It's hard to believe that i'm actually a senior and that i'm just about to start my last field and my student teaching. Life is so crazy busy, i'm not sure what i was thinking when i decided to get married thanksgiving weekend. The weekend before all of our assignments for field are due... I don't think it will be a very relaxing weekend unless i finish all of my assignments way before, which i think i can do if i use enough self control. It just seems like there is always so much to do and between my fiance, friends, school, family, and wedding planning that i'm spreading myself too thin. I feel like i have not been giving my best in anything.
I'm really excited for this field experience, (just not for the assignments) but i will also be so glad when it's done. Just another step closer to student teaching and having my own class. I'm so excited and i'm ready to just go on in and give anything a try. I might fall flat on my face, but that's why i have a cooperating teacher, a superviser, and my dad to give me feedback and help me become a better teacher.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
It's really quite simple...
"It's really quite simple. Effective teaching is responsive teaching. It begins with creating ties to each child. It begins with taming the fox." The ideas we learn about through differentiation are just NO DUH answers. They make sense because they are an effective way to help every student to succeed and do the best that they can. In theory they are "no duh" and "really quite simple" but they can be difficult. We have so much resting upon us as teacher as the text explains, it's hard to be responsive and connect. It's hard to support each student and hard to teach well, but it is so worth it!
I don't know how to say it any better than Carol, so here is my favorite quote from this book, " If we allow ourselves to fall in love with what we do, we will be reborn countless times, almost always in a form stronger and more fully human than the one that preceded it. Thus it may be that to teach more responsively, more effectively, we ultimately need to accept two challenges. First, we need to cultivate passion for what we do. Second, we need to remove our protective armor and allow our students to shape us, reflecting on and learning from what we see." WOW that is powerful... i want to be a responsive teacher and i already know that i absolutely love it. As i begin teaching i will have the opportunity to be reshaped and be reborn and i try my hardest to "tame my students" they will tame me and we will learn and grow together. I love the opportunity that i have to start fresh each day and take on challenges and just try my hardest to be all that i can be. There is nothing else that i could possibly do with my life. I am a teacher and i will do whatever it takes to be the best teacher that i can be!
I don't know how to say it any better than Carol, so here is my favorite quote from this book, " If we allow ourselves to fall in love with what we do, we will be reborn countless times, almost always in a form stronger and more fully human than the one that preceded it. Thus it may be that to teach more responsively, more effectively, we ultimately need to accept two challenges. First, we need to cultivate passion for what we do. Second, we need to remove our protective armor and allow our students to shape us, reflecting on and learning from what we see." WOW that is powerful... i want to be a responsive teacher and i already know that i absolutely love it. As i begin teaching i will have the opportunity to be reshaped and be reborn and i try my hardest to "tame my students" they will tame me and we will learn and grow together. I love the opportunity that i have to start fresh each day and take on challenges and just try my hardest to be all that i can be. There is nothing else that i could possibly do with my life. I am a teacher and i will do whatever it takes to be the best teacher that i can be!
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