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Summative Reflection of Microteaching

1) The microteaching experience helped the author gain confidence in their teaching abilities and lesson planning skills. They began nervous but felt more prepared after creating and teaching their own lesson plan. 2) While initially concerned about teaching seventh graders, the students were engaged and well-behaved. The author incorporated mechanisms like facing students away from others during discussions. 3) Reflecting on their teaching, the author felt their strengths were clear lesson planning and relating activities to the sport, but could improve on giving students more corrective feedback. The overall experience developed important skills for their future career coaching.

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Summative Reflection of Microteaching

1) The microteaching experience helped the author gain confidence in their teaching abilities and lesson planning skills. They began nervous but felt more prepared after creating and teaching their own lesson plan. 2) While initially concerned about teaching seventh graders, the students were engaged and well-behaved. The author incorporated mechanisms like facing students away from others during discussions. 3) Reflecting on their teaching, the author felt their strengths were clear lesson planning and relating activities to the sport, but could improve on giving students more corrective feedback. The overall experience developed important skills for their future career coaching.

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Summative Reflection of Microteaching

I began the microteaching experience nervous and not knowing what to


expect. The first day we arrived at Benjamin Holt I stared at 60 new faces observing
and introducing myself as they completed their normal routines. We then took class
time discussing how to approach the next few weeks and worked with our
respective teams to create a quality educational plan for our students. After creating
a lesson plan and using this lesson plan to teach students with my partner Anthony,
I became much more confidant and was now prepared for this new journey. Before I
continue on any further however, I wanted to mention that although I do not plan on
becoming a physical education teacher, I really embraced this process and was able
to come away with a lot of new skills and lessons learned. Prior to beginning this
microteaching experience, I was asked to be an assistant coach for the freshman
baseball team at Livermore High School. I have experience playing the game, as I
played from tee ball all the way through my senior year, however I personally
believe that I was lacking some instructional skills to successfully teach the game.
Through my experiences I now feel more prepared and equipped to embark on my
coaching career.
So as I alluded to above, the initial teaching day really served as a turning
point and helped me understand what to expect with regards to student behavior
and lesson planning. Additionally, as I became more comfortable with the teaching
process I was able to not only teach, but also evaluate my teaching so that I could
improve on my past performances. The students were great and a lot of fun to work
with. I had initial concerns because they were seventh graders, but this was not a
factor and they participated with great levels of effort and involvement. I had no
behavioral issues with any student. To reduce the risks however, I incorporated a
few mechanisms into my lesson plans. First, I had them face away from other groups
while discussing the material for the day. I also focused on the distribution of
equipment and orientation when dividing the students. As a result however, a minor
adjustment needed to be made on my skill 2 day with Latoya. We modified the task
slightly from its original design. We had initially set up poly spots for the students to
start on during instruction. Following this, they were then instructed to play a keep
away styled game emphasizing on passing and defense. Unfortunately the poly spots
did not work to our advantage and the students seemed to not want to stray away
from these spots. Our goals were the exact opposite, as we had hoped for them to
move around and find open space to increase offensive production. Modifying tasks
became more natural as a result from this experience. To go along with this learning
process, Anthony and I also learned first hand the success of fun competitions and
the impact it can have on student motivation.
After reflecting on my overall effectiveness as a teacher I believe that lesson
planning and relating the different roles to the actual sport to be some of my best
strengths. I really enjoyed writing out the plan and developed my own strategy for
doing so. I used a similar structure for all my plans, but modified it for each role. My
goal for each day that I taught was to show how the activity that they were
performing could help them with the sport, soccer for team Tigers. For example, I
explained that the strength acquired from performing the health 2 circuit could

potentially help them to maneuver around the defender creating open space to
score. I also focused on including task modifications for individual students if one
was needed. I had a time range in mind for how long I wanted each component of
my lesson plan to last for and had a backup if the skill was not appropriate with
regards to success level. I believe a weakness of mine was not giving students
enough corrective feedback in order to help them improve. A good majority of my
feedback was general and I emphasized this more as I continued to teach.
To conclude, we spent a great deal of time in the classroom learning about
different components of teaching. I however believe the microteaching experience
to be my most valuable experience that I can take away from this class. Although I
learned a lot about the concrete facts that go into teaching, the raw experience of
actually performing this developed a whole new set of skills. A few of these skills
include managing, public speaking, and lesson planning. As I mentioned before, I do
not plan on teaching for a career, however I can certainly use the tools that I
developed in this class and apply them to my future career and interests in coaching.

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