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by Lisa Manzolillo
Mar 16, 2012
Seeking an immmediate student teacher postion in special ed grades 4th 5th or 6th. I have tried almost every school in nassau and there is nothing. I need it for the spring 2012 semester...any ideas, i'm desperate.
I am so glad I found this chat board! I don't get a lot of opportunities to talk to student teachers from my school since I'm living at home and commuting to school. I'm about to enter my 3rd week of student teaching in a 3rd grade room in rural Illinois. The kids are great. I love them. I have a lot of issues with it though. For one, I'm only ther...See MoreI am so glad I found this chat board! I don't get a lot of opportunities to talk to student teachers from my school since I'm living at home and commuting to school. I'm about to enter my 3rd week of student teaching in a 3rd grade room in rural Illinois. The kids are great. I love them. I have a lot of issues with it though. For one, I'm only there for 8 weeks since I'm an Early childhood education major and had to have 2 placements. This is not even NEAR enough time to observe as much as you need to. My teacher has a very different organizational system than I do which makes it very hard to keep up with all the things she's asking me to do. She never gives me any positive feedback, it's always negative or something I need to "think about." I think she understands how stressed I am but then she'll say something like, "Your whole first year of teaching will be like this." I'm aware. However, I also think it will be so much better when I can run things the way I want to. There's just so much stuff I have to remember at one time and I always feel like I'm only prepared for the next day. Weekends are even worse because even though I get to relax, I don't have any of the basals to look at to review for my lessons. I don't think my teacher would let me borrow them because she'd be afraid she wouldn't get them back the next day if I were to get sick or something. It's just a lot of things that add up to make me feel like I want to cry every single day and I don't even know what to do first to fix everything. I've tried a billion different strategies for organizing, but when my teacher has things set up a certain way in her classroom, it's really hard for our different methods of organizing to click.
Dear Student Teachers,
Four years ago at about this time, I was stuck in the middle of the most challenging & disheartening experience of my life. I was student teaching, with a cooperating teacher who gave zero feedback (other than "give more detentions"), four preps (which were handed to me on my second day), and more stress than I ...See MoreDear Student Teachers,
Four years ago at about this time, I was stuck in the middle of the most challenging & disheartening experience of my life. I was student teaching, with a cooperating teacher who gave zero feedback (other than "give more detentions"), four preps (which were handed to me on my second day), and more stress than I had ever experienced - and I worked full-time during college, while managing straight-As. I had always been an exceptional student, so I was so disheartened to find that teaching was not as "easy" as I thought it would be.
Had I not already signed a teaching contract towards the beginning of my student teaching experience, I can honestly say I would not have become a teacher. I hated it more than I had ever hated anything in my life.
But then, I finished. And the next fall, I was given my own classroom. My first year was difficult, but it was SO much better than student teaching. I judged myself so harshly. I tried to teach like I saw others teach - rather than honing my own style. By my second year, I realized that I am just not the type of teacher who "yells" at my students; I would rather "kill them with kindness" and prevent discipline problems from arising. I am not uber-strict or uber- professional. I like my students to walk into my classroom, and to feel like they are part of a family - not a dictatorship. This is not to say the strict teachers are not just as effective - I am just not as effective when I try to emulate another teacher's style. This is also not to say that you should be too relaxed. . . due dates are due dates, and rules are rules, and kids need to respect you and your class; do NOT try to be their friend. But you do need to find the teaching style that works best for you.
Now, into my fourth year of teaching, I absolutely LOVE the job. I think back and smile on my student teaching experience. I hated it. I wouldn't have become a teacher because I hated it so much. But I stuck with it, and it got so much better. I could not imagine doing anything else. Yes, it is still difficult at times; there are still frustrations. But, even as a new teacher, there have been those rewarding moments (i.e. a student just last week, who has already graduated said: "Ms. P, I hated your class because I thought it was so much work, but now I want to thank you because I earned the top grade in my class in college.") You will have the moments that make you smile! You will, I hope, eventually start to love what you are doing.
Just get through your student teaching, and get through your first year. After that, it gets so much better. :) Keep your chin up!
(And buy Harry Wong's The First Days of School - my best investment. I wish I would have bought it for my first year!)
Sincerely,
Ms.P.
