Student Teaching, Part II

Here we go again - student teaching time. I spent last semester in a fourth and fifth grade classroom, but I feel that this is the placement that will count, since I want to teach high school.

It's been a hectic process, though, to get my placement. I was originally assigned to Legacy School on 14th Street. I met with the AP and two teachers who were both excellent. I was excited about working at that school, but felt that I wasn't wanted. It turned out that they only wanted someone with a subbing license because the one teacher was pregnant and they wanted someone to take over for them. Therefore, Jerry got the placement and I was moved to Humanities High School.

Humanities is very interesting - it's undergoing some major transitions, so it's a little unorganized. Basically, the larger school is breaking down into four smaller schools - International School of Business for ESL and ELL, Math and Biomedical Sciences, Media and Writing, and the Arts and Music Academy. I was assigned to an English teacher in the AMA and I love it there. My cooperating teacher, Monica Summers, is in only her second year of teaching, but she seems to have an innate understanding of her students and how to make the classroom work best. I've learned a lot already from her, plus we get a long well, which is nice. We actually talk, which is more than at my placement this fall. Here's to a good semester!