I found the past 11 weeks to be the most beneficial part of my week. Everything that has happened for the better or worse has allowed me to be who I am now in the classroom; its all coming together now. This week I prepared some tests and activities for the students and all went really well. I've had a full schedule of teaching six classes for two weeks and it and it almost feels that the classroom and classes are mine. My week went well and I am looking foward to FBLA the next couple days.

After reflecting on my past week, there isn't anything that I would like to change. By all means, I know that my week was not perfect, but nothing happened that I would want to change. All the ups and downs help me become a better teacher and I am enjoying the ride. Hope everyone's week went well, see you all at FBLA.

Week 10

I found the most beneficial part of my week to be my Computer Applications classes. I created an activity where the students had to use Excel and think for themselves, instead of just typing from the book. The student's job was to gather information from their classmates and display it in Excel. The tough part was that the students had to form groups and figure out a logical way to gather the classmate's data. Each group then explained their idea to the class and we had a discussion about it. Each class came up with really great ideas and utilized technology (Class Central) to upload data. In the beginning, as expected, I heard a lot of, "This is stupid", "this is dumb" etc etc but by the end the students really put their heads together to problem solve this activity.

I feel I had a productive week and was well prepared with all of my lessons. If there were an aspect I would have wanted to change, it would have been not to have PSSA's. The PSSA's really disrupted my Period 4 Accounting class. The material was really complicated and each lesson was shortened by over 10 minutes. The shortened time period made the lessons not be able to be completed in a period, like usual. This disrupted homework assignments and the activities that we could cover. Other than that, great week. Hope everyone has a great weekend -- Jonny

9th week

If I were to reflect back on the previous week, I would think the most beneficial part was having my mid-term grades being decided by our supervisor and my co-op. It gave me strong reinforcement of what aspects I need to apply more time to and develop more as I become closer to being on my own. I also felt that picking up another course (five classes total) to be a true eye opener and a benefit to my overall planning and preparation. I am on an accelerated process in order to get me prepared for Stroudsburg and it is really tough keeping up with our detailed lesson plans with five classes, but I am adapting and keeping up.

If I were to change one aspect of the previous week, it would be not dedicating so much time to our clinical studies homework and spending more time on my lesson plans. My chief concern the past weekend and week prior to that was handing in quality work in last Monday's class and then handing in quality lesson plans. The equation should have been reversed- lesson plans then Clinical Studies work. I wish I used this updated equation because this past week I because I took a HUGE step back in my teaching and preparation; I feel the students lost out. My Word Processing class went so bad that I re-taught it the day after I had to take a sick day; this turned out to be a huge benefit for the students because they really seemed to grasp the material after I had time to prepare a quality lesson. I am fully prepared for next week and I know it will go much smoother. Hope everyone's week went better then mine!

Week 8

Wow. Week 8 was a stressful one. Between coordinating a class to be video taped, creating a survey, going to Stroudsburg for job interviews, trying to get everything done for Monday night, getting sick and to top it off, the University library has been closed all week because of Spring Break! AHH. When I look back, I find just making it through the week beneficial! It was my most challenging week of student teaching so far, and I am happy that it is over and am almost done with my assignments for Clinical Studies.

One thing I found valuable was finally having a chapter that I could related to the students in Accounting. I was able to find many ways to relate the material to the students because it was about payroll. I could see how the students understood the material so much more because they could compare it to them working and receiving paychecks. I made a Jeopardy review game for them to play the day before the exam. Last time I ever do that. No one cared, and it seemed like torture for the students to participate in the game even though the winning team got two bonus points on their exam.

Looking back on the week, there is a lot that I wish I could have changed about the past week but it was all out of my hands. The number one thing I wish I could have changed would have been Spring Break falling on a different week. I don't have Internet nor a printer at my house, and I do everything for Crestwood and Clinical Studies at the library. I found myself going to random friends' houses asking to use their computer or even going to Panera Bread to use their WiFi. Man oh man I cant wait to have money some day and have Internet at my house.