Introductory Letter Assignment

          As a student in this course I am a motivated learner that wants to do learn all I can so I can give my future students a better education. As a teacher candidate I am in a class with 54 students. 54 students can at times be hard to connect with each student. So it's a learning process each day about how I can learn more about the students during class. Each day I learn more about who I am as a teacher and what my style of teaching is.

          Currently, I am observing at Mead High School, in a Junior Honor Humanities class. This class has 54 students and has two cooperating teachers. This makes for a very interesting and informational practicum situation. This is my master teacher's first time teaching this class, so it is a very positive environment to do my practicum in.

          As a potential teacher one of strengths is my organization. An unorganized teacher can make the students learning environment stressful and uptight. by being organized the students will have a relaxed space to learn instead of it being. Another one of my strengths as a teacher is my creativity. When I was a student I didn't enjoy when I just sat in class like a drone and listened to the teacher lecture. I always preferred doing an activity that engaged me and made me think. As I teacher I will provide my students with opportunities to be creative and use their creativity to understand the material within the lesson.

          One of my weaknesses as a potential teacher is getting caught up on the minuet details during class time. In certain situations I get caught up in teaching smaller pieces pertaining to the lesson that are not really pertinent to the lesson the students are learning. After time once I have been teaching for a longer period of time I will have a better grasp on when the smaller pieces would be beneficial to the students and when they could wait until another time.

          One of the goals for this class is to create a working three week lesson. I have never done one of these before and thinking about creating longer lessons sort of intimidates me. So getting the practice in making a longer lesson will be a positive project for me to work on doing really well at.