Weekly Reflection - March 22nd

Seven Questions:

I would rate this week as a 5. I had a great week at school and the students
were great. This week, I was pleasantly surprised by one of my students
moving out of tier 3 reading! From this experience, I learned that intervention
is so important to help a child catch up. This has helped this child tremendously,
and it is evident how it helps students improved. My short term goal this coming
week is to strongly finish my full time student teaching next week.This aligns with
my long term goal of being the best student teacher I can be for my students. This
week, I could've spent more time working on preparing for my lessons. Although I had
everything prepared, I sometimes felt overwhelmed this week due to some schedule
changes. I think spending even more time preparing after my schedule changed this
week would've helped me feel less frazzled. The first logical step for next week is to
continue working on my portfolio.

This week I analyzed my students' text feature tests in order to decide whether or
not they are ready to move on next week.

One piece of advice I want to share with other student teachers is to keep powering
through, but always take a minute to look back and see how much your students have
grown. Realizing where my students started and seeing how far they've come always
warms my heart, and I don't think I always take enough time to see how much they've
grown.

NC Teacher Candidate Standards:

1c. Teachers lead the teaching profession.
This week I was able to help my grade level begin to make decisions for what
teacher our students should be placed with in third grade. This was based on
who we felt our students' personalities would fit well with, who could and could
not be in the same class, as well as what they need academically.
2e. Teachers work collaboratively with the families and significant adults in the
lives of their students.

This week I have contacted the parent of a student who has recently become behavior
problems. I was able to collaborate with this parent and come up with a plan to help this child
improve.

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.

4a. Teachers know the ways in which learning takes place, and they know the
appropriate levels of intellectual, physical, social, and emotional development
of their students.

This week I used different games and hands on activities during WIN to help each student
work on specific skills they were struggling with. This was specific to each child.

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 revising my philosophy for my portfolio. I do not believe that
my CE or I need extra support from my university supervisor at the moment.