So it is official... I have finished my student teaching! I can't believe it! I never thought this day would come when I would have no other semesters of school to dread/kinda look forward to. But I'm done. Hasn't quite hit me yet, I know I'm done, and I kinda feel like I'm done (because I know I don't have to drive to basic high school at six in the morning anymore) but it still seems surreal right now. Although I would never choose to student teach EVER again, it was a great experience and I'm glad I got to do it. I learned o much from both my mentoring teachers that would have taken quite a long time on my own. It was really comforting to know that even if things went wrong in the classroom I wouldn't get in trouble. So all those times that I messed up or thought I was doing poorly were a lot less stressful knowing my livelihood wasn't on the line! After these past few months I feel much more prepared to go teach a classroom of my own and I'm excited to have my own classroom too! We'll see what job I get (hopefully I get one). I'm going to be going to some job fairs in Houston in April so cross your fingers! Things in Vegas aren't looking too good. Basic High School wants to hire me but with the budget cuts (meaning teacher lay-offs) I'm pretty much out of the running. So Texas looks more promising so we'll see how things go.
About my teachers. Well Rachel Lutz was my Biology cooperating teacher. She was so petite and dainty, I loved her! We got along great and I could always count on her to give me the truth about things dealing with my teaching and with the school and district and so on. She was such a great example to watch, man of her procedures and activities are how I imagined I would run my classroom so that was great to get to see! Vijean Thompson was my Math cooperating teacher and I taught two of her Algebra I classes. She' been teaching for 25 years so she knows how to handle those kids! She was exactly who I needed to learn from for discipline. She really showed me what to do with trouble kids and I think I gained some guts from what I learned from her; I'm definitely more strict now than I would have been. With her help I gained more authority in the classroom which I know I'll need! She was a great mentor as well.
Rachel - Biology
Vijean - Algebra
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