My BAD Student Teaching Experience || Elementary Student Teaching || Middle School Student Teaching
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- čas přidán 25. 06. 2024
- I went through a BAD STUDENT TEACHING EXPERIENCE when I did elementary student teaching. However, my middle school student teaching experience was FANTASTIC! Here is my student teaching story, student teaching advice, and student teaching tips. Be sure to check out my entire Student Teaching Playlist!
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⏰ Time Stamps:
0:00 - Student Teaching Overview
0:56 - The School District
1:53 - Placement Interview
2:48 - First Impression of CT
3:30 - Initial Problem
5:07 - FIRST SOLO LESSON!
6:24 - Lesson Plan Feedback
8:13 - Student Teaching Playlist?
8:21 - Second Lesson Attempt...
9:07 - TEACHING THE NEW LESSON
10:33 - Lesson Feedback
11:05 - University Supervisor Reaction
11:56 - The Conference Call
12: 40 - NEW PLACEMENT... in the same school
13:34 - I WORK WITH MY CT's DAUGHTER?
14:59 - Middle School Student Teaching
15:25 - Reddit: Am I the a**hole?
📚 How was your student teaching experience? ✏️When are you slated to student teach?
If you liked this video... be sure to check out my entire *Student Teaching Playlist* OR my entire *First Year Teacher Playlist* !
I love how she says to your university that you're not "ready to be a student-teacher"... like excuse me Miss teacher mentor, aren't you supposed to be teaching your student teacher and supporting her, lifting her self-esteem and confidence... I never understood why people take on leadership roles if they can't be caring and supportive leaders.
Absolutely. Preach that to the heavens! Your comment made me smile, thanks for lightening the moment. What is the process like in Canada? I’m totally watching your video in the morning.
This reminds me of the navy where on the job training is basically no training at all because your fat, lazy chief who’s getting out in a year to collect his pension can’t be bothered to show you how to do anything more than once. And as we all know, once over lightly doesn’t cut the mustard. That’s how you turn sailors into either civilians or perhaps at best merchant seamen who belong to a union and jump ship to go back to the hiring hall to find a better ship.
You're brave to rake over all this. Cooperating teachers are in a position of power where they can bully and take out their issues on the student teachers. I think this happens quite a bit.
Honestly, it was kinda therapeutic to speak my truth. When I was living the experience, I was very tight lipped. I absolutely did not want my complaints or concerns to travel far. I was not intrested in having a bad reputation. Now that I am more ~established~ I fee secure in who I am as a teacher and I want to support others through their experience!
It's a relief to know that other people have had bad student-teaching experiences. Everything sucks right now, and I just want to finish my student teaching and graduate so that I can start my teaching career
Wow. I think we are twins. I also had a toxic student teaching experience and it still shakes my confidence. Headed in to my first year of teaching soon and I know I have to work through those memories. Thanks for sharing 🙏
Laren, YOU GOT THIS! Do not let a single bad experience drag you down. Teaching is all about heart and passion. I learned so much from my "bad" experience that I still use today to better my practice and professionalism.
Oh my gosh our stories are SOOOOOO SIMILAR! I was student teaching while my dad died on top of it and I felt like I got zero sympathy. I keep getting told that I'm "difficult to work with" and I "don't take direction"--which I don't understand because I do everything they tell me to.
It’s so interesting how little support is give to those who have virtually no experience in the classroom (i.e. student teachers). We are ‘students’ too and need the support as well! Oh well, glad you made it through 👍🏼
I currently cry myself to work everyday and cry myself to sleep, the level of disrespect/ bullying they think they can get away with because of the “years” they have doing the profession baffles me, like who the f*ck do they think they are
Are you referring to the teachers you are studying under at your placement? On the bright-side, the school year is more than half over! You can make it!
I had the student teaching experience from hell. If I ever get into content creation I might make my own video about it because it was WILD. Yours kind of sounds like mine. I withdrew from that placement and went to another school. It was the right choice. Honestly I think some teachers just decide you don’t fit their mold and then take it out on you. It’s not right. But I’m glad you got through it.
If anyone else is going through a rough student teaching experience right now, don’t let them bully you. Don’t let them make you believe you can’t do it. You can. You’re there to learn. Ironically they just don’t want to take the time to actually teach.
