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I'm just curious how many of you have been treated or how most cooperating teachers on here treat their student teachers? I am done, thank god. My first placement went great, teacher was really helpful, friendly, we knew each other on a personal level...the way it should be. Of course, I noticed it was a mixture with staff. From teachers who wouldn...See MoreI'm just curious how many of you have been treated or how most cooperating teachers on here treat their student teachers? I am done, thank god. My first placement went great, teacher was really helpful, friendly, we knew each other on a personal level...the way it should be. Of course, I noticed it was a mixture with staff. From teachers who wouldn't dare crack a smile at you in the hallway, to ones who were very friendly. At my school, some teachers request ST's and others don't and the ST just gets placed with them. My teachers in both placements didn't request one, I was just put there. Second placement, I had 2 co-teachers, one was around my age, though she didn't know I was close to her age, and the other one a little older. I did my ST during my master's degree and was also pregnant at the time. My teachers didn't know this though since I was going to be leaving soon, so never announced it. I was a few months along and not showing yet. From the get go, it was me and "them". One teacher would let me do her lessons towards the end of my placement and would on occasion talk to me; I'm talking about a few sentences the entire day. The other one was as cold as ice. I went in the first few days being friendly, asking them about themselves and would get brief answers so I gave up. I never got a single personal question asked about me. For lunch, the first day, they pointed to where they ate and ran ahead of me and I felt awkward chasing them to the room they ate in, so I just took my lunch with the other ST's and continued to do that each day. During preps, both of them would leave the class sometimes and not even say where they were going, just walk out, and leave me sitting in the class alone. I couldn't help but take some of this downright rude behavior personally, but just let it go and focused on the kids who I loved. For my observed lessons, beforehand, I didn't get any suggestions for my lessons or "oh let me help you" like I did with my first coop teacher. Instead I got "here's the unit, do whatever you want." They never even asked what I would teaching the kids day of, so obviously didn't care what I did. So I did just that, what I wanted and got great reviews from my supervisor. The one colder teacher would only talk to me when she needed something. Every day I would come in, make eye contact, smile, say good morning and she would look up, and then go back talking to the other teacher. On good days, I would get a hello. I really haven't a clue what her problem was. The funniest was that on days the other co- teacher would be absent, all of a sudden which ever teacher was there that day would become more talkative to me; it was like I existed to them now. Then the next day it went back to the same ole. One time they even invited their other "teacher friends" in for lunch, not a single person made eye contact with me, invited me over, asked if I wanted anything or even spoke to me while I sat in a corner looking at a book. Maybe bc I wasn't 21 when I did my ST, but was in my late 20s or maybe bc I worked a full time job in the real world for years before my ST where people expected to be respected. Never mind these 2 who were supposed to be "mentors" and there to help. I have to laugh at that word since the only thing I learned from them was that when one gave me $ to get her a drink from the vending machine, I would get a big thank you from her. I guess I was supposed to be thankful for the fact that they even let me teach here and there, while they stood behind me talking loudly to one another. I bit my tongue for the whole 6 weeks, and at the end, low and behold they gave me my written evaluation where I got the highest grade you could get, I got that from my first coop teacher too, and they wrote I was an excellent teacher. Who would have knew, since I got told "my lesson went well" 2 xs EVER and that was the only feedback I ever got from either the entire time I was there.
I tried to analyze the situation many times and all I could get was "ice princess" and her side kick must have deemed me beneath them and unworthy which was why I was never included or treated like I was worth getting to know or better yet, like a colleague. I could never imagine being such a byt$# to my student teacher if I ever do have one, I mean I'm supposed to be this person's mentor, not walking around with a stick up my butt. The last day finally came and I gave them..a present? I don’t think so. I survived, said goodbye as I walked out and hope I see these 2 out one day so I can keep walking and totally ignore them =)
by Christina
Jan 10, 2011
Hi all,
Can someone please give me some advice on how best to study for the subject content, especially math, science, and history? It's been a few years since I left high school, and I studied in a different country, so I am finding it hard to catch up.
If you have any tips or can refer me to resources, I'd be really grateful.
