Student Teaching Reflection 2014 1.

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PART I: Positive Trends and Areas of Growth Reflection (based on Feedback from 449, master teacher, supervisor, etc)

Instructions: Please take time to examine and reflect not only on your performance but also on all the feedback you have received from 449, master teachers,
supervisors, etc..


Positive Trends
Look for any positive trends or patterns
that have developed. Examples might
be repeated comments from
the Supervisor and/or Master
Teacher(s) that you are improving in your
command of the classroom, regularly
working on content and
academic vocabulary with students,
and/or increased use of graphic organizers
to support English learners and students
with special needs.


I have been improving in the areas of monitoring student learning, my command of the classroom, time
management, and in developing my own lesson plans. I personally think my biggest improvement has
been in my command of the classroom, and I have received similar feedback from my master teacher and
supervisor, theyve noted a great improvement. I now more confidently use the entire classroom during
content delivery, whereas I used to be more shy and stayed at the front of the room. I freely walk up and
down the main center aisle and project my voice more (I have found my teacher voice) and this constant
motion helps maintain student attention much better than before. Monitoring student learning was one of
my stronger points from the beginning, and it has steadily improved as well. I get positive feedback from
my master teacher and supervisor that Im very diligent with walking up and down the aisles to check how
each student is progressing on their assignments, to keep them on task, and that I make myself readily
available for students to ask me one-on-one questions. I would also say that Ive definitely improved my
time management skills in the classroom. I used to frequently finish my lectures and assignments about 5
or 10 minutes before the end of class and be at a loss as to how to fill the extra time, however now Ive
gotten the hang of using all my class time. Ive also gotten good encouragement and evaluations on
lessons Ive created, the last one my supervisor observed he noted that it really had the students engaged
and he liked how they asked really good, thoughtful questions. He thought the assignment I created
aligned very well with the new Common Core standards as well.

Areas of Growth
Identify areas that need specific attention,
such as lesson closures tend to be missing
or you are not extending "wait time" for
students to process questions and develop
responses.

An area that I still have difficulties with is classroom management at times. Mostly its when class
discussions or group activities get too boisterous and I have a hard time reigning everyone back in or
regaining students attention. I try different techniques, like waiting for them to stop before I continue on,
to varying degrees of success. My 4
th
period class is a special ed. inclusion class with a lot of having
attention and learning disorders, so that class is even more difficult for me to maintain control of. I think
that sometimes I also have difficulty giving the students enough time to formulate responses during class
discussions or when I ask them comprehension questions during a lecture. The silence tends to make me
feel nervous and I sometimes rush them or give them the answers too quickly.