My first experience in student teaching was in Junior High Math and I recount here the adventures I had with my students and share this journey of growth.
Tag: Preservice Teachers
What to expect and what to do as a student teacher, entering your mentor teacher’s classroom for the first time.
A review of and best practices in Selective Response Items — Alternative responses, Matching and Multiple Choice Questions
The 1975 game Tenure offers the player a chance to experience the first year of teaching, with challenges ranging from being part of the Union to dealing with note-passing in the classroom. I played the game to find out whether it contains all the elements of a teacher’s life.
How can we truly embrace “By Teaching you will learn, by learning you will teach”? Reflections on Will Richardson’s book From Master Teacher to Master Learner.
Self-care ideas for preservice teachers: the habits I want to ensure I have when I am a student teacher. Routine, community and affirmations because at some point of time during our teaching degrees, we have all heard how hard student teaching is — building lesson plans, getting to know a set of students, and more.
Learning from experiences of one Math teacher and passing it on to others… In this article, I reflect on what I have learned in my Math curriculum class, from the book Math Mindsets by Jo Boaler, math teachers and my own math mentoring experiences.