What an overwhelming job as teachers, media specialists, support staff and even students have in the educational world today. Throughout my field experience in my undergraduate classes, I learned that most of the time you tend to go where you are comfortable and are most confident in building your lessons. With this class I stepped out of my comfort zone and ventured into the world of middle school! Eerie I know haha! Through meeting with various reading specialist teachers and media specialists I have come to learn that planning for this age group can be quit simple once you are used to it. I met many wonderful teachers and support staff who were a wealth of knowledge and a new asset to my career.
This particular field experience helped me to grow as a teacher/educator by seeing many new ways to incorporate technology into the classroom, ways to manage instruction in this type of setting, but most importantly ways to communicate the results to parents. At this age group, kids are usually hiding their reports, work, praises, etc. from their parents, the teachers and staff that I encountered this past bi-term are amazing and have shown me many ways to hopefully overcome this barrier if I ever am to cross it! :)
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