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I feel that this Coop experience was a great way for me to reflect on my abilities to be a quality educator. I feel that I would have gotten more out of this Coop experience if our school year would have ended a little later, but overall, I think I received a lot from this time. My Coop was at my work at Head Start PDPY in North Platte. The center is a newly renovated room, so it is nice and clean with lots of storage space. Overall, I really enjoy working in the space because it is convenient and although it is small, we are able to make it work well. I felt that I grew as a professional and educator during the time at my coop. There were some specific things that I really felt I grew on as I was co-teaching my preschool children. This quarter …show more content…
There has definitely been a lot of stressors that have shaped me into a better professional and educator. I have overcame being displaced in a temporary room with little to know supplies for 3 months, being interim Head Teacher for 1.5 months while still performing all my Teacher Assistant duties, training and working with 2 new staff as well as personal issues going on as well. I have overcome everything. I believe now that I can tackle whatever life throws at me. This quarter, I believe that I became a better educator by increasing my abilities to individualize learning and development, being more focused on how children learn instead of what they learn, and learning techniques and practices I can put into effect next year as an educator. I definitely feel like a better educator after learning from this program. I have the ability to be patient when children are having negative behaviors. I have grown into a professional improvising in situations, and I definitely have a lot of knowledge about how children learn. The best part of my experience has been working with other professionals that I now call colleagues. I realize that networking with other agencies is the best way to accomplish goals for children. I have learned so much from working with people outside of Head Start and my other practicums. I have full confidence in my abilities to teach and educate children, as well as administrate. With my education, and experience I know that I am now a quality educator and can perform any job with
Overall, I was grateful for this experience. I was able to find out more about the behind the scenes responsibilities of our schools’ leadership.
Volunteering at a children’s crisis treatment facility, volunteering with Special Olympics, coaching children’s sports teams for 10 years and working as a substitute education assistant has increased my understanding of childhood development. Grandmound Elementary School provides me with opportunities to strengthen my leadership and collaboration skills, through teaching art (as a volunteer) to the 3rd, 4th and 5th grade and serving as PTA president. I was able to implement many enriching opportunities for students in areas of art, science, and reading. I learned to work as a team, set targets, achieve goals, give and receive guidance. Participating in these activities has confirmed that working with families and particularly children are my purpose.
It is impressive to me as a former Head Start teacher to know that since 1965 Head Start has helped over thirty million children;However, We hardly hear of success stories from Alumni of Head Start. I wonder if the program is as successful as Head Start claims it to be. I have been in Head Start in different functions since 2001 as a parent and as a center Staff. I know for a fact that teachers work hard to teach the children, spending money out of their own pocket to be able to provide the children with quality developmentally appropriate activities. As a former Head Start teacher I worked hard and did not receive the monetary benefits of my degree that I was encouraged to obtained before 2013. I feel that Head Start staff are mostly all underpaid
My thoughts, was if I could help young mothers to become better mothers to their children. I resigned from CGA, in 2008 and opened the doors to my daycare in 2009.I was a business owner, opened my 1st home based daycare, and that was my moment. It quickly became apparent to me that this was not just babysitting someone’s child/children; this was in fact a business with laws and regulations. I read and researched ever and anything I could find on daycare and how to run a business. Myself along with my little staff and the parents I had a team; and with their help my business became a company. While running a daycare and going through my educational journey, I have learn how blind I was to all the other ideas, theories and practices of other people. How accepting opinions and criticism would help me grow as a person and educator. My Company is made up of two separate businesses. But both have the same goal to teach children, and adults about child care. The daycare has been such a powerful influence in my life; it has given me a great since of accomplishment, and satisfaction.
I have become much more flexible in my approach in dealings with others thanks to the guidance of my Principal and Mentor. I am much more willing and open to pursue different avenues to build and maintain trusting relationships with staff. I’ve worked one-on-one and presented several teachers with new ideas and strategies for ensuring all students can meet objectives, but have different ways of demonstrating them. I’ve facilitated and worked alongside the Science Department as they rolled out a new cross-curricular project with our Math team, which required a conglomerate of teacher communication and learning
At first, I found it difficult to grab the children’s attention when we would start transitioning and it was difficult for me to serve lunch due to the number of allergies we had. My placement supervisor gave me tips and helped me to develop strategies to improve. Overall it was a wonderful placement and I was offered work once I graduated. I believe what made it such a wonderful placement was the teamwork and team dynamics we established early on. Having conversations about expectations and goals, as well as the centre’s philosophy helped to get all of us on the same page. The other educator in the room and I got along well, and my program supervisor was there supporting what we were doing. We worked together and maintained open communication throughout the day. Although I was described as shy when I started, I would like to think I was perceived positively. If I could go back to the situation I would continue practicing the skills I was taught, however, I would not change my role as I enjoyed the work I did and the dynamics the team
Overall my time in this preschool classroom met all of my expectations based on best practices. I feel that on a typical day when it is the primary teacher or teachers, the room meets the expectations of best practice, NAEYC, ECERS and state standards. Once meeting the teacher, you are able to tell that she is up to date on her research and theories about children and early childhood education. The teacher truly cares about the children, their education and their future.