Well said, Sarah 💙
How sad to see that pretty much everyone had experience a bad "Student Teaching ". I am so blessed mine was awesome. My cooperating teacher told me her Student teaching was a horrible experience and so she wanted to make sure mine wasn't like that! We are teachers. We all started at the same point! We all teach differently and we should help and support each other ❤
I’m sure the good experiences out way the bad experiences but we typically don’t hear the feel good ones. I wish the bad experiences were far and fewer!
Yes. I had a horrible teaching experience. I ended up withdrawing for student teaching or else I was going to fail.When I got my evaluation back and I basically failed. Everything was in the not evident column. My partner teachers basically said that I was incompetent and that because I was shy this was going to be harder for me. When my field supervisor saw my evaluation she was pissed. I have one more try at student teaching but I'm not sure if I will be going back. It was so awful. I basically have no skills to run a classroom.
I am so sorry to hear about your experience. As you heard, I was in a similar boat and we both know that this experience will share your outlook on teaching and could change your career derogatory. I say give the experience one more try and make sure you can switch cooperating teachers and schools. Shyness does not equal a bad teacher. You will grow over time as a teacher. No one is "good at teaching" when they first start. All my mentors said they did not feel like a good teacher until year 5! Yikes... have a while to go. BUT one bad experience can not and should not ruin your dreams. Also, classroom management is typically not taught in teacher prep programs! That all comes from years of experience. Are you Student Teaching during covid? Have any questions I might be able to provide support to?
@@SocialStudies401 Hey thanks for replying. I didn't see you reply because youtube didn't notify me. Yes I was student teaching during covid. During my student teaching I found lesson planning, assessing and incorporating differentiating into my lesson planning brutal. When I would ask my partner teachers for help all they would say is just "google it". They were useless and made for an awful experience. Even up here in Canada teacher prep programs don't teach about classroom management or even how to teach.
Oh wow! I wish you could have worked in my room. I had a student teacher last year, and learned early on that WE LIFT EACH OTHER UP! I enjoyed hearing about all the new things are being taught and I never offered criticism without explaining and redirecting. She should NOT have student teachers...ever! So glad you moved on. And yes, I had one rotation that was seriously a lot like yours. Had to dig deep to remember why I chose the journey. 27 years later. I am LOVING my career still!
I would absolutely love to work and study alongside you! Heidi, you sound like a fantastic mentor to have!
Have you taught Elem. Edu throughout your 27 years?
Wow. Did you have my mentor teacher???? The teacher you worked with sounds exactly like mine, and it's soooooo frustrating, and it honestly gives me anxiety. It really helped to hear about your experience. Thank you so much for sharing!
Oh gosh, I am SO SORRY you also had a rough experience. We, teachers, have to support each other, not many people are running into the career field these days. I hope the pandemic is treating you and your kiddos well. 💖
Your Cooperating Teacher reminds me of my Site Coordinator. I took a mental health day on Friday due to a very stressful situation in my school placement (my first time taking a mental health day) and was essentially told that that was unprofessional of me to do. She advised me to drop out of student teaching, because she "you can't take a day off like that when you're teaching" and "nobody will hire you if that's how you react to things, they'll see you as being unreliable".
Hey, as a hired teacher you have many sick days and personal days to use up. I for one will be taking a mental health/sick day this month to catch up on my graduate school classes for my masters. I have a paper due at the end of the month. Teachers do take mental health days all the time, they are built into your contract. This is my third year teaching full-time... Easier said than done, but brush that comment off. Stick with it! You can do this!
I had the same experience. It was hell lol. My teacher emailed my uni too. I’m a 3rd grade teacher now so it’s okay lol.
You’re not the asshole. Teachers hate on student teachers all the time. I remember when I was an aide they’d call them “the lazy clinical teachers”. You get treated differently based on what role you are in a school unfortunately. I have been it all. Aide, sub, students teacher and now teacher.
Student teachers get treated the worst next subs, next aides, and then finally teachers are the most respected and listened to.
