The End Is Near

 With week 12 of my student teaching internship coming to a close, I can literally see my last day at student teaching at Wilmington on this months calendar. I began to reflect on the past 12 weeks, how I am going to maximize the last three weeks and how I am going to plan for the future from here. 

Looking back on the first 12 weeks of student teaching, I see a huge growth in the bond between my students and myself. Realizing that soon I will be leaving, I have already had students say that they were going to cry on my last day. I am not sure that I believed I would have such a strong bond with these students, but I am glad that I do. It makes me even more excited for the opportunity to have a classroom of my own with students that I will be able to work with for a longer period of time. 

With that in mind, how am I using my time that I am not teaching to prepare for my future? I think the job search for me is going very well right now and I am excited to talk with and learn more about potential programs for me to go and work with. I think the future is something that I am really focusing on right now, but how do I make sure that I am not taking away any time or effort from my current students?

I am excited for these last three weeks because I am no longer on a full load of classes, I think that give me time for lesson planning and time to do career search without taking away anything from the students that I am still teaching. I am ready for a fun last three weeks with a lot of FFA activities planned. Honestly, I am just going to live in the moment and appreciate this time for what it is worth. 

My highlight of this week was facilitating team building activities with my leadership class!

Students were tasked to create a boat that could hold the most quarters!

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  1. Daniel FosterApril 3, 2022 at 6:53 PM

    Keep thinking about how we can coach them to make connections from activity to life :)

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