There was a substitute teacher yesterday, and I took the reign on the lesson and teaching it on my own. It was different because I usually watch my cooperating teacher teach the Math classes before me and take notes on how he teaches. Things that went well were student participation and engagement. Things that I would change would be a closure activity or something to keep all students at a table helping others. Overall yesterday and today was better than it has been. I have been reading a book that my cooperating teacher lent me to read on Classroom Management when it was a Snow Day last Thursday. [://www.consciousteaching.com/book-conscious-classroom-management/] Being a teacher is a lot of hard work, and it takes heart too.
On another note, I PASSED my ESOL tests!!! I took it last month, and I received my results yesterday! This is the last test I have for the Endorsements that I was working on. Now I am debating to take the Language Arts NES Exam to be endorsed in Language Arts. Also, I am thinking about getting the Reading Endorsement! That is the great thing about being an educator... it means being a life long learner. :) Also, I applied to my first teaching job last week. The partner university of Willamette, Tokyo International University, is hiring 10 Willamette MAT teachers to teach English in Japan. I applied, and I won't know if I get an interview until the first week of April. It's time to apply to jobs, and get this career started.
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