Student Teaching Schedule

     Today was the first day of school for student’s in our school and it was a busy one! During the first 3 periods of the first day of school, our entire school does a “trial run” of a full day’s schedule so I met all 125-ish of my Cooperating Teacher’s students in about an hour! To say it was a bit overwhelming would be an understatement but it definitely was interesting to see how our school began their first day with students.

     I also had my schedule change THREE times today… which makes that a total of FIVE times this week! When I first posted that I was student teaching again I mentioned that my cooperating teacher, taught History and French. Since I don’t speak French, I sat down with the principal and we came up with a schedule that would give me plenty of experience with different grade levels. I now officially have FOUR cooperating teachers and will be covering four different subjects and five different grades.

 

Here are my teachers:
“Ms. R” – She is actually my fiance’s cooperating teacher (he is teaching
                   Phys-ed when I am with her) who has taught for over 20 years
                   in Canada, China and Africa.
                 – I will be with her in Periods 1-2 to teach Grade 11/12 World
                   Issues. We are still determining what units I’ll be teaching when
                   I return. 
“Mr. L” – He has been teaching Industrial Arts for over 20 years and is
                  now teaching an ICT class as well.
                – I will be with him in Period 3 to teacher Grade 9/10 ICT and
                  will be covering Publisher software.
“Mr. O” – My original cooperating teacher who has been teaching for
                  about 18 years.
                – I will be with him in Periods 4-5 to teach Grade 11 Canadian
                  History. When I return in October I should be teaching
                  Canadian Confederation and the Metis Resistance.
“Mrs. P” – In her third year of teaching, I hope that she can provide me
                   with tips on the hiring process since she has just gone through it!
                 – I will be with her in Periods 6-7 to teach Grade 4 Social Studies
                   and will be starting with a unit on Nunavut.

     I am really excited because I have only ever had male teachers for cooperating teachers and, with this new schedule, I am now with two female teachers as well. I am also pleased to have teachers with such different backgrounds. I can’t until October when I come back and will actually be teaching!!