I am so sorry that has been your experience as a student teacher, aide, and sub. Incredible how you said teachers are treated the best out of those who were listed. I don’t think many teachers think they are treated well and have a voice! Thank you for sharing
My student teaching experience was awful. My CoOp hated their job - they told me every week that they hated the kids, hated the job, and couldn’t wait to retire. They also just got tenured that year. They also disappeared for hours at a time - to sleep. They complained about my university, constantly said they taught us “bullshit”, and also said nasty comments about my university mentors who came to observe.
The department members also made racist and sexist comments about the students - and complained about each other when the other person wasn’t in the room. Overall very toxic - I ended up getting a different placement and had a much better experience.
First and foremost, I am sorry your student teaching journey started off that way. I am glad you were able to switch placements. Who you CoOp is makes all the difference! I am interested in how many years she’s been teaching in order to just be receiving tenure? At my Uni, your mentor had to already be tenured and have more then 5+ years of teaching experience.
Omg girl! Same! I had such a bad experience in the beginning I cried so much and I was given a score of 1 out 4 (For the first half of student teaching.) My supervisor who would observe me was like “Why is your mentor giving you 1s when as i’m observing your scoring higher”. My mentor even said she couldn’t sleep and was so worried I wouldn’t fulfill the role as full time student teaching. Fortunately, my mentor did not take her personal life on me anymore, still worked with me and I got through my full weeks of teaching. Now everything is going great but it was a rough start.
Glad things panned out, it’s a stressful experience! Please take care of yourself and keep putting yourself first. It’s a hard field but you got this!
Your video gave me strength! Holy moly, I'm in awe that you made it through all of this!
I'm student teaching right now, yay covid, and I'm with essentially 2 teachers and another student teacher (which has been difficult because it feels like a competition for lessons). I've been feeling very lost because of this, and your video gave me some hope!
You are most definitely not the asshole in this situation either! There was absolutely no reason you should have been stereotyped with your college, and your supervisor shouldn't of put you in a spot to be grilled like that!
Wow, that is a lot to be handling-- multiple Student-Teachers and a Covid year wrapped in one! I am sure you are doing great. On the plus side, you are not only learning from your CT but also from your peer. That's a unique experience. The advice I heard for Hybrid or DL Student Teachers is to offer after-hours zoom tutoring or "office hours" in lieu of after-school activities you might have done when covid was not affecting us. I know I would LOVE to have a student-teacher help me out with this job. Could be a way to set yourself apart from the other Student-Teacher OR partner with them! Still, your idea shining through.
Woah, your experience is eerily similar to mine minus the covid. I feel like I get no help or support while the other ST receives it all. I just get the, yes I'll help you but I never receive the help. Right now I'm just in survival mode. How did you get through it?
@@joteach6274 Going on my second year of teaching now! The most important things I’ve learned are:
-make time for yourself
-don’t give 100% everyday or you’ll burn out
-you are better than you think you are
-the days are like the flow of a river, the get worse, better, and everything else. The hope is to keep the water calm.
-there is always more time
This is so refreshing to hear. I also had a horrible student teaching experience, but for a different reason.
My specialization was in secondary math, so naturally, I was placed in a high school.
I was placed under the department head who had never had a student teacher before. Early on, we had a good relationship, but not too long after taking over, my teaching style was drastically different from my mentor. She was constantly negative about this. She babied the kids and they walked over her. I was much more direct and straightforward than she was.
I was begging my university rep to change schools. I’m so glad it’s over. Teaching my own way is so much better.
I would argue an established teacher (CT) taking on a student-teacher for the first time has to face just as much of a learning curve as we do (pre-service teachers). There is a reason why "adult education" is its own coursework area! Hopefully, both you and your CT gained some insight. Glad you are doing well now! I am sure your teaching style is appreciated. :)
I was cringing watching this video. I did my student teaching in the 4th grade in Washington DC and my experience was awesome! My cooperating teacher was fantastic, very supportive, and gave me so many amazing ideas. She and I are friends to this day and she still gives me great advice. I now teach 3rd grade, I have had 4 student teachers of my own, and I always treat them with the same optimism and openness that my cooperating teacher treated me. A friend of mine had a similar student teaching experience as you did, and she likened it to feeling like a caged rat. There was nothing she could do to get out of it and she just had to take the daily abuse. This woman had 4.0 GPA, she was in Teach For America her first year out of college, and she is one of the best teachers I've ever worked with. You seem like an amazing teacher so you definitely had the last laugh.
