Planning and Reflection During My Student Teaching

Overview

Planning and Reflection During my student teaching experiences I kept a journal, which greatly helped me to organize my thoughts and clarify the areas in which I most needed to improve. My mentor also pointed out for me the key areas that need improvement. As I look forward to a professional career as a teacher, I will be able to draw on these early experiences. I will remember what works and what doesn't and I already feel far more confident and proficient than I did before I undertook the student teaching challenge. Major themes emerged through reviewing my journal entries and the statements written by my mentors. My strengths include a willingness to use a wide variety of teaching materials and teaching styles. An enthusiastic implementation of multimedia materials keeps students actively engaged and makes lessons more interesting. My lessons are well-planned and incorporate different activities that sustain student interest. When multimedia materials and mea...