Week 1

So I survived Week One of Student Teaching.

There are a lot of peculiar details to my situation which makes me sit uneasy with where I am, up until today, at least. See, one of my Master Teacher's is pregnant and due in early March. I was kind of getting some run around at the district office because apparently student teaching and substituting cannot mix without the prior approval of the Director of HR (also known as another loop hole). My concerns were twofold. See, first, I would be well into student teaching by the time she went on leave. If they did not determine that it was okay for me to take over and decided that I'd have to go somewhere else, I'd be pretty screwed with school. Second: if the opportunity to get paid to student teach part time is available, then why not take that opportunity to NOT live off of student aid.

Friday afternoon I received an email from the tech who processes the substitute applications stating that I was eligible and I did get approved so RELIEF comes to me. Now the remaining details of that scenario I will leave up to God because I should have done that in the beginning.

As for the actual classroom stuff, all went well. I observed in all of the 4 classrooms. My schedule:
1: English 10 Accelerated
4: English 9 Accelerated
5: English 9 Accelerated
6: English 9 Accelerated

So I mostly observed in all the classes. I was introduced to the class for the English 9 students. Most just stared into oblivion.

I'm scared of speaking in front of a classroom. I am uncomfortable doing it even though I have done presentations of so many varieties in school, my old work, etc.

Why am I scared?

I need to not be that. I will not be that.


I took 6th period's work home for grading. I am also making a master spiral for both grade levels because they have a spiral check and I need to know what the heck it's supposed to look like.

And, yeah... it was easy.

The best part about it was that I did not answer one phone call all week!

PRAISE THE LORD!!