by mon amour
Apr 29, 2012
China Europe International Business School got to China early. That gives it a head start in terms of faculty and facilities. Its new pitch: "China Depth Global Breadth," marrying insight into how China works with an international perspective that attracts students from China and around the world. Dean John A. Quelch, a veteran of the Harvard Busin...See MoreChina Europe International Business School got to China early. That gives it a head start in terms of faculty and facilities. Its new pitch: "China Depth Global Breadth," marrying insight into how China works with an international perspective that attracts students from China and around the world. Dean John A. Quelch, a veteran of the Harvard Business School and London Business School, insists that despite economic turmoil in Europe, the CEIBS brand in China remains untarnished. "Germany is held in very high regard," he insists. Besides, he adds: "People in China take the long view." Mr. Quelch talked with Andrew Browne in Shanghai. The following interview has been edited. WSJ: Like everybody else in China, CEIBS seems to be investing massively in infrastructure. Tell us something about your expansion plans. Mr. Quelch: The Shanghai campus will double in size by the end of 2013. We also have a campus that we opened in Beijing in 2010 and we currently have operations in Shenzhen that may convert into a fully fledged campus within the next two to three years. We also have an appetite for going west, and looking at that hundred million people in the Chengdu-Xian-Chongqing triangle, who will eventually want their own business school and will not necessarily want-- -- we'll all, as consumers, be interested in following the fortunes of these B-to-C companies, but I think the B-to-B space is where Chinese companies are really going to excel. You look at Sany at the moment: it's a very promising long- term competitor to Caterpillar. WSJ: You say that Chinese companies are increasingly hiring foreigners and becoming diverse. Can you give examples? Mr. Quelch: If you go to the U.K. website of Huawei, you will find that it's all about Basingstoke. It's not about Huawei as the global brand; it's about Huawei as a company that is in Basingstoke. This is where the Chinese are going to move faster than the Japanese because a major brake on Japanese global expansion ended up being the shortage of talented Japanese who were interested in, or linguistically able to, operate in international markets. But the Chinese are much more outgoing, and perhaps because they're coming 30 years later there are many more millions of Chinese who are English-language capable. My guess is that whereas when a Japanese company made an acquisition the foreign executives immediately hit the equivalent of a glass ceiling, in the case of foreigners in a Chinese company, it's going to be easier for them to move up the ranks. What will really make a difference in that regard is reciprocity. If and when, for example, Sam Su of Yum Brands becomes the first Chinese CEO of a Fortune 500 company born in China then they will accept a free flow of non-Chinese executive talent throughout their organizations. WSJ: What was the biggest surprise for you working in China? Mr. Quelch: The biggest surprise is that there are no weekends in China. I've always been a very hard-working person, but I have been amazed at the degree to which on Saturdays and Sundays I find myself involved in professional activities. The way I explain it to my friends in the U.S. is that you cannot achieve 10% GDP growth per year by working a 35-hour week - even if you're as smart as the Chinese. I remember Jack Welch famously held meetings on Saturdays with his people. But I think for many Chinese this is an historic moment of opportunity - a once-in-a-lifetime, maybe a once-in-a-millennium moment in time that no one wants to waste. So many Chinese display a relentless resolution to work hard today for themselves, their families and a better China. Credit: By Andrew Browne Summary: China is the fastest growing market, but the manager and executives in china can’t reach the pace of the growing market, thus a lack in management exists but solutions exist too. In interview between WSJ Andrew Browne with Dean John A. Quelch, a veteran of the Harvard Business School and London Business about China Europe International Business School and China market. Mr Quelch said that international business school in expanding in several places in China and the graduate applicant are 80% executives in the age of 40 and above the remaining are managers with an average of 30 years old. Mr Quelch identify the weakness in the Chinese company as management lack the soft skills such as marketing , leadership and strategy. In addition , Mr Quelch see the future of Chinese companies in B to B business not B to C and see that the foreign executives may benefit Chinese companies. Finally Mr Quelch illustrate why Chinese are able to succeed more than Japanese since they are more outgoing and more capable linguistic since most managers speaks English and they work hard they don’t have weekends and that’s why there GDP is increasing more than 10 % annually.
by Dejected student teacher
May 30, 2012
I am a second career student teacher that is finishing up the semester at a tough urban middle school school. I recently learned that to teach middle school (what I'd prefer to do and what all my placements have been in), I'll have to take additional courses than I originally anticipated. Now that I'm almost finished, I find myself wondering, is it...See MoreI am a second career student teacher that is finishing up the semester at a tough urban middle school school. I recently learned that to teach middle school (what I'd prefer to do and what all my placements have been in), I'll have to take additional courses than I originally anticipated. Now that I'm almost finished, I find myself wondering, is it all even worth it?
I doubt I'll find a job in my district or neighboring districts because they're so saturated, and don't know if I have the emotional and financial means to be a sub. I've had some positive interactions with students at my placement, but overall, the school that I've been student teaching at seems like a very negative environment where teachers don't get along, and everyone is always on edge. I've had other (low level) jobs, and wonder if I should just forget this whole teaching thing and try to find another non-teaching job. I guess I'm just looking for some insight and/or commiseration, so thank you in advance.
by lostsuteacher
Jun 11, 2012
Hi everyone,
Well, I finished student teaching in a daze; my cooperating teacher didn't let me have a lot of control of the class, or maybe I was too afraid to ask for complete control, and I didn't get to Dr. Wong's chapter on classroom management until I was well into my student teaching experience. The results? I was a mediocre student...See MoreHi everyone,
Well, I finished student teaching in a daze; my cooperating teacher didn't let me have a lot of control of the class, or maybe I was too afraid to ask for complete control, and I didn't get to Dr. Wong's chapter on classroom management until I was well into my student teaching experience. The results? I was a mediocre student teacher who struggled the whole semester, got mediocre reviews, and graduated not knowing half of what I feel like I need to know. After graduating, I decided to substitute teach. I discovered my skills, including classroom management, were truly abysmal, and I was mostly only hired for day-to-day jobs. I had no idea how to apply Dr. Wong's book to substitute teaching. Now, I've gone through a semester of student teaching and almost a year of substitute teaching, and I still feel brand new and incompetent to teach. To make matters worse, the district is probably more than aware of bad substitute teaching track record. What should I do?
I thought I should get a portfolio together and try to showcase the things I did correctly during my teaching experiences, but those are few and far between. Right now, I don't even know how to write a unit plan. My experience so far has been so riddled with failure that I'm beginning to doubt my ability to teach.
by lostsubteacher
Jun 11, 2012
Okay, so, how exactly do you plan a semester, and, from that semester, how do you plan your individual units, and, from those units, how do you come up with your daily plan? I guess I should know this, but my cooperating teacher didn't really provide enough assistance. Maybe it was because I had no idea what I needed to know or what questions to as...See MoreOkay, so, how exactly do you plan a semester, and, from that semester, how do you plan your individual units, and, from those units, how do you come up with your daily plan? I guess I should know this, but my cooperating teacher didn't really provide enough assistance. Maybe it was because I had no idea what I needed to know or what questions to ask. I really think they should establish higher standards for student teachers. I was very lost.
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