Hey Brian, thanks for sharing! I am curious about your opinions of TFA or Urban Teacher (John Hopkins equivalent). I applied to TFA twice and was accepted as a Senior in college. I did not follow through. I currently work in a district comprised of a high TFA percentage. As a certified teacher who seems to have taken the traditional pre-service path, how do you feel about programs such as these?
I also had a really difficult student teaching placement. After that placement, I had a really difficult time imagining myself as a good teacher but now as a teacher and having gone through therapy I feel a lot better about it.
I also ended up having 3 student teaching placements as well!
I appreciate that you mentioned therapy! Thank you for being so open and honest, this is how we destigmatize mental health discussions. I too have attended theory in the past. ALSO *high-five* 3 student teaching placements club!!!!
I feel the exact same way.
I had to start therapy as well. I’m halfway through student teaching, and I now I’m in therapy to help me grow not survive this process.
I’m currently student teaching and on week 13. I love my CT but have had a lot of issues with the principal which makes it hard for me since I want a job at this school. I am glad to hear your story because I’ve been in tears over the misunderstandings and feeling overwhelmed with everything.
I know this isn’t the most constructive comment, but man, sometimes shit just sucks and you grow from the experience. With me I learned about how to approach the profession better and communicate with my teaching peers. As long as you don’t bash people and stay positive you can’t go wrong. It’s all almost over. Maybe see if you can get your Principal to observe you? Ask as a favor to get someone else’s feedback to grow? Win the Principal over that way and try to “prove” yourself to them. Their validation isn’t everything in the end your relationships are between, you, the CT, and students. Other schools will want you as well…. People are leaving the profession in droves. You’ll have a job!
Im sorry you had to go through that. I’m completing my first year as a teacher. Teaching middle school. I student taught high school. My master teacher was amazing. He was very hands off. He would just give notes at the end. He’s feedback was usually very helpful.
Francisco, thanks for sharing! I am glad to hear your middle school student teaching went well! Mine did as well 😊
Really nice video! I really enjoyed listening to your student teaching experience and I’m so sorry that it was not the experience you were hoping to get from it. Believe me when I say, maybe not as bad as what you went through, but I definitely went through a similar student teaching experience myself. I had two placements because I was a dual major (Special Ed & Early Childhood). I loved my Special Ed placement with a passion and still talk to my cooperating teacher every now and then. But my regular ed placement (which was my first placement during my student teaching semester) was kind of similar to yours but mine was more of me being broken from it. I would like to share about it with you sometime! Keep up the great work that you’re doing now!
I would love to hear more about your experience! Regardless of what transpired, those are formative moments you hold onto for the rest of your career. Today, I have my own Student Teacher and as a CT I always keep this experience in mind.
I had my first student teacher this year. We started virtually so it was awkward but transitioned to seeing half the kids at a time on certain days so it became more natural. Now we are fully I’m not that happened after my student teacher left. Overall, I’m lucky that having a student teacher was a good experience in a weird year. I have another student teacher next year and always get nervous because you never know who you’ll get!
That is such a good point! Student teacher are like opening a can of worms. Lots of joy and headaches can come from a student teacher. I’m glad you two worked well this year. Hopefully next year runs smoothly as well. Teacher 👩🏫
Sorry you had such a bad student teaching experience. Mine was about 24 years ago, and it was great. I did have a friend who was student teaching (at the same time) down the hall with another teacher, and her experience was awful. I told my cooperating teacher, and she helped get my friend switched to another teacher.
Hi Michelle, thanks for reaching out! My middle school CT was absolutely amazing and we will have a relationship. I am sure the other student teacher was very thankful for your support in having her switch to a more suitable placement. Who you are working with makes all the difference 🌟
Great video! My student-teaching experience was wonderful. My mentor teacher was amazing and helped build my skills in the classroom. Also, I liked that he is a realist and recognizes the confines of working within the education system. I'm going into my first solo year in middle school social studies (as opposed to my high school student teaching) this fall and hope all goes well.
Good luck! Entering my 5th year teaching middle school social studies, its a wild ride. You’ll love the age!
