Student Teaching Reflection

I do feel that my experience in student teaching has pushed me into becoming a more reliable person. Many times, during my student teaching, I was prompted by teachers to perform easy actions such as reading a book to a class or teaching a whole lesson or unit. Being that my mentor teacher is the one giving me my job, I feel more inclined to perform just about anything she asks. With that type of mentality, I dedicated myself to becoming anything that I teacher needed me to be. I face challenges at school in a more internalized way now. Instead of showing how freaked out I am, I swallow my fears and step up to perform what is asked of me. I do not always successfully complete what is asked for, but I do feel that this semester has made …show more content…
There are many times that I plan out differentiation for my students on my lesson plans, but I have some trouble implementing them once I start teaching. I get so caught up with the original task at hand that I forget that all students learn at different levels. In turn, I teach to all the students who can learn due to the methods of teaching that I have provided. Students who cannot learn from the way that I am teaching tend to fall into the background. I feel that if I had prepared myself to provide the intervention or remediation assignments to the students that need it I would be able to help students learn at their own pace and at a higher rate. I also feel that if I plan my lessons in a universal design I will meet all students learning styles. Since I have yet to increase my capabilities through the previously named ways, I would rate myself with a 3.5 in the area of meeting students …show more content…
I feel that their are many things that I need to work on based on the ratings that I have given myself throughout this entire document. Yes, I have seen tremendous growth, but I am ready to use the recommendations that I that I have given myself to become a better educator for my students. In the future, I seriously plan on putting more focus into become a more flexible educator who is prepared to take on whatever is thrown at them. Additionally, I will work more towards taking initiative and creating more positive relationships with my peers and supervisors. I can accomplish this through more professional development, studying and watching educator 's different teaching methods, pushing myself to becoming a more empathetic and open individual to strangers, and much