Anxiously awaiting my student teaching placement...
I’m supposed to find out the school, grade level, and teacher who I’ve been placed with for spring student teaching either today or tomorrow. The excitement and nerves are starting to really sink in. I selected 2nd and 4th grade as my two top preferences since those are the grades I haven’t yet had experience with (I worked with 1st graders last semester and 3rd graders this semester). However, now I’m nervous about getting 4th grade because I’m worried they will be too old for my liking.
Tomorrow is my second-to-last day of senior methods! I’ve been so fortunate to have such a helpful, friendly, and supportive mentor teacher as well as such sweet, loving students this semester for senior methods. This is such a bitter-sweet time for me, marking the end of senior methods and the start of student teaching. I can only hope that my placement for student teaching will be just as (if not more) beneficial to the development of my teaching/classroom management skills!