In conclusion I feel that I have gained knowledge that can only be obtained through hands on experience in the classroom. With this experience I changed my assumption about classroom management techniques and have a totally new outlook which will only aid me as a teacher. This will be of great help to me going forward but I feel as a teacher you must be constantly open to learning and improving
Every teacher has this potential whether they are aware of it or not. I have been a teacher for nine years in early childhood education and within those nine years I have become very aware of how powerful the smallest act of caring can turn a person’s life around or even just make someone’s day a little better. Being a preschool teacher has brought me great pleasure to my life simply brightening a child’s day and knowing that I am making a difference in their life. Through my journey as a teacher I have thought about how I can advance in my career field and still be active with children on a daily basis and continue making a difference in each child’s life as well as their parents. With plenty of thought and research I have come to the conclusion and gained the interest to become a preschool and childcare director.
The trip opened my eyes and I was grateful for the opportunity to share what God had given to me. Another task we had the privilege of helping them with was building a new chicken coop. We built a new roof and cleaned it up so that the chickens wouldn’t get too hot. The tricky part was communicating that we built exactly what they wanted. Therefore, I was there to both help construct, but also help get communication between us and the owners under control.
While I was nervous at first, the students warmed up to me and I felt comfortable. Going to a classroom every day is something I look forward to, and this experience put that into perspective a little more. I know teaching is just as challenging as rewarding, and I’m ready to take that on. I learned several classroom tips from my cooperating teacher. He was knowledgeable about the subjects, and I was able to take away ideas. These ideas, and tips will be used in my classroom. As for MoSEP standards, I consider my strengths; Standard #2 Student Learning, Growth and Development, Standard #5 Positive Classroom Environment, Standard #6 Effective Communication, and Standard #8 Professionalism. I figured these as my strengths, because they are what I focused on while in the classroom. I think these standards are important to students’ learning, and they are something that I didn’t have trouble accomplishing. While I learned a tremendous amount of knowledge through this experience, I still have a lot to learn. I need improvement in lesson planning. Lesson planning is a big portion of teaching, and it’s something that you’ll never stop doing. I also need to learn how to deal with parents. Doing Junior Achievement I didn’t have to interact with parents, so that’s something that I’ll need to come in contact with at some point. I would like to improve in teaching techniques. I would like to grow in
I have learned from my mistakes and I have also learned how to approach and handle situations differently. I would agree that the C.S.L. program has mold me and shaped me to become a better leader for the future. There is nothing that I would do differently or change about my experience. I have met new friends and mentors based on the mission and standards that I have set as an effective leader. According to Brown, “an effective leader should produce the potential for dramatic change, but an ineffective leader can also create chaos and even failure” (Brown 2006). Therefore, as an effective leader, one has to have a vision and goal setting in mind. A team depends on its leader to tell them where, why, and how they are going to accomplish their goals and challenges. Throughout the summer 2016 semester, I had the opportunity of volunteering for several organizations, including Caps of Love Charity, St. Paul A.M.E Church, and the Alzheimer’s Association. As of today, I try to keep in touch with the students and friends that I met during my volunteer experience and we keep each other motivated throughout the week via telephone. I was also able to incorporate the elements of a mindful leader throughout my C.S.L experience. As a mindful leader, I have embodied the “leadership presence by cultivating focus, clarity,
I have seen first hand the difference an educator can make in the life of a child; the child was my own son. My eldest son, diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome, was unable to communicate. He had the opportunity to be enrolled in the early intervention program in Raleigh County. The first individual with the challenge of assisting my child was not able to fulfill her roles and think “outside of the box” to reach him. My wife and I promptly searched for the appropriate educator for him. My family was blessed when we found “Ms. Mitzi”. In the matter of weeks our son was able to tell his mommy he loved her. This impacted my life significantly and I wish to be able to pass on what was given to my child and my family.
I spent most of my time in a first grade classroom. In this classroom I observed the children as well as the teacher and paraprofessional. This classroom had children with special needs and that is why there was a paraprofessional in the classroom for half the day. What I observed in this classroom was how children with special need should be handle and taught. The teachers in this room loves her job and each student in her class. While in the classroom the teacher allowed me to help with children with their work, read to them and help them with anything else that they needed. During this field experience I got to give back to not only a school, but to a community that is very near and dear to my heart. I hope that I touched each student in a special way, because the students that I got the opportunity to help learn touched my
All in all, I felt that this lesson implementation was a good experience for me, I learned a lot from last semesters practicum, and feel more comfortable teaching the children while being observed and am able to manage the class much better, although I am still quite nervous, which is something that I will continue to work on.