I am so sorry that you had this bad experience! I actually didn't have a great student teaching experience for just part of it as well. Student teaching should be a time where you can find your own personal teaching style, and the mentor teacher should allow this to happen. I find that a mentor teacher should respect you, be positive, and not berate mistakes made harshly.
Hi Julia! Thanks for chiming in, I appearance your perspective. Definitely agree with you. Student teaching is a challenging time and takes deep reflection. Regardless of the situation, I learned so much!
SO many problems in education, from beginning to end. I had lot's of experience with staff that if you did something better than they did they didn't like you so much anymore. Especially if the students seemed to like you more. It cost me a lot of money and eventually my home. The biggest mistake of my life!
Relatable. When a teacher because is super laissez-faire and easy going kids tend to “like” that but if not done well, that can really get more stern teachers riled up. It’s a balancing game. Yes it is good to be likable but that’s not the goal of being a teacher.
Great vlog!!!
I definitely went through this same type of abuse but for a longer time! I’m so sorry!
Oh man, so sorry to hear. What a learning experience it all was!
I also had a negative student teaching experience in a high school English placement. I found out, through conversations with my cooperating teacher and with the students, that he wanted a student teacher that term because he had just found out about some health issues and knew he'd be out a lot of the time to deal with them. He wanted a student teacher so he wouldn't have to write up sub plans, so I pretty much didn't have a mentor teacher 50% of the time. After a few days acting as his sub I did get sub pay for every day after, which as a bonus. When he was there, he was super condescending and rather than helping, his feedback undermined my confidence. Luckily, I had had a wonderful middle school student teaching placement prior to this, so I knew what teaching could be and didn't let this experience deter me. 17 years later, still going strong!
Yikes! You should have have been put in that position awesome that you got paid to be a sub and you can put that on your early resumes, however, not idea to learn everything on your own. Mentors are important!
I also have a BA in history and I am getting a K-6 credential. This video was super informative and I am a new subscriber.
That’s pretty sick, our degrees are a unique combo. I did not know many of my colleagues or college peers who have what we have. I’ll post more content soon. Currently drowning in my ESL Masters!
I went through two experiences ‘cause our student teaching was only a semester long- the first one we only had to go two days a week, and then in you’re graduating semester you’re supposed to go every day. The first one for me was second grade and it went fairly well. When I interned for first grade I definitely hit a rough patch with the teachers ‘cause they weren’t satisfied with how much work I was doing. To be honest I definitely wasn’t as into it as I could be since I wasn’t in the best space mentally, but usually I had good days- they mostly liked my lessons and how I could get the kids to engage with me. It only really turned sour-ish when I got an email from my university supervisor that my co-teacher was concerned about my performance since one of the things I routinely did was ask her how I could improve. Like, there was a point where I was at risk of being thrown out of the program. I got through it, though. I didn’t like that it happened to me but I can recognize that I probably deserved that intervention. I don’t think you deserved yours, though. That lady was being difficult just ‘cause she could.
Relatable! It’s such a fine line student teaching! You have to be confident in yourself and build confidence, but you can’t be cocky or not ask for improvements. Your a student teacher for a reason- a learning experience. It’s kind of weird a mentor teacher would just expect you to be great from day one. Takes years to build that. Going in year 4 and I have so much growth to do yet all my evals are maxed out at “highly effective.” Glad your made it through and hope everything is going well as a classroom teacher :)
I was socially and emotionally abused by my mentor teacher. It has given me severe PTSD and it feels like I cannot escape the trauma. I felt targeted because of my disabilities and I was ridiculed constantly. No one believed me and due to some unrelated personal emergency I left my placement. I am heading into a new placement this upcoming semester but I already feel like I'll fail. I don't know what to do.
Hey, you can do this. Thank you for being so open and honest about your experience, I am so sorry this all happened to you. As I tell my middle schoolers, things you say and do have a huge impact on people even if you forget at the end of the day.
I think you have to remember you’re in it for the kids. You’re always there for the kids. Sometimes being there for the kids means that you have to fight some battles and deal with some real BS. Remember, it’s just student teaching. This is a minor part of your life/career in the grand scoop of things. Get though it and be the teacher you always wanted to be. Let me know how it goes, please?
I definately will! Thank you for your compassionate response!
