Hey,
After going over the syllabus, I have come up with a few goals for myself in this half of TE 402. Like Ashleigh, one of my goals is to better understand Language Arts as a whole. I am pretty sure
that growing up I was given a great education in Language Arts, even if I never really enjoyed it. However, since coming to Michigan State I feel that I have grown away from Language Arts so I am looking forward to getting back into Language Arts this semester. I am not saying that I want to leave this class an expert on Language Arts, that would be asking for a lot in a short time period. Instead, I would like to take away from this class the confidence in my abilities to instruct children in Language Arts, and with that pretest we took in class on Wednesday, I am not sure if that confidence is there yet, but that is what this semester is for right? Also, another goal I have for this semester, as alway is a goal of mine in TE classes, I hope to improve on my work habits, the most important is how I work with my colleagues. I always believe that the colleagues can be the best resources you have, so by using my colleagues in assignments, or even if it is just a simple question, that can help prepare me for using colleagues wherever I may end up teaching at. Finally, and most importantly in my mind, I want to enjoy myself in this class, and looking over the syllabus I think that this is very possible. There have been TE experiences in which I dreaded each day that I had the class (Thats Wednesday for all you 401 section 001 people). But I am confident that this will be both a fun and challenging experience, so I am looking forward to it.
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You are absolutely correct- we are here to learn and the first step is realizing that there is a lot to learn (which was the purpose of the pre-assessment for both of us). I hope that this class, as a community, serves as a resource for all of us and I certainly hope you enjoy class and get a lot out of it.
I think staying organized is a good goal, something I need to do myself. Also, I really like how you use your collegues for support. Im sure in the future thats going to be a huge element for a successful beginning teacher.
Kevin,
You have some great goals for the course - many of the same goals that I have for myself. I absolutely agree with your comment about using your colleagues as a learning resource. I have found that I learned a lot in TE 401 about my strengths and weaknesses as a teacher by having conversations with my peers. I love that I was placed in the same second grade classroom as Kelly, because the conversations we had just during the car rides to and from Attwood were beneficial to my learning. We would not only reflect on how our own lessons went, but on the teaching strategies of our CT. We are all in the same boat as future teachers and it is great to know that we can learn from each other. As you also mentioned, I am really hoping that during my first year of teaching I have a supportive team of colleagues to help me out. No matter how prepared I may feel, I am sure I will still have a ton of questions!
I think depending on your colleagues especially at this stage is very important. It is your colleagues that give you ideas and support. Also I think it is very important to listen to Mr. J our CT or any CT because they are full of information. I feel like he is preparing us for a successful future.
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