Student Teaching Blog

What did you learn in terms of new ideas, concepts, techniques, strategies, best practices, etc.? Did you have any personal insights about your own teaching practices? Describe any changes in your perspective or fundamental beliefs about teaching, student learning, teacher or student roles, or new connections. This week I learned about the importance of school culture and climate. I also learned that I have a lot of acronyms to learn😅.  This week teachers participated in full-day professional development with the exception of Friday. The first day the principal presented the vision and mission of the school. We were then split into our grade-level teams and we were asked to come up with a shorter version of the mission and vision statement. Many teams agreed to change the phrase found in the schools' vision: "bilingual, bi-literate, and bicultural" to multi-lingual, multi-literate and multi-cultural.  The reason being, we want the school to be more inclusive and ...

My student teaching experience begins on August 26th at Calmeca Academy of Fine Arts and Dual Language. I will be student teaching in a 1st grade classroom alongside Mrs. Estrada. Like many of my peers I am feeling a mixture of emotions. I worry about time management and being able to balance student teaching and home life. I used to work at Calmeca Academy. I was a teacher assistant for three years and special education assistant for one year. In 2017, I left to pursue another employment opportunity at Namaste Charter School. I  wanted to experience something different. Leaving Calmeca allowed me to grow as an educator. I learned that I love dual language and I discovered that I am passionate about social-emotional learning. I am excited to return to Calmeca. I definitely need to strengthen standard 2- Content Area and Pedagogical Knowledge 2G)  understands the theory behind and the process for providing support to promote learning when concepts and skills are first bein...