My clinical teaching experience is quickly becoming a reality. I'm starting to get used to the routine of Jon's classroom and the routine of my own preparation. I can say that 7:00am comes very early, and 3:15pm sneaks up on me at the end of seventh period. Each day is bringing new questions (which I love!) and making things just a little bit busier.
Today was much the same as yesterday: I greeted students, discussed my unit with Jon, and took notes while he taught. It felt great to sit at the teacher's desk, but now I'm ready for some action. Teaching in this classroom will be a challenge. These are all AP students, and they love Jon. These students may not present a classroom management problem, but they will expect me to be a fantastic teacher. They expect to be prepared for the AP test when the time comes. They expect to be prepared for college. I'm stepping into the role of a fantastic teacher. A teacher who these kids respect and really care about. They are big shoes to fill, but I think I can do it. I hope I can do it.
My plan for tomorrow is to mix in with the students, answer questions where I can and get to know the students. I also plan to work a bit more on my work sample. I want to have my unit plan nailed down. The unit I'll be teaching is Emotion is AP Pyschology. I have it mostly divided up, and my next step is to get the details worked out for the ten lessons. My questions left are: what assessments will I be using? How much of Jon's method will I be using? How much will I be creating?
In other news, Shawn Daley (my Concordia supervisor) will be coming to Madison on Monday! I'm hoping that I can teach a little bit (or co-teach with Jon) on Monday. I'm excited for him to meet my teaching all-stars and to collaborate with both of these Social Studies dudes :)
I can't wait to see what tomorrow brings.
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