Thank You Albany Primary School

I have completed my second practicum and I am almost half finished with the program. I have learned a lot so far and the experience is inevitably making me a better teacher, whether that will later be in New Zealand or another country we will have to wait to see. But I am using my strengths to help better educate students and present the material with clarity and interest. I can tell that the students are generally engaged with my lessons and are interested in learning from me.

I am continuing to work on my teaching tone to save my voice and force the students to actively listen to my instructions. I am also working smarter in lesson planning to better utilize my time and energy in teaching. I really like the integration of subjects to foster deeper learning and more independent learning from the students.

I witnessed first hand the usage of routines for management and learning. If the students have a clear understanding of what to do next then there is a greater chance that they will work on task and misbehaviour will be minimized. My associate teacher believed that all children are capable and that the teachers job is to find what they are good at and make them better. I think this is a great philosophy and by doing that you set positive ideas in the students and give them self motivation.

My associate was a great mentor and I hope to one day follow in her footsteps to motivate and inspire the children of today and tomorrow.