Practicum Experience: Reflective Report

When anyone goes into an new environment they have biases that will follow them into the setting. The person need to be aware of their biases, so that they do not act on them and make a person or group of people feel discomfort. It is also important to remember to look back on the experience and acknowledge what one did wrong and right in certain situations. When we reflect on the situations is when we grow as a person and learn what to do differently to make the outcome a little better than the original. Looking back on the practicum experience, I notice that I went in with biases and I tried not to act on them.
One of the biases I had was that it was going to be like the school that I went to since it was a title one schools too with variety …show more content…
I found that it is extremely hard to make every lesson plan interesting, but I put great amount of effort into my lesson plans and I did many hours of research. I know that when I am a teacher I will not have the time to plan the lesson plans like I did in the practicum. I now know the time commitment that a lesson plan takes. I had to make my own paper to accompany the lessons and looking up the standards that the lesson would cover. I did have a honeymoon period, but after it died, I realized that I still love being a teacher and that it takes a lot more time than I ever thought it did. Even though the lesson plans took a lot of my time, but most of the time it was worth it due to the fact that many of the children were so excited about the lesson plans I made and they had fun doing them. I first lesson they were practicing comprehending nonfiction text, so I planned a lesson with slime.If they did not comprehend the directions then their slime would have not worked out. The children were very excited and we found out that the students had no problems comprehending the text when it came to something fun. I made many more that the children were excited about and were willing to put every ounce of their being …show more content…
This experience made sure that I was entering the field that I wanted and it confirmed that I wanted to be an Special Education teacher and it even made me want an internship in the summer. I have an internship at Bona Vista and I am working with children with special needs. I think more colleges should make their students go into the field they think they want as soon as possible due to the fact it helps one discover if that is actually what one wants to