Welp, it is that time again! I just finished my first placement and today was the start of my second! Wow, what a change that was. Well, first off, I want to flat out say that I am late with this blog post; there was a good reason though! I wanted to wait and do this blog post because I was waiting for my feedback from my first placement. When I say feedback, I mean that I was observed by the dean of students at my first placement and I was waiting for her feedback on my performance there. Well, now I kind of wish that I would not have waited. My feedback was not so good, but I am going to take it with a grain of salt. I am glad that it does not go on my permanent teaching record. At first, when I read through the evaluation, I was in shock. I did not understand why I was receiving these marks. Then, after about an hour conversing with my evaluator, she explained to me why she put me in these categories. When I left her office, I was crushed. I felt as though everything I have been working for in college meant nothing! I could not believe that someone, who had not had training in the common core nor in LFS, had the nerve to tell me that my teaching style, which follows common core and LFS to the T, was unsatisfactory. When I went to talk to my co-op about this, my spirits were turned around. She told me that I was doing everything exactly the way it was suppose to be done. She said that the person doing my observation had never been trained in the items that she was evaluating me on. Well, then the thought crossed my mind...what if I would have been an actual teacher in this school. I would have probably lost my job, all because my evaluator was not appropriately trained! That is a VERY scary thought! Well, I am happy and pleased with how my first placement went. I would not have traded that placement for any other one! I learned so much and look forward to my next experience!
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Student Teaching Placement 1 Ending
Welp, it is that time again! I just finished my first placement and today was the start of my second! Wow, what a change that was. Well, first off, I want to flat out say that I am late with this blog post; there was a good reason though! I wanted to wait and do this blog post because I was waiting for my feedback from my first placement. When I say feedback, I mean that I was observed by the dean of students at my first placement and I was waiting for her feedback on my performance there. Well, now I kind of wish that I would not have waited. My feedback was not so good, but I am going to take it with a grain of salt. I am glad that it does not go on my permanent teaching record. At first, when I read through the evaluation, I was in shock. I did not understand why I was receiving these marks. Then, after about an hour conversing with my evaluator, she explained to me why she put me in these categories. When I left her office, I was crushed. I felt as though everything I have been working for in college meant nothing! I could not believe that someone, who had not had training in the common core nor in LFS, had the nerve to tell me that my teaching style, which follows common core and LFS to the T, was unsatisfactory. When I went to talk to my co-op about this, my spirits were turned around. She told me that I was doing everything exactly the way it was suppose to be done. She said that the person doing my observation had never been trained in the items that she was evaluating me on. Well, then the thought crossed my mind...what if I would have been an actual teacher in this school. I would have probably lost my job, all because my evaluator was not appropriately trained! That is a VERY scary thought! Well, I am happy and pleased with how my first placement went. I would not have traded that placement for any other one! I learned so much and look forward to my next experience!
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I think this evaluation experience was really valuable for you, and you ask some truly important questions--ones that many teachers continue to ask: Is it okay for someone without any teaching experience to evaluate me as a teacher? Of course not. Should evaluators be trained in the categories they are evaluating. Of course!
ReplyDeleteI'm curious what the evaluator said to you--especially since I observed you on the same day, and our observations are--clearly--opposite.
(I'm glad you had this experience at CDEast, but also happy that you are now working with middle school angels :)