TENTH WEEKLY REFLECTION

TENTH WEEKLY REFLECTION ( 21-08-2017 TO 24-08-2017)

Being the last week of the teaching practice, it still was a very hectic days. I had to hand-over the classes, get the signatures in my record sheet, update the material on the student's PC folders etc etc. I feel that this teaching practice ended too soon. I can still recall lecturers telling us about it and my feeling of complete inadequacy as I thought about the problems that I might encounter, the lack of help from the part of the staff (which was definitely not the case :)), challenging students, unequipped extra class etc etc... However, the present feeling now that it is over, is very positive. 

I felt that I have learned a lot:

· about how to present myself during the first encounter with the student

· how to negotiate with teachers and other members of staff (examples: having the technician working on a PC during the lesson, 

· how to react when having unpredicted visitors in class (headmaster and 2 assistant heads) 

· what works best with students (interesting activities, hands on tasks, group work etc)

· Unpredictability of events - having to skip lessons there and then because a talk was rescheduled

All in all, it was a very good start in the world of teaching and I hope that this experience will help me to grow into a professional teacher who is able to bring out the best in each of her students and herself :) 

 A ceremony at each school marked the closure of the intern’s week of teaching practice and they were over the moon as their students presented them with gifts of cards, flowers and candy before they left. Posing for class pictures with their students, interns said they were sad to leave behind their students and how great they had been all week.

All in all the week went very smoothly and all that’s left is  the interns now is to travel to their placements and finally get to see the schools, which they have eagerly been awaiting to intern of teaching practice in for the next semester!