In one month school will begin…And this teacher will be ready. I have finally hit the magically number of 3. I survived the first year – just keeping my head above water. In my second year I settled in and made improvements to what I implemented in my first year.[Read more]
It felt as though the College of Education forgot me when placing student teachers for the fall, but there was no need to worry because I finally received my placement! I’m ecstatic to announce that I’ll be student teaching at Kearney High School! The first half of the semester I[Read more]
Sorry to disappoint, but this week has kind of been hairy. Not literally of course, but there have been some late nights. I guess this is an update about my field experience more than anything, so here it goes! I finally got to meet my cooperating teacher, Mrs. Slaughter, at[Read more]
Today is the best kind of day – a SNOW DAY! What makes this snow day even more exciting is that it wasn’t expected! Surprise! Snow days were always a students dream come true, but now that I’m a teacher and on the other side of going to school everyday[Read more]
After spending the last 3.5 years studying my subject areas of English and Spanish, I’m finally ready to step into a classroom to work with a cooperating teacher for 80+ hours of field experience before student teaching in the fall. This will be the first opportunity I have had to[Read more]
Just as the summer seems to finally be under way, my summer is only just beginning! This week is only the second week I have been out of summer class, and I have finally developed a daily rhythm. Wake-up, eat breakfast, exercise, shower, get ready for work, tidy the apartment,[Read more]
Boy, have I been busy this last part of the semester! From final papers, projects, meetings and more, I have not had time to blog. Now that summer has begun, it should be much easier to stay on top of this blog and continue to share projects. Sadly, I cannot[Read more]
This pretty much sums up how I feel about today – It’s bittersweet, really! x0x0 alexandrea nicole Alexandrea NicoleAlex is a member of the GE Creative Team and is the eldest daughter within the trio. Her formal training is in education where she teaches Family & Consumer Science classes. The[Read more]