Week Eight

Aspects of the week I found most valuable:

This week has been a great week filled with valuable learning experiences. The week started a little rocky, however by Tuesday I was my normal energetic self. There were several things that made this week valuable including picking up classes in succession and working with technical difficulty. This week I picked up second period Computer Applications class. Up until now, I have only taught first, third and sixth periods. Teaching different classes back to back allows for less time to prep in between. I now have to adjust many things that have become routine over the past several weeks. I am staying later to make sure I have all my teaching materials prepared so my lessons run smoothly. This has also made my days fly by. It seems like just yesterday I was writing my last blog post. These experiences have been valuable because I am starting to understand how busy a teacher's day really is. Today I taught the Foods II students at Benton how to make four different types of sauces and fresh pasta. Doing this allowed the students and administration to see me in a different light and I am very glad I was given the opportunity to do this.

If given the opportunity to start the week over I would?

By Thursday I became very stressed due to late night planning and working on class materials. If I could go back to Wednesday or Thursday I would just tell myself to relax. I have always been good at getting my work done on time and I continue to do so. There is no reason to let the little things get me down. Given the opportunity to start the week over I would also learn when to hit the rewind button when I teach something that the students don't understand. I found out at the end of this week that the Accounting students didn't grasp journalizing in the cash receipts journal. This has been a great learning experience because I re-taught this section and the students are now prepared for their exam. I was also able to critique my lesson plan so hopefully this doesn't happen in the future.

Overall it has been a great week and we are over half way done. Hope you all have a great week nine!