Saturday, December 3, 2016
Final Thoughts on Field Experience
After processing that field experience is over and I wont be returning to my students on Monday, I thought about all the different things I learned in the last five weeks. One of the most important things I learned is about how crucial it is to learn about your student's home lives. Learning as much as you can about what they encounter outside of school is going to help you understand them so much better in the classroom. Getting to know everything you can about home lives will be the best way to become their biggest advocate. Another thing I have learned is that everyday is a new day for your students. One day could be a tough one, but the next day is brand new and it is important to treat the day as a clean slate to continue to encourage everyone. Lastly, one of the best things I am taking away from field experience, is that there is no better feeling that seeing your students grasp what you are teaching them. Watching them make the connections on their own and be excited about it, is truly indescribable.
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I could relate this post to my classroom and could not agree more with the things you have learned! Knowing the home life of your students really can explain so much about their behavior in the classroom. Also, it can help you become more empathetic. "Everyday is a new day for your students...it is important to treat the day as a clean slate to continue to encourage everyone." I really liked how you said this and it is so true! It's important that the students know that you aren't giving up on them and that you care because they may not get this from anyone else.
ReplyDeleteI noticed this in my FE classroom when they were doing read to self. It was great to see students who could only read picture books when I started to reading chapter books on my last day. One of the students was so excited he brought his book up to me and said "Look! Miss Melchert! I can read a whole page of this! I can read chapter books!" It was great to see the student so excited about reading. There is no better time as a teacher than when you see them finally improve after a period of struggle.
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