Today is my first day back teaching my students and it is a relief. Someone asked me in the hallway if I was having student teacher withdrawals to which I replied...."Absolutely Not". While I did enjoy the free time to work on school work (Riverton and Samford), I missed teaching my kids. Also it was very difficult for me to sit back and watch someone teach my class differently than myself. It was definitely a learning experience for both of us!
I was very disappointed that my intern's supervisor only came twice to observe her. Both times my class was in a transition time and she never got to see her teach a full lesson. I emailed the supervisor and told her that I was disappointed about this because I feel like my intern could have used her feedback as well as mine. As a future administrator, it makes me not want to hire someone from this university if they don't prepare them better than what I have observed. I plan to email the Dean of Education at the university in order to express my concerns.
I believe that universities owe it to their students who are paying good money to prepare them in the best way possible. I went to The University fo North Alabama and I was observed once a week in my student teaching placements. I felt like I got good feedback from my supervisor and cooperating teacher that has helped me in my job now. I believe with more observation and accountability this university could better prepare its graduates.
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