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What's working?
Understanding the Module's set up; following pace guide; communicating with group members; getting in touch with mentor and specialists at school regarding assignments

What needs work?
Balancing work and homework;

Any revelations?
Online program requires skills I haven't mastered yet

Any conundrums?
Assignments and real life work don't always match with each other

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Marisa
I am extremely happy with my mentor teacher, I feel like I have learned so much from her already.
What needs work?
Managing my time more effectively
Any revelations?
I’ve observed great stratagies in classroom management

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What’s working?
The modules are easy to follow and helpful with keeping track of assignments. Collaborating with group members via group text and emails, has made it easy to answer questions and work together.
What needs work?
Getting myself into a more structured routine with onsite mentor.
Any revelations?
There is always a solution to a problem and effective communication is key.
Any Conundrums?
None so far.

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What’s working?
I feel like everything is working pretty well. I feel like I’m budgeting my time well on assignments and I’m starting to connect with students. I really like the teachers I am working with.
What’s Not Working?
I need to work on getting my skills up with technology because it slows me down and wastes a lot of my time.
Any Revelations?
In my classroom, I am working with two teachers in a job share and I’ve noticed the kids act very differently depending on which teacher is there that day. That was very eye opening to me.
Any Conundrums?
So far, no, but I’m only 2 weeks into my classroom so I’m mostly observing.

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What’s working? Working with my mentor teacher is great. She has taught me a lot so far. Connecting with kindergarteners is going better than expected. Collaborating with my group has been successful with working together on different time frames
What needs work? Feeling confident while in small groups, time management
Any revelations? I actually like kindergarten way more than I expected.
Any conundrums? I’m not sure

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What’s working?
Connecting with students and getting oodles of hands on experience both observing and instructing.

What needs work?
My time management skills (which always kind of suck in general).
Too tired after sometimes to get much done. Need to rethink how I plan out my day kind of... it feels wrong to me I am not putting as much time into the books as I probably should be.

Conundrums:
Your energy you have each day to pursue tasks is finite. There is a performing art component to teaching. You are putting on a special show to get the students to learn things. If it is dull for them they are not going to retain a whole lot.
You want to have them be engaged in the material. This is actually one of my favorite things and is part of that inclusiveness and differentiated instruction theme people ahead of us who are in book four were on about.

The art of making the curriculum interesting to the kids and getting it to be personally relevant to each of them is not a bad thing. It makes it stick with a student better.
Children need encouragement. You have to be more positive than you may be just talking to a fellow adult because if they aren’t being told they are doing a good job for trying all this continually new stuff as they go through knowledge acquisition it will not be rewarding for them and then they aren’t going to be into it.

My parents and to an extent my mentor teacher are kind of against my (over)use of technology... so... I have to do a lot of the online bits offline... more. “That’s great but could you do it more face to face with people and just on paper and not be on the computer and Internet?” seems a common refrain. I’m not sure how they expect that part to work... so I just work through it (“But he had a hat!”). There are just so many Amish 21st Century learning jokes I can make about this too...

Revelations: I love writing. I don’t love not having sit down think time. This is an important thing to schedule some in each day.

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What’s working?
The modules are user friendly and easier to use than I thought. My mentor teacher is AMAZING and we really click at far as teaching styles go. Everyone at my schoool placement has been helpful and welcoming. My team mates are great too!

What neeeds work?
Reaching students with learning disabilities; how can I best serve them?
Managing my time and getting everything done in due time.

Any revelations?
Classroom management is the first step to learning. If the students aren’t engaged and listening, they aren’t learning anything.

Any conundrums?
Coming from a background of outdoor education and learning what I have about the brain rules and the importance of physical activity in learning, how can I integrate this into a classroom with 4 walls and minimal outdoor access and recess time.
Where is the science curriculum? Near to non-existent. How can we compete with global economy without a solid science foundation?

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What's working?
The ease of the modules.
Group Check-Ins and collaboration.
Great students! Great Teacher team! AMAZING school!

What needs work?
Time management for lesson planning and getting module assignments turned in.
Follow through on use of technology, like Class Dojo, Google Classroom.

Any revelations?
There is still so much to learn!!!

Any conundrums?
While some of the parents respond and timely in doing so, several families do not respond to email or send back important papers with students. No one showed up to my meet and greet! :)

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What’s working?
Connecting with students. Students are seeking me out for assistance.
What needs work?
Instruction technique. Coming up with a lesson plan that is exciting.
Manage fast vs. slow learners. Keep everyone engaged.
Any revelations?
Take my time. Don’t rush. Wait for cues from students.
English language acquisition is a process. It is important to know a students’ background before coming up with a plan to learn English.
Any conundrums?
Classroom management. Substitute teaching is tough...
Balance warm relationship with students with being stern.