Happy Friday the 13th

Today I emailed my teacher to finalize the starting date for observations. I will be starting next Wednesday @ 8:30 AM (YIKES!). My teacher seems really coopererative. She sent me a document of things to expect in her classroom. It included my duties, times and schedules of the students, and her expectations of me. I thought it was impressive and very professional of her to also include what I can expect of her. I can tell that my experience in her classroom will be very beneficial. Already I can see the level of respect that she expects from her collegues and students. I love her professionalism!!


Over the summer my cooperating teacher was, lets just say less than cooperative. She was not professional at all; from the way she handled her students, to the way she dressed. Her main way of disciplining the students was to yell at them, and she openly encouraged me to do the same. I learned much from this experience because it taught me what NOT to do in a classroom.


I love that I can already tell that this teacher is way more professional than my last. It keeps me optimisitc. I am also looking forward to teaching and observing older students. Over the summer I was working with 3rd graders in summer school. It will be an interesting twist to work with 7th and 8th graders during a normal school year. Hopefully we all get out to a good start. I just have to remember: BE CONFIDENT!!!