My internship has flown by! I have so much that keeps me busy. I don't know where the last few month have gone. I have so many mixed emotions about this next transition in my life. I have sadness for leaving my students and the faculty at OHS. I have anxiety and nerves about my job fair on Wednesday. Usually I don't have anxiety, but starting my teaching career means so much to me. I plan on still visiting my class until the end of the school year.
One thing I learned during my internship is that I'm going to be sad with each group of students that leave. I helped out again this week in credit recovery. The students are quickly trying to finish everything up before the end of the school year. There are still some students who choose not to use their time wisely during credit recovery. I try to walk around and make sure everyone is on task and when I find someone off task I try to remind them of why they are there. I may try to get involved in the AVID or 21st Century program this week. I'll keep you posted.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Monday, April 11, 2011
FCAT Day One was a Success!
The first day of FCAT was today and I felt it went well. This is another thing I can add to my resume for next year. I have gained so much experience during my internship I am almost sad that it is coming to an end. The only thing that helps me cope is the fact that I know that next year I will be in my own classroom, helping kids in the same way, and getting a paycheck so I can pay my bills! I really hope things go well at the job fair on the 20th! My first choice would be to teach here at Osceola High School but I don't think they will have a spot open, but I can still hope. I have come to respect the faculty and staff and I think the students are great.
OHS demonstrates their care for the student body in a variety of different ways. One of my favorite things they do is a food program for students who need stuff to eat on the weekends. This truly goes above just the education of children and helps to create a trusting relationship with these students. Once I start teaching and have the money I plan on making charity a part of my teaching career. I volunteered again this week with credit recovery. There is a wide variety of students in the program. They range from freshmen trying to repair their GPA with grade forgiveness, to seniors retaking government so they can graduate. I think it is really important that schools offer programs like this to encourage students to take school seriously. No matter how many positives there are about a program there will always be people out there talking about the one negative thing about it. There are many teachers who seem to be upset with this program because they think the students will take their classes for granted the first time around because they know they it will be easy to pass in credit recovery. I understand their concern but I still feel that the main objective of a teacher should be the students success. If a student is able to fix a bad grade or retake a class by doing extra work after school and this helps them graduate and continue their education who is really losing?
OHS demonstrates their care for the student body in a variety of different ways. One of my favorite things they do is a food program for students who need stuff to eat on the weekends. This truly goes above just the education of children and helps to create a trusting relationship with these students. Once I start teaching and have the money I plan on making charity a part of my teaching career. I volunteered again this week with credit recovery. There is a wide variety of students in the program. They range from freshmen trying to repair their GPA with grade forgiveness, to seniors retaking government so they can graduate. I think it is really important that schools offer programs like this to encourage students to take school seriously. No matter how many positives there are about a program there will always be people out there talking about the one negative thing about it. There are many teachers who seem to be upset with this program because they think the students will take their classes for granted the first time around because they know they it will be easy to pass in credit recovery. I understand their concern but I still feel that the main objective of a teacher should be the students success. If a student is able to fix a bad grade or retake a class by doing extra work after school and this helps them graduate and continue their education who is really losing?
Sunday, April 3, 2011
FCAT is on the way!
The end of the 9 week grading period brings the beginning of FCAT testing. I am very pleased with my students and the grades they earned this 9 weeks. The lowest grade in the class was a 73 percent. I am happy that all of my students will have the opportunity to earn at least a B for the semester grade. I understand how important grades our to GPA's and college acceptance. This is one of the things I will struggle with once I get my own classroom. I don't know how I will react to giving a failing grade. Hopefully I will be able to prevent any of my students from failing by giving them the additional support throughout the grading period before their grades are final.
I have an array of choices for volunteering at Osceola High School. I will try to balance my time between 21st Century and Credit Recovery. The program I am most interested in is Credit Recovery because it gives students an opportunity to catch up or replace a bad grade with grade forgiveness. I think it is important to give students a chance to catch up besides summer school or being held back because this will prevent students who fall behind from getting frustrated and dropping out. I was thinking about possibly volunteering for FCAT practice this week as well because FCAT is testing on April 11th and 12th. I would like to be able to help students relieve some of their test anxiety and help them have confidence before taking the test. Even if teachers don't necessarily agree with the assessment methods being used we still need to do whatever we can to help our students prepare for it.
I have an array of choices for volunteering at Osceola High School. I will try to balance my time between 21st Century and Credit Recovery. The program I am most interested in is Credit Recovery because it gives students an opportunity to catch up or replace a bad grade with grade forgiveness. I think it is important to give students a chance to catch up besides summer school or being held back because this will prevent students who fall behind from getting frustrated and dropping out. I was thinking about possibly volunteering for FCAT practice this week as well because FCAT is testing on April 11th and 12th. I would like to be able to help students relieve some of their test anxiety and help them have confidence before taking the test. Even if teachers don't necessarily agree with the assessment methods being used we still need to do whatever we can to help our students prepare for it.
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