that I do. Although I feel comfortable with the teaching I’ve done so far, I know there is so much more for me to learn, and I know for a fact that I will really grow as an educator throughout this year.
As far as assessments go, I have already had a large roll in administering reading and writing assessments to my students. I feel that the assessments went really well and I was able to learn a lot about the students through them. But I am looking forward to creating and administering many more assessments throughout the year, especially in math.
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