和女士在一起的一天. 戈尔茨坦，我的学生兼教师的另一个自我

As a senior, fall semester can be an exciting time — new classes, special senior events and the excitement of my last year at Skidmore.

为高级 教育专业， this excitement is amplified because we get to escape from college reality and go back to a simpler life in elementary and middle school for a semester.

Student teaching is a required part of my major. )我还在攻读第二专业 在健康和人体生理科学方面.学生教学也是一个顶点 everything that we education studies majors work toward and aspire to be.  

From the early mornings, to prepping periods, parent phone calls and faculty meetings, we are fully engrained in the daily life of a teacher — all day, five days a week. By the end of our placements, we are leading the classroom by ourselves.

We spend seven weeks in one placement and then switch to a new grade and school. I just finished teaching in a third-grade Integrated Co-Teaching (ICT) classroom at Ballard Elementary School in South Glens Falls and will be switching to sixth grade 很快就会去斯凯勒维尔中学.

It has taken a lot of learning and support from amazing Skidmore professors to get 我来这里. Perhaps the biggest adjustment of all has been the nonstop nature of it.

It's equal parts exhilarating and exhausting, and I have loved every minute.

Here is a look at what one day in the life of a third-grade student teacher is all 火博体育.

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7:08 a.m.

BUZZZZ!

My alarm buzzes off to the sounds of Jason Derulo singing “Want to Want.”

7:10 a.m. 

警钟

My friend Emily, who is also student teaching, texts me to make sure I’m up and ready 教.

7:40 a.m.

该走了!

I leave my apartment, yell hi to Emily across the parking and put on some popping 开车时的音乐.

8 a.m.

卡纸

I arrive ready for the day at Ballard Elementary School with my L.L.豆手提袋， 午餐盒，博士. 苏斯马克杯和我的教学证件.

Once in my classroom, I work with my two cooperating teachers to prep and discuss 我们今天的计划. Oh, and the copy machine always seems to jam right before the 学生来了.

9 a.m.

教学时间

My third graders arrive bubbling with energy and bursting to tell me stories from 前一天晚上. Every morning, a student and I chat 火博体育 the different flavors 奶酪的味道. 我们试着给他们全部打分.

9:20 a.m. – 10 a.m.

单词的时间

We go over the morning work and practice fun ways to learn spelling and phonics patterns. This usually involves a lot of clapping and jumping as they spell out words.

10 a.m.

点心时间

It is finally snack time (all of us need more snacks in our lives), which also means it is time to read aloud a class favorite, “The Wild Robot.“我的学生提醒我 用机器人的声音朗读.

10:20 a.m.

数学的时间

After a guided dance workout to get our energy out, we sit down focused and ready 学习数学. So far, we have studied arrays, multiplication, division and time.

11:10 a.m.

特色菜，准备和午餐

The students head off to their special area classes and then lunch. 这是“自由”的时间 for me, which actually means attending a meeting, talking to my cooperating teachers 火博体育 a lesson and trying to fix a paper jam in the copier …

2:40 p.m.

几乎有

休息时间到了! This is one of the best parts of my day because I get to talk and bond with my students while playing games with them.

3 p.m.

收拾混乱

我的学生们准备回家了. Making sure everyone has their backpack, lunch box, water bottle and homework and knows which bus they are on is always an adventure!

3:15 p.m.

清洁和高洁时间

The students are gone, but that doesn’t mean the teachers are. 我做的第一件事 is take a container of Clorox wipes and wipe down every surface in the classroom. Then I spend some time prepping for the next day.

4:30 p.m.

回到大学生活

After driving back to Skidmore, I change back into college clothes and take a break from elementary school to head to a Skidmore Hillel board meeting.

5:30 p.m.

学生教学研讨会

After a full day of teaching and meetings, the senior education majors meet once a 每周上三小时的研讨班. We share stories from our placements and learn 火博体育 different teaching techniques and strategies.

9:30 p.m.

收拾东西，收工吧

I’m finally back in my apartment, and it’s time to make my lunch, pack my bag, pick out an outfit for tomorrow and finish any last-minute grading or reading I have.

11 p.m.

该睡觉了

Although it might seem early for some college kids, it's time to sleep so I am rested 准备好明天再来一遍!
 

Yes, it’s been a long day, but student teaching has been one of the most rewarding 我所经历过的最好的经历. This is real-life practice for my real-life future. 和 多亏了火博体育，这真是无价之宝.