1. Mrs. McCarty had professionalism because she always dressed appropriate and acted as a teacher should. For example she would also be on time getting to different places and finishing lessons on time. She respects all of her colleagues and always had a professional attitude. This gave me examples to follow while I was there and for the future.
2. Mrs. McCarty also had confidentiality because if there was ever an issue with a child she would make sure only those that needed to know the information did, and that no other students were around to listen. This reminded me how important it is to keep student’s information only to the people that need to know it.
1. I think I made improvements in cultural competence because there were so many students with different cultural backgrounds. I was never really around any diversity before so, now that I have I can reduce my own biases, which I was able to do in this field experience. I couple of students had only been in the United States for a year or two and I assumed they would not much English. After this field experience I realized this was not true, one was excelling in English. …show more content…
I also think I improved with collaboativeness. If I saw something with a student I shared it with the teacher or teacher’s aide instead of internalizing it. One student was doing really well with her numbers and I shared with the teacher that I did not think she needed to be in my number recognition group
2. Mrs. McCarty also had confidentiality because if there was ever an issue with a child she would make sure only those that needed to know the information did, and that no other students were around to listen. This reminded me how important it is to keep student’s information only to the people that need to know it.
1. I think I made improvements in cultural competence because there were so many students with different cultural backgrounds. I was never really around any diversity before so, now that I have I can reduce my own biases, which I was able to do in this field experience. I couple of students had only been in the United States for a year or two and I assumed they would not much English. After this field experience I realized this was not true, one was excelling in English. …show more content…
I also think I improved with collaboativeness. If I saw something with a student I shared it with the teacher or teacher’s aide instead of internalizing it. One student was doing really well with her numbers and I shared with the teacher that I did not think she needed to be in my number recognition group