2. Participation in extracurricular activities at the school
a. I did not participate in extracurricular activities at my schools. There was an opportunity to attend a concert that my fourth graders preformed. However, I had a wake the night of the concert and was unable to attend. There were not many opportunities to participate in extracurricular activities in Annandale and St. Michael. I had no ties with the communities and cooperating teachers were not involved with extracurriculars.
3. Professional meetings and conferences that you attended and/or in which you participated.
a. Staff Meetings (STMA & Annandale)
b. Kindergarten Team meetings
c. RTI (Response to Interventions) meetings: (Annandale)
d. Conferences (Annandale)
e. IEP meetings …show more content…
Collaboration in activities designed to make the entire school productive.
a. Staff Development meetings: Collaborated to plan professional learning as well as planning data day. A day where teachers are able to go through their grade books and reflect on student test scores.
6. How did you demonstrate professionalism in dress, conversations and other behavior?
a. Dress
i. I was dressed professionally when at school. I wore jeans on Fridays when it was appropriate. Otherwise, I was always dressed in a blouse or sweater with dress pants. When working with the kindergarteners, I wore more comfortable shoes and pants. This was due to sitting down on the floor and getting up more frequently than with my 4th graders.
b. Conversation
i. I was always professional while working in the schools. I always minded my manners when having discussions with students, teachers, and staff. I also initiated conversations with those that I worked with.
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I tried to incorporate new ideas and programs while at both of my placements. While at Annandale, I went away from the drudgery of the curriculum and tried to revamp different activities and make them my own. Although my teacher liked my ideas, she was more comfortable with using the slides that she had made. At St. Michael, I taught my cooperating teacher about Kahoot. Kahoot is an interactive website that allows you to create or use previously created quizzes. I created two different quizzes to help my students prepare for the unit test. I did this instead of using just a paper and pencil review. Also, while at St. Michael, I taught my cooperating teacher different strategies to help students understand multiplication and practice. I taught my cooperating teacher about intersecting line theory or Chinese line multiplication. Also, while at STMA, the teachers did not use anticipatory sets. I researched and looked up many different ideas to introduce lessons in a fun and meaningful way.
c. Enthusiasm
i. I believe that I showed my enthusiasm and love for teaching throughout the entire semester. This semester has been extremely rough as I have lost a close family friend and four great-aunts/great-uncles. However, I never let the students see that I was upset or sad and I never let it affect the lessons that I presented to them. I believe that I continued to demonstrate my enthusiasm with my daily interactions with students. When greeting them at the door, I
d.
a. I did not participate in extracurricular activities at my schools. There was an opportunity to attend a concert that my fourth graders preformed. However, I had a wake the night of the concert and was unable to attend. There were not many opportunities to participate in extracurricular activities in Annandale and St. Michael. I had no ties with the communities and cooperating teachers were not involved with extracurriculars.
3. Professional meetings and conferences that you attended and/or in which you participated.
a. Staff Meetings (STMA & Annandale)
b. Kindergarten Team meetings
c. RTI (Response to Interventions) meetings: (Annandale)
d. Conferences (Annandale)
e. IEP meetings …show more content…
Collaboration in activities designed to make the entire school productive.
a. Staff Development meetings: Collaborated to plan professional learning as well as planning data day. A day where teachers are able to go through their grade books and reflect on student test scores.
6. How did you demonstrate professionalism in dress, conversations and other behavior?
a. Dress
i. I was dressed professionally when at school. I wore jeans on Fridays when it was appropriate. Otherwise, I was always dressed in a blouse or sweater with dress pants. When working with the kindergarteners, I wore more comfortable shoes and pants. This was due to sitting down on the floor and getting up more frequently than with my 4th graders.
b. Conversation
i. I was always professional while working in the schools. I always minded my manners when having discussions with students, teachers, and staff. I also initiated conversations with those that I worked with.
c. …show more content…
I tried to incorporate new ideas and programs while at both of my placements. While at Annandale, I went away from the drudgery of the curriculum and tried to revamp different activities and make them my own. Although my teacher liked my ideas, she was more comfortable with using the slides that she had made. At St. Michael, I taught my cooperating teacher about Kahoot. Kahoot is an interactive website that allows you to create or use previously created quizzes. I created two different quizzes to help my students prepare for the unit test. I did this instead of using just a paper and pencil review. Also, while at St. Michael, I taught my cooperating teacher different strategies to help students understand multiplication and practice. I taught my cooperating teacher about intersecting line theory or Chinese line multiplication. Also, while at STMA, the teachers did not use anticipatory sets. I researched and looked up many different ideas to introduce lessons in a fun and meaningful way.
c. Enthusiasm
i. I believe that I showed my enthusiasm and love for teaching throughout the entire semester. This semester has been extremely rough as I have lost a close family friend and four great-aunts/great-uncles. However, I never let the students see that I was upset or sad and I never let it affect the lessons that I presented to them. I believe that I continued to demonstrate my enthusiasm with my daily interactions with students. When greeting them at the door, I
d.