No. my first cooperating teacher was intense, and she told me that she'd flown through student teachers. She had a very blunt personality and me and her just got on well. I could 100% see why she would have rubbed other people the wrong way!
My second ct tho? yeah she was horrible. Good teacher, but controlling and expected me to do way more than I was required. IN hindsight, I wish I would not have had her.
Thank you for sharing your experience. Other's perspectives are interesting. I learned this term last year, "warm demander", meaning a person who is tough and has high expectations for you but is still an approachable invested mentor. I think to be a successful teacher and successful CT you have to strike that balance. Seems like thats what your CT was going for?
The CT said "I don't think you'll make it as a teacher", "Is it too late to go back to be a chemist?" (teaching is my 2nd career), "You don't know how to connect with kids" ... just finished year #6. Never give up. If you want to be a teacher, you can.
Absolutely horrible- I’m so sorry! I work in a urban, title 1 school. Many of my colleagues are second career teachers. They say their first job experience was critical to their success in teaching. Personally, I find the second career teachers are the best type of teachers. They love the job so much and are out-of-box thinkers.
I am currently student teaching and I had to be relocated because my cooperating teacher was not very cooperative and I never got any positive feedback. She didn’t even care to see my lesson plan for my first observation. So I relocated and I do miss my former students and school and I am trying but I dread everyday that I go. My second observation is coming up and it is a dual language classroom and I am not fluent in Spanish so I am feeling very overwhelmed.. :/
I am getting my MA in TESOL (ESL). I have also TA’ed in a DL-Spanish/English kindergarten. As a ESL teacher you do not need to know the other languages! You just need to know how to best support ELL learners. Focus on making your lesson understandable. Think “comprehensible input” (ZPD) and the components of a good SIOP lesson plan. Focus on clarity and accommodations not modifications. YOU GOT THIS! Make meeting the grade level standards achievable with out changing the grade-level standards/expectations.
I'm so sorry this happened to you but this could have been a comedy! The irony of having her daughter is insane! lol
Agreed!
Thought it was just me…. Good to know I’m not alone
Geeeez! I was older when I went through student teaching. During that time, my brother died of brain cancer, my mom developed pneumonia-recovered and then had heart surgery. If we missed any days, we had to make them up. I would go to the restroom and break down. I was older and the mom of six sons-crying in the restroom! The classroom was disorganized and a mess. The teacher had an assistant who screamed at the children all day long. When I had an observation by the principal, she would show up 20 minutes late and then report that I did not introduce the lesson properly. I wrote a scathing response to her “observation”. I wanted to walk away several times. It was truly awful. This is my 18th year teaching and my last. I’ve had some really good years and created some wonderful relationships, but would I choose this path again? No. There is a huge teacher shortage and the number of students graduating with a degree in education is less and less every year.
I still get a little upset when I think back to my early days. I was an older adult then but was treated like I was stupid. I wish it had stood up for me self a little better. The school administration loves teachers who are basically smiling bobble heads-just do what you are told and smile. Unfortunately they are not privy to teacher conversations after their meetings, etc. I have not heard one teacher say “I love teaching”. Not one. Most are looking at other jobs or hanging in there until retirement. Sad.
Your comment really resonated with me. I don’t know what type of district you’re in, but I am an urban setting. I don’t know anyone that sincerely wants to be teaching in my school/district. The first school I was at (same district), the principal would bully teachers out of their position if they stood up for themselves or went against any of her directives. The behavior I’m talking about does not align with being Insubordinate more just questioning authority for answers/change. The teacher turnover is insane.
You’re right a lot of admin just want “yes men” around them and once you stop signing up for every afterschool club, program, meeting, committee you’re no longer of value. Move on to a younger teacher who’ll say yes to everything because they don’t know how to set work-life boundaries yet and feel as if they need to be Superman. Then teach burn out hits and they cycle continues.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR 18 YEARS IN THE FEILD. You did great things and touched so many lives!
@@SocialStudies401 Thank you very much. I actually had a pretty good day today. I plan to do my best until next May. I’ve decided this is my last year.
By the way, I love US History! I’m fascinated by WWII. My son and I watched Band of Brothers and The Pacific in one weekend a few months ago. I think everyone should watch them. What incredible sacrifices our country has made!