<...See MoreHi all,
Can someone please give me some advice on how best to study for the subject content, especially math, science, and history? It's been a few years since I left high school, and I studied in a different country, so I am finding it hard to catch up.
If you have any tips or can refer me to resources, I'd be really grateful.
Thanks in advance, Christina
Hi everyone. I am currently finishing my masters degree in Elementary Education at the University of Phoenix. I really wanted to student teach at the Boston Public Schools but it doesn't look like they work with anyone but students from BC. Any suggestions on other good school districts I should apply to student teach at?
What are the chances of being hired after student teaching (either in the same school or somewhere else)? I will student teach in the fall & I feel that may be the better way to get my foot in the door instead of applying for positions a 100 other people are possibly applying for.
I just finished my student teaching last month. Each day of the experience felt like the new worst day of my life. I have wanted to be a high school English teacher for years, and have racked up a sizable student loan debt getting to this point in the journey, but after my student teaching, I don't want to get a job teaching. Is there anything anyo...See MoreI just finished my student teaching last month. Each day of the experience felt like the new worst day of my life. I have wanted to be a high school English teacher for years, and have racked up a sizable student loan debt getting to this point in the journey, but after my student teaching, I don't want to get a job teaching. Is there anything anyone can say to help me get my passion back? Has anyone overcome this?
Here's the story (I'll try to keep it brief):
My CoOp teacher seemed way to busy to work with me on anything throughout the semester. She was a veteran of 17 years, head of the English dept. and union rep for the district. We had barely any communication because she was always talking to other people about department stuff and union stuff...literally every moment of every day. I don't know how she could find time to teach, let alone train a student teacher.
I would try to make her plan time to visit with me, but usually something came up. The conversations I did get with her were short and I often needed to ask the same questions again later, which annoyed her, but I obviously wasn't getting something. I felt unprepared for every moment of every day.
I often stayed up 'til 2AM figuring out the details of the next day and got up at 5 so I could be there by 7. I hope to God this isn't normal. At no point was I able to plan ahead more than a day or two - my coop teacher made it very clear that she was dissapointed in my inability to do this, but rather than help me get there, she made a long-term general plan for me (I wanted to have her walk me through it or something that involved ME). Many times, she would see that a lesson I wrote was not right, or didn't fit what she needed me to do, and she would scrap it as I began to teach it and tell me to do something else...in front of the students!
My supervisor said she was just using me for free labor so she could tend to her union stuff. He was pretty upset with her, and it was all he could do to convince her that she should pass me. We all agreed that I had some things I definitely need to continue working on, but it's nothing that I can't work out on the job (classroom mgmt stuff, projecting my voice, classroom awareness, etc.)
Everyone tells me I'll make a great teacher (except the CoOp) someday, but to be honest, I can't bring myself to apply for a job. I still feel like I would be completely unprepared for each day. In my ST experience, I often finished up 15 minutes earlier than I planned and had nothing else to give the kids to do. This is where an experienced teacher could have come up with something or had something they use all the time, but I don't have that. I just had to let them chat or read or whatever until the bell rang. The CoOp wanted to kill me for it, but I didn't know what else to do.
Anyway, sorry to rant. I just need help getting back my passion to do this. I need good resources to help me fix my issues and prepare me for each day. I need advice from people who understand. To be honest, I don't know what I need. Has anyone else had this? How do I overcome it? Any thoughts?
by ThothboyAnak
Jan 29, 2011
Hi, I'm very glad to be here. I've recently started a website dealing with democratic education and children's rights. The basic idea is each week I will post ten links to articles, video/audio clips, and other resources on the web around ideas of democratic education, children's rights, listening to children, and children's participation. The link...See MoreHi, I'm very glad to be here. I've recently started a website dealing with democratic education and children's rights. The basic idea is each week I will post ten links to articles, video/audio clips, and other resources on the web around ideas of democratic education, children's rights, listening to children, and children's participation. The links will change weekly, with previous weeks' links being archived on the site. If you're interested in any of this stuff, you can check out the site at the address below:
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thanks, Dave.
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