Student Teaching

(Work in Progress)

Fall 2013 Student Teaching Experience

First Placement: 

Valhalla High School, Valhalla, NY from September 9th to October 25th, 2013


Highlights:
  • Opportunity to see how a seasoned teacher begins the school year on the right foot
  • Attended the Valhalla superintendent conference before the school began
  • Attended Fall Open House and introduced myself to my students' parents/guardians
  • Trusted to become the "lead" teacher in the classroom after a fairly short period of time due to my mentor teacher's "individuals learn by doing" philosophy
  • Mentor teacher arranging for my students to provide me with constructive feedback at the end of my first placement

Classes Taught with accompanying unit/lesson plans:
With the wonderful support of my mentor teacher, I was responsible for the creation of lesson plans, classroom instruction, and student assessments/grading associated with the classes and lessons listed below.

Freshman Writing Seminar (2 sections):
10th Grade English Honors (1 section):

10th Grade English Co-Taught (2 sections):


Second Placement: 

Valhalla Middle School, Valhalla, NY from October 28th to December 13, 2013

Highlights:
  • Immediate warm welcome from 8th grade team
  • Opportunity to attend two-day "Learning Through Technology" conference led by Barbara Stripling
  • Multiple period of same course helped me further develop my skills in flexibility

Classes Taught with accompanying unit/lesson plans:

8th Grade English Language Arts Flex (rotating periods):
With the wonderful support of my mentor teacher, I was responsible for the creation of lesson plans, classroom instruction, and student assessments/grading associated with the classes and lessons listed below.
  • Close-reading and annotating text
  • Comma Usage
  • Sentence Combining
  • Word Choice
8th Grade English Language Arts (4 sections):
Provided additional support to students in accordance to mentor teacher prepared unit/lesson plans.
  • Biographical Research Project


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