Jaime I feel what you are going through, I'm in my 7th week of
student teaching and I have so many ups and downs. I have been
journaling each day of my student teaching and I have so much
doubts, and this is coming from having experience in front of
the classroom. Everytime I try to deliver a lesson plan, I seem
to not get the words out and the students have a hard time
understanding me and I have a hard time explaining myself! But I
just want you to know it is not just you, I forgot a key point
in my lesson plan on Friday for an assignment and I decided just
to ommit it- but I think learning from mistakes will teach me
more than delivering without them. -I hope this makes sense but
I'm right there with you.

On 10/17/09, Mandy (LONG) wrote:
> Being nervous in front of the students will go away in time.
> The first day I taught during student teaching, I was tripping
> all over my words! I'm only in my second full year of teaching,
> and each time I get in front of a new group for the first time,
> I can't help but be anxious. But, once you get into the swing
> of things, you wonder why you were ever scared in the first
> place. Does that make sense?
>
> Being firm and assertive is also difficult in the beginning.
> It's like you know you have to be, but you don't know how to
> be. I feel much better about this year than my last. There were
> times when I dreaded going to my student teaching school, and
> then there were times when I dreaded going to the school where
> I was a teacher's temporary replacement. And then there was
> last year where I would look at a calendar and cry at how many
> months there were until June.
>
> But!!! It's weird. When it was time for winter vacation or
> spring vacation, it was like a part of me was missing. I missed
> the kids and my colleagues. And just this past summer, I could
> not WAIT until I got to go back. When I walked into the
> building for the first time after a couple months, I was oddly
> comforted. I was really happy to be back. I was SO nervous the
> night before the first day.
>
> But after that, I was totally fine. I really enjoy teaching
> this year. I feel more confident in front of the kids. I see
> that a lot of learning is going on. I love being at the school.
> I'd rather be at the school than at home (this probably sounds
> CRAZY), but that's how I feel this year. At least for now. ;-)
>
> So, anyway, I would say what you are feeling is completely
> normal and to give it some time before you make the decision to
> get out of teaching. Now, I'm not saying you'll look forwards
> to Mondays like I do, but I do think that with time, you'll
> feel more confident about your choice to be a teacher - if
> teaching is what you really want to do.
>
> Good luck!
>
>
> On 10/16/09, jamie wrote:
>> Hi, i am in my fifth week of student teaching working with
>> LD students in a push-in model (full inclusion). My
>> experience thus far has been like a roller coaster ride. I
>> feel as though i am always on the go. I am jump from one
>> class to the next and back to the orginal classroom. My
>> cooperating teacher and i are not always on the same page.
>> At times i feel as though she tells me one thing, but hten
>> does another. Recently, i have been asked to teach 15
>> minutes lessons at the end of the day. I go home and plan
>> lessons submit them to my cooperating teacher. When i go
>> to teach i become very nervous and feels as though as soon
>> as i am up there i forget everything i planned for. I find
>> myself then shooting from the hip. I have been told that i
>> need to be more firm with the students, and assertive. I
>> am not disagreeing with that, but i am having a difficult
>> time finding a balance. It's making me doubt my career
>> choice. Are these completely normal feelings?

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