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We reached the finish line

We reached the finish line 
Thought this semester I learned many different things and strategies that will help me in my future teaching career. I learned how to ways on how to best teach a direct and an inquiry lesson. This class also helped me grow both professionally and personally. I grew professionally because instead of just observing how a teacher teaches in a classroom and writing what they do down I was the teacher. I got to teach my students two vastly different lesson plans on the same topic. But at the same time being "the teacher" equals many different responsibilities. As the teacher, you need to come up with ways to adapt your lesson so all of your students benefit from it. These students can range from children who may find the lesson easier than most to children who find a lesson extremely challenging and need extensive amounts of help. You also need to make sure that there are enough copies of the day's activities for your students and extra for the students who are absent. You also need to make sure that your students do not fall behind in certain activities and that you don't spend to much time on one subject and not enough time on other subjects. This class also helped me grow personally. Since Dr. Smirnova doesn't tell us when things are due it is our job to keep track of assignments and stay on top of things. Since Dr. Smirnova did this I have become more responsible. During the semester we also did a practice edTPA. I found this to be very challenging because at the beginning of the semester I hadn't even heard of edTPA but the handbook provided to us made it easier to understand. Over the course of the semester, we were required to complete multiple projects that were very fun and exciting to do. These projects gave me a better insight into the inquiry process.
Overall, I had an amazing time in Dr.Smirnova's class and felt that I learned a lot in many different types of ways. Dr. Smirnova had taught me how challenging a being a teacher can be and knowing about those challenges makes me even more excited for my future as a teacher.





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  1. Alexandra SteinbergDecember 13, 2018 at 8:50 AM

    I am in the same boat as you Katelyn! I had never heard of an edTPA task either. I did not even know how to create a lesson plan! The knowledge that we have learned in this class is something that we will use for years to come!

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