Martin Luther King weekend turned into almost a week for everyone in southeast PA. Two snow days later, I was dying in anticipation to start school! Thursday began with a two hour delay...but at least we had school! While this school week was short, it has been exciting meeting faculty and staff, getting to know the students, and learning sooo much more about the program in general.
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| Left to Right: Mr. Deysher, Ms. Urban (me), and Mrs. Rice |
This week has been observations, and I have taken every opportunity to jump right in where ever I could. My first class that I will be teaching next week is 9th grade Ag Environmental. In these past two days, in both sessions, students have been presenting their FFA Public Speaking CDE speeches. It has been an awesome experience grading the student's speeches and manuscripts along side my cooperating teacher, Mr. Deysher, to get a better idea of how to grade these type of things! I'm really excited to start teaching this class next week as soon as we finish up the speeches (Yes, the snow days messed up the schedule a little bit).
Today, Friday, I got the opportunity to observe Mrs. Rice in the middle school for the first two Intro to Ag classes. While I will not be teaching these classes, it was great getting a chance to see this end of the program. Mrs. Rice was also being observed by the middle school principal, which was a great experience to be a part of today.
While this week was short and sweet, I'm looking forward to a refreshing weekend to soak everything in and to jump back into it Monday!
Awesome Picture! I am sure Monday will be great.
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Foster
Sounds like an interesting first week at Oley Valley. Did you learn anything new from the student speeches? I usually did. Working with these students can be both challenging and rewarding. Hopefully you will get to go to the speaking contest with them. Competition in Berks County can be intense. Have a great nest week.
ReplyDeleteSeeing one of the teachers actually observed should also have been an interesting experience. Did Mrs. Rice know she would be observed?
Ron Frederick
Yes, I did learn some new things from their speeches! It's been really fun listening to them and asking questions. Also, we are spending lots of time reviewing and prepping with students for the competition :)
ReplyDeleteYes, Mrs. Rice was expecting the observation, so it was great that I was invited!