Though I have not been able to post here on Blogger in over a year as I was completing my education, I have been diligently hoping to contribute to this blog once the dust has settled.
Having placed my own feet into the role of a teacher with my own students and classroom to manage, student teaching was a revolutionary experience for me. Not only was I thrust into situations that I may not have been fully prepared for, but I was still able to grow from my occasional mistakes and be a better educator as each new challenge came my way. I managed to enhance my view of what an educator should be throughout those 8 months of fieldwork and student teaching. A teacher is not simply a care-taker for students while their parents are at work; a teacher is someone who continually reinvents the wheel and transforms education into not only a necessary learning experience but a worthwhile and meaningful exchange of ideas. It was immensely rewarding to see the lesson plans and ideas for different texts and subjects I had outlined come to life and impact my students in various ways. Though my students may not have always reacted as I had hoped to the material, I came to learn that this is a treasure within a classroom. Students master concepts differently and that is what makes education unique from other professions. There is no singular approach that can enhance learning for all students. I hope to impact my students so that they approach new concepts eagerly.
I am truly excited for this next chapter in my professional career. I am not sure what it will bring, but I am interested, eager, hopeful, and ready for a new challenge however it may come.