@@kathleenwilliams4233 I’ll have to add Band of Brothers to the list! I’ve been hooked on HBO’s The Wire.
@@SocialStudies401 I’ll check it out. Please let me know what you think of Band of Brothers!
I can’t imagine anyone having a good student teaching experience anymore frankly. The concept that you can lecture large groups of unfiltered kids without cherry picking who you want to a teach like in some exclusive private academy anymore today strains credulity. Society has gotten to the point where any public contact job where you’re dealing with people other than trained employees is at best a fairly grotesque concept. The emerging go to concept for public schooling is going to trend inevitably towards something along the lines of brick & mortar online academy. Then even further down the road it will be privatized brick & mortar online academy. The kids are all addicted to their screens, the screens have won, and anyone who’s not inside their screens has lost all credibility. The teachers will disappear to be replaced by a combination of daycare workers and tutors, all permanently locked in at the bottom of the pay scale. If they don’t like that and want to quit they’ll simply be replaced by new hires, kind of like at any day care center because in the final analysis schooling is daycare so the mommies can all work to pay for their SUVs.
+Teach US History
My Heart goes out to you Cassandra .
First off , beautiful name for such a beautiful student teacher such as you .
Second , Some people can't even make heads or tales about what they want in life and
these people who make up the corriculum content for you teachers to teach are experts at everything else but not what works for the student(s) .
Next time , just ask the teacher what they do that works for their students or ask the students what works for them because along with lesson planning comes the management of the students too and the key to it all is teaching the content into the student in a way that the student can understand well .
I hope that this helps .
- Dwight
Thank you for your insight, Dwight. Much appreciated! I can't knock that she was a FANTASTIC teacher and really knew how to teach. That opinion will never change. I truly wish the circumstances were different and I was able to work alongside her. Luckily, the other two student teaching experiences were dreamlike. Everything works out in the end.
@@SocialStudies401
Well Cassandra ,
Give or take , all i can ask for is that this and what that teacher said ended up helping you out and you are able to put it together and build yourself up and become another one of those teachers that students wish that they can have in their school days .
If that teacher ended up doing you good then as Fred Flintstone once said , "All is well that ends well . "
- Dwight
I’m currently student teaching and did not receive clear instructions on protocols. I walked into teaching totally unprepared, but determined to do my best. I’m now at risk for failure. I’m feeling very alone in my student teaching (for example, I have to prepare a 4-5 week unit on The Crucible. When I asked how I can prepare, I was told to “watch the movie” and then was directed to a box of disorganized material). Is it normal to bawl your eyes out every night??? Is it normal to not receive adequate feedback???
Hey Josie, I am so sorry you are going through this shit show as well. Definitely sucks how “normal” this process can be. Sucks even more when you feel like your peers aren’t struggling or their struggles are not similar to yours. Student teaching seems like it ever ends, but in reality it’s a small blimp on your college and teaching career. You’ll get through this, I promise. Do what you can to stay afloat and nothing wrong with crying it out! You are STILL determined. Keep asking for endless help/feedback from your CT and uni observer, that way they can’t say you didn’t reach out and use that against you/your grade. ❤️
Bruh I feel you
Now I’m nervous about student teaching 😐
Seriously, don’t be! My second elementary CT was amazing and I still good friends with my Middle School CT.
I start a student teaching internship in just a couple of weeks with one class completely on my own and another with another intern on top of my elementary and HS placements in the morning…. It already feels like a lot. 😅
And no, I don’t think you were in the wrong. Sounds like she only would have been happy with someone exactly like her.
YOU CAN DO THIS! It definitely is a hard start, but I promise as things go on you get the work and planning routines down. Plus you feel more comfortable and not overthinking every move. GOOD LUCK :)
I've been a cooperating teacher a few times and the problem is my main job is to teach my kids not the student teacher. Handing over my class to an inexperienced teacher is really hard.
Glenn, thanks for your insight! However, I want to provide some push back. I would argue someone who signs up to be a cooperating teacher IS willingly agreeing to teach the student teacher. That’s the whole point of being a CT.
I do see you point that handing over the class is hard, I was fortunate to be a CT this semester to two individuals. It was a blast but I had many “yikes” moments that I kept to my self! It weird being on the other side.
