Weekly Reflection - April 29th

Seven Questions:

I would rate this week as a 5. I had a great week last week of full time student teaching! This week, I was pleasantly surprised by being observed for the last time. I was able to learn a lot from my post conference, and I was so excited to finally have reached the end of full time student teaching. From this experience, I learned that it is extremely important to use visuals when teaching vocabulary so that students will understand and remember what each vocabulary word means. My short term goal this coming week is to complete my philosophy of education and continue working on the rest of my portfolio. This aligns with my long term goal of successfully completing student teaching! This week, I could've spent more time working on my portfolio. The first logical step for next week is to continue working on my portfolio.

This week I analyzed my students' skill tub post tests that we are working on during WIN time to see if they could move on to a new skill. These skill tubs are separated by specific math/literacy skills, and each student is assigned a skill tub to work on for the entire week based on their data and what they need to specifically work on. The students can choose any games or activities within their skill tub and practice. At the end of the week, the students take a post test to see if they have mastered the skill or if they need to continue working.

One piece of advice I want to share with other student teachers is to use your resources! I am blown away by how much I have learned from just simply asking other people in the school for ideas and advice. Don't be hesitant to ask for help, other people may have great ideas that can help your students tremendously.

NC Teacher Candidate Standards:
1d. Teachers advocate for schools and students.
 This week I was able to advocate for a change in policy for AR rewards at the end of the year alongside my CE and share my ideas for what could help AR be more useful and beneficial in our school.
2c. Teachers treat students as individuals.

This week our nine weeks for AR ended. I was able to meet with students who had not met their goal at the beginning of the week and make goals for each day of the week to help them achieve their AR goal. 

3a. Teachers align their instruction with the North Carolina Standard Course of Study.

This week I have aligned each of my lessons with the NCTCS.

4c. Teachers use a variety of instructional methods.

This week I used a variety of instructional methods during WIN with the students' skill tubs in order to help them achieve a skill that they had previously not mastered.

5b. Teachers link professional growth to their professional goals.

This week I have implemented the strategies I found for my professional development plan.

Other:

This week I have been working on taking videos for my portfolio. I do not believe that my CE or I need extra support from my university supervisor at the moment.