Last word

Share with us one word to express your experience this semester.

At the finish line!

You're almost there...you've almost made it. Hopefully you've found your student teaching experience to be an incredibly rewarding one. I'd like you to take some time to reflect on how you've developed over the course of the past several weeks. Please share with us:
1. What about you has changed the most during this experience?
2. What is an area you feel you still have to work on?
3. How are you feeling about the fact that you'll be in charge of your own classroom in the near future?

Social Justice

The Education Department's signature atttribute of social justice is defined as, "...(promoting) awareness that inequities exist and the action to use education as an agent of change toward a more just and civil world."
Think about social justice in terms of your student teaching experience. Do you have students in your classrooms that fall under this concept? Think about students of different cultures/ethnicities, students with low socioeconomic status, students with gay/lesbian parents, homeless students, students with special needs...the list is endless. What types of things have you witnessed being done to support these students? Has your perception of students and families that fall into these categories changed during this experience?

Interviewing - Debrief

Hi, everyone!
I didn't have an opportunity to see most of you last evening after your mock interviews. Let's do some debriefing through your posts. Tell me two things:

1. What question/questions did you feel extremely prepared for?
2. What question/questions did you feel unprepared for?

Hope all is well!
Professor Bellew

Interviewing!!

Hi, everyone!
Please post a possible interview question to the blog. Then, choose someone else's question to answer.
See you Monday!

Self-Reflection

As we approach the midway point of the semester, please identify one area in which you feel you have improved since the start of student teaching.  Reflect on how your improvement in planning/preparation, classroom environment, instruction, or professional responsibilities occurred.

Technology

Hi, everyone!
The world of technology is very evident in today's classrooms. Please share with us a way you are using technology in the classroom that is new and innovative. Maybe it's a cool website...maybe you're using clickers...maybe you have a great app that helps with classroom management. Tell us about it, and provide a link, if possible, so we can check it out!
See you Monday!
Professor Bellew