But that’s your job though. When you host a student teaching intern, your role changes- you are not the main teacher anymore. Instead, you ARE the teacher and the mentor to the student teaching intern that you agreed to host. They are there to make mistakes (just like you did when you student taught) and to get constructive feedback to grow. They are not there to be shamed and made to feel less than because their cooperating teacher has been teaching for a bit longer than them. Remember that this is their first introduction to teaching and that your mentorship or lack thereof can make all the difference in how they perceive the profession.
@@daman0015 Well the school pays me to teach the kids. The college does not. I do try but like I said its hard and my first loyalty has to be to my students and my boss.
I have a lot to say, on Education and the system itself, but pedagogy, ideology and politics aside, remember it's (6) hours of your day, but not your day...and the 70 % rule, applies here, 70 % will be manageable in a given day, and 30 % of your audience, well..." the Public " that is " Life", being real here, " interesting", personas in all, interactive, (+/-) Keep positive and focus on the kids, Good luck.
Couldn’t agree more, Chris. Like any salaried job, Teacher is what you make of it. The job is as much work as you make it out to be. I could easily work contract hours (6hr) or work as many hours a day as my body can handle. In the end, teaching is a job. Just a job not your whole life.
You look so familiar… are you on tik tok a lot or something??? Very pretty! That’s why i remember your face
Wow! Sounds like the host teacher has some underlining issues.
Who knows? However, she was a truly AMAZING teacher to her students despite not being a good match for me. Have to give her props there.
My name is Hillary Goun. I'm doing student teaching now. I would love to email or talk with you about my student teaching experience that is trying for me and I am trying so hard to stay positive with all my criticism, yet I wish I had more support with preparing my lessons, delivering this lesson, interactions with the students, and managing the students. My lesson plans are written well, but I am told that delivery of my lesson is less than satisfactory.
Your areas of concerns are all exactly what new teachers go through, don’t stress. Probably hear this all the time… “I wish there was a classroom management course…” High ed is meant for pedagogy (lesson planing, content, laws, meeting student needs). The rest is learned on the job (relationship building, classroom management, and lesson delivery). With experience it’s all because easier.
Can you film yourself teaching? It’s interesting to reflect on
In my state you student teach 8 hours a week for the first semester then full time the second semester. I start this semester and am still waiting for my placement to finalized
The worst feeling! Many of my peers (and I would say me self) received placements late into the start of the semester. Placing student teacher with CTs is hard! Being on the other end as a CT I understand the logistic pitfalls more and the fact that CTs help pretty much out of the goodness of their heart. Compensation for time isn’t really a factor.
@@SocialStudies401 I started last week! Luckily it was my placement schools first week of the spring semester.
@@kirbylee1487 congratulations!! Good luck student teaching 💙
How can a teacher be this pretty?
Are you also a teacher!?
It sounds like you had an egotistical and condescending cooperating teacher. She may have viewed you as a potential competitor, especially if she saw you were good with kids; she wants to stay the star teacher of the school and doesn't want her status to be usurped by others. She may have also been jealous of your youth and beauty.
How are politics played in school? I'm a Trump supporter and we all have our voices but a lot of people are against him. Are things there politically fair?
Hey, great question! Thanks for asking. As a educator (especially a Social Studies teacher) I have the obligation to teach all content in a non-bias manner. My student do not know, and will never know my political affiliation. I also have the obligation to provide a space to discuss and unpack civics, current events, and social issues in the classroom. News websites like “All Sides” allow my student to read legitimate news articles with central/left/right leaning perspectives and come to their own conclusions. Another example is during election seasons, my student use resources like “I Side With” website to find out what candidate alines most closely with their political views while removing party recognition bias. Hope this helps
I was excited to watch this video, until the foul language started. I am looking for great advice for student teaching. One thing that I have learned from many others is to maintain a positive image in all media outlets. I won't be watching any more of your videos and I hope none of your students do either.
No worries! These videos are not intended for the students whom I teach. This video is targeting individuals who are interested in teaching.
Great point about maintaining a positive image on social media. In my advice to student teachers video I mentioned that as well. Great minds think alike 😁
Who cares. Do you live under a rock? You act like you have never heard cursing before. Newsflash: a lot of teachers curse!