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Student teacher has not seen or heard from mentor teacher for several days. Goal for week - find a coordinating teacher and teach / complete letters to students in America Project. Trip summary: had fun, made some positive memories, learned about city, meeting people.
Student teacher has not seen or heard from mentor teacher for several days. Goal for week - find a coordinating teacher and teach / complete letters to students in America Project. Trip summary: had fun, made some positive memories, learned about city, meeting people.
Student teacher has not seen or heard from mentor teacher for several days. Goal for week - find a coordinating teacher and teach / complete letters to students in America Project. Trip summary: had fun, made some positive memories, learned about city, meeting people.
Have not seen or heard from mentor teacher for several days...
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teacher has since agreed to meet with me - she is also very busy, involved in leadership meetings and coordinating programs within the school]. While I have learned great amounts from studies of the school, my schedule has been a challenge with all the program events on school days, and not practicing teaching as many lessons or collaborating on projects as some of the UNC student teachers at different placements. In other words, I wish this could be improved or better organized where there are regular classes I can participate with from 7:304pm. (free/flexible time has however been useful for exploring, reflecting, and observing the school and Hamburg - I used the time efficiently as possible to work on fulfilling multiple projects/objectives) Goal for week find a coordinating teacher and teach/complete Letters to Students in America Project (estimated time needed: 2 class periods on different days for at least 30 minutes, 11-13 grade students may work on and finish letters as homework, how much time/effort is put into project varies by individual) Teacher lounge waiting for placement or finding one on own (Who do you know or want to observe?) Abitur exams in English today International Education Project slides/lesson plan ready to review with mentors and present/implement Revisions to original PowerPoint Germany much more complex (diverse) than stereotypes and places depicted or visited on this trip Cappuccino and brot with kasse, lettuce with Andreas break in caf downstairs Berlin trip summary 13 grade writing English Abitur exams (4 hours) stressful to students? (yes, but in manageable amounts) Topics: Joyce Carroll on officer dealing with a delinquent or Gun control laws (Culture Wars) Last week hard to think about leaving Kiki trip summary to Berlin; had fun, made some positive memories, learned about city, meeting people Gift ideas Bergedorf chocolate (Kaffee Timm (coffee roasting company with candy, etc.) and Budnikowski shops (Marzipan by Niedenegger), bookstores (street art/graffiti) from Hamburg; University of Hamburg student stores (mug) Teacher colleague: German words I speak English um, do you have a pen? (language barrier problems, haha) tourist culture meeting everyday people/interactions vs. media perceptions of what is important to experience in city (what is Berlin culture?) Best summary need to see larger picture multiple view angles and photos (Air drive/sharing photos, reading blogs from various perspectives comparing and filling in gaps from what is remembered or recorded) Writing and revising journal Google Document wish to ask about websites where information and pictures can be transferred and stored. Breakfast and lunch generously prepared by Andrea every school day (cheese/meat sandwich halves) th
Blog reflections and evening EdTPA revisions (teacher
performance assessments have not been a positive or largely constructive experience occurring simultaneously with this program; time consuming processes and stress over [idealized] standards for applications has negatively impacted certain aspects of the extent to which I have been able to engage more fully with student teaching in Hamburg). Believe better alternatives for teacher intern training should be researched, developed and implemented in the U.S. to promote creativity and versatility, perhaps by using examples from international education systems (i.e. Germany, Finland). Explained situation to host family and asked for help lots of support, encouraged talking/sharing with family, offered spaces to work; international phone call home to mom Plans for Wednesday: meetings with mentor teachers, Dr. Bonnet and Anja, and student teacher buddies