Last Blog

After this year in IPET and going to the elementary school I have realized I deffinetly want to be a teacher when I get older. This year has taught me a lot about classroom management and time management in the classroom. I have learned a lot from the teacher in my field class and the way the class functions with or without her. The way she taught the class and taught them manners and how to functionally work in the classroom was amazing. By the end of the year, the students were able to do all their normal procedures without the teacher even there and they were able to do their work fully and well the first time. The students worked side-by-side with the teacher in the learning process throughout the year. The class had a nice flow that was seen throughout their work and academic achievements as the weeks went by. The students I worked with outside every week had improved immensely and it was evident that my working with them had influenced their learning habits and academics. On my last day, those students just wanted to work with me outside again so they could further their learning. They were so excited to learn with me and do the activities with me, and it was really cool! I will miss that class of kids and that teacher, as they all taught me about teaching and the classroom and how my future will look with people like them in it.

May 6, 2011

Yesterday I took the English AP test in the morning. It was three hours long and was intense the whole way through. If I was a teacher I would hope I had taught my students well enough that they felt prepared for this test. We would have reviewed and practiced AP material all semester if not all year. So the students would atleast have a warning of what the test would be like and what they would have to do. The AP test is a hard test that has two parts, one being 55 multiple choice questions and the other being 3 essays over the given prompts. You are given an hour for part one and two hours for part two, totalling to 3 hours. From a teachers stand point the test is an assessment of how well the students grasped concepts from the year anb the knowledge they obtained. And if they do well enough they get college credit. Which can come in handy to further their education.