Monthly Archives: March 2007

Wow, it’s hard to believe that there is only two weeks left to this internship. I don’t know where the time has gone. Like the saying goes, time flies when you’re having fun. I know I have had so much fun teaching during my internship and I am sad to see it end. I can honestly say that I love teaching and I have thoroughly enjoyed my internship in Kindergarten at Virginia Park Elementary. The administration and staff are phenomenal, and I have really enjoyed working with them. When reflecting upon my internship, I feel it was an extremely valuable experience and it has confirmed that teaching is the right profession for me. It has shaped my development as a teacher in many ways which I will elaborate on below. My Read More »

Goal setting is very important on a professional as well as personal level. It gives you something to work towards which helps us grow professionally as well as personally. The three goals I set for myself during this internship are to become a good classroom manager, to become more confident teaching in the classroom, and also to become more familiar with the curriculum. I think these are all important goals that need to be achieved in order to become an effective teacher. Below I will describe how I have worked and am still working to achieve these goals. To achieve my first goal of becoming a good classroom manager, I have observed the management techniques that my co-operating teacher uses and have implemented them myself. Read More »

There are many effective assessment techniques that teachers use on a regular basis. During my internship thus far, I have observed and implemented many assessment techniques that I have considered to be effective. Being in a kindergarten classroom there is a lot of informal assessment as opposed to formal assessment as the students are not involved in writing tests, quizzes, or papers. Three assessment techniques that I have observed and/or implemented in my classroom include simply observing the students, questioning, and authentic assessment through students reading baggy books and responding to them with writing and illustrations. I will elaborate on each of these below. Observation is an assessment technique that my Read More »

Leadership is the ability to lead. A successful leader is someone who is knowledgeable, encouraging, and an excellent guide. Teachers are leaders in many ways. Teachers are not only instructional leaders; they are leaders in schools as well as in the community. Since beginning my internship I have observed leadership in many ways. I have observed my co-operating teacher being an instructional leader to our class as well as a leader to me during my internship. Personally, I have also been involved in leadership during my internship through being an instructional leader in my classroom everyday. Personally, leadership has always been something that I have enjoyed. I have been learning how to be a good leader through observing my Read More »