My struggles continue to be my level of creativity when putting lesson plans together. The goal is to me meaningful and engaging and I'm struggling with that. Last Tuesday I did my first evaluated lesson and it went about as well as could be expected. My teacher gave me a few ideas to get started, but him and his ideas won't be around for ever!! Plus, he gave me the review portion of the chapter which may be the easiest lesson to do. My biggest problem was that it wasn't quite long enough. I was five to seven minutes short of material. My cooperating teacher is really good at keeping the kids busy till the last three minutes of class- till packing up time starts. I have no problems getting up in front of the students in the class, I feel very comfortable doing it- I just need major help/practice with lesson plans!!
I then proceeded to stink up the room with my micro-teaching. I really under estimated how hard it was to "teach" in front of my peers. Plus, I really didn't feel like I knew what was expected of me. Oh well, you live and you learn. I was really disappointed in myself, but that disappointment will only help me do better next time.
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I feel your pain, but I think we will both be more able to do such lessons once teaching is all we are focused on.
Right now, we have to balance work, school, and practicum. This ain't an easy task--and I for one am looking forward to finishing my degree and getting started in my new career.
My decision to teach wasn't a financial one--in fact, I'll be taking a big pay cut. But I know it will all be worth it. It takes a certain kind of person to be a nurse or a doctor, but I think is similar. Not everyone can do it--but I know you can! And I'm confident I can, too.
I understand your struggles with the lesson planning. The first lesson I taught was too short, and my last one too long. It's so hard. The teaching in front of the peers is hard too. That is something I struggle with since we're all becoming teachers we can be extremely critical and judgemental of each other. If it makes you feel better, I think it's normal to feel the way you do and I think your more critical of yourself than you need to be. Hang in there!
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