Another week has gone by of classes, and I continue to learn about new things every day, and in the words of Mahatma Gandhi, "Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."
In ARTED 308 last week we were given the opportunity to listen and ask questions of former classmate and current student teacher, Ms. Carr. I felt her advice to be especially helpful because it gave me an idea of what to expect from student teaching when I will be going through the process. I feel more at ease of the idea of student teaching in the fall semester instead of the spring semester because in a way, you are learning along with the students in regards to classroom procedures and even each others' names. I feel that this would be an easier transition to make for a student teacher than for a student teacher in the spring semester because in the spring semester the students are comfortable now and are familiar with classroom procedures, and then a student teacher comes in and their world has changed over the course of 8 weeks. One piece of advice that I especially appreciated is to observe how your cooperating teacher manages a classroom. Currently, I am taking a classroom management course, and we have yet to discuss techniques and strategies on how to manage a classroom. I may be a bit ahead of what the course schedule entails, but I feel that this is the most important thing to take from the class.
Another piece of advice that was helpful to me was how to engage and connect with my students. I believe that it helped hearing that information from a peer currently going through student teaching rather than a current teacher or professor because sometimes the information is more relatable coming from someone on the same level as me.
Overall, the best piece of advice I learned from Ms. Carr is just to be calm. If you can't be calm, you cannot be flexible, prepared, healthy, or even be yourself!
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