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Student Teaching Reflection

During my student teaching experience, I learned several important lessons. I was placed in a 5th grade classroom with approximately 125 students, which taught me the importance of organization, differentiation, and flexibility. Building relationships with both students and faculty is also critical, and professional learning communities provide growth opportunities. Additionally, establishing classroom routines, structure and a respectful learning environment where students feel safe and valued is key. Being an attentive, authoritative but respectful teacher is also important. Finally, taking time for self-care, being flexible and adjusting instruction based on student needs will help me as an educator.

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Student Teaching Reflection

During my student teaching experience, I learned several important lessons. I was placed in a 5th grade classroom with approximately 125 students, which taught me the importance of organization, differentiation, and flexibility. Building relationships with both students and faculty is also critical, and professional learning communities provide growth opportunities. Additionally, establishing classroom routines, structure and a respectful learning environment where students feel safe and valued is key. Being an attentive, authoritative but respectful teacher is also important. Finally, taking time for self-care, being flexible and adjusting instruction based on student needs will help me as an educator.

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During the past year of student teaching I have learned a lot from my cooperating teacher, university

supervisor, students and myself. I was provided the opportunity to student teach in a 5th grade mass
customized math room. Making meaningful connections with students immediately is extremely
important and this was taught in my college courses and reinforced in my experience. My experiences
have revolved around a regular elementary classroom setting where you have the same 25 students
throughout the school year, but during student teaching I had roughly 125. This has taught me the
importance of organization, differentiation and flexibility.

Relationships with not only students but also faculty is beyond beneficial as an educator. The
importance of working with the teams and other staff members was quickly evident in my student
teaching. Professional learning communities provide an immense amount of motivation and growth.

For students to learn they need to know they are safe, and you want them to succeed. My teacher
taught me many ways to make connections with the students. Classroom management is something
that will flourish if focused on in the first couple of weeks. Students can’t learn in an environment that
does not have a routine and structure where they feel valued.

While observing my teacher I learned about the “teacher eye” where you are constantly scanning the
room. When scanning the room there may be students that are not on task, which needs to be
corrected right away. Students need to see you as the authority figure in the classroom. When students
see you as the authority figure they learn to respect you, but that also needs to be reciprocated in your
respect for them.

“Slowing down to speed up” is a term used in education. This juxtaposition has become clearer as I
gained experience in the classroom. Rushing students in their learning process results in low growth. It is
better to take an extra day to teach something then to rush through it.

Another thing I learned was if something isn’t working you need to adjust your teaching. This could be
on the fly, or something smaller you realize after reflecting on a recent lesson, or a common mistake you
notice in a formative assessment. As an educator being reflective and flexible is essential.

While teaching in class I had to be flexible due to the variety of student learning levels. In the MCL
classroom students work at their own pace, but still need to accomplish the standards. We had students
that were working on 6th grade topics while others needed more guidance. Students all learn differently,
and we need to recognize how they learn best and use that to our advantage. Some students may just
need a little push while others may need more consistent individualized guidance.

Lastly, I learned it is extremely important to take time out of everyday for yourself, even if it is just 10
minutes. If you don’t do that it will affect your teaching and your health. Being ahead in lesson planning
helps reduce this stress and gives more opportunities to have time for yourself. This may need to be
accomplished by setting small goals or deadlines to keep yourself on target.

My student teaching experience has taught me unlimited and valuable knowledge for my educational
future.

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