student teachers – Teaching The Outsiders (and more)

student teachers, Teacher Evaluation, Teaching

Near As I Can Figure, TFA Sucks

mrC

Today, some geniuses in one class were doing the old “what if I” game with me, trying to dream up scenarios where they might be able to circumvent the rules/regulations in my class. “What if I had my friend… What if my mom…” and etc. God forbid they were surprised to find that I not […]

student teachers, Tips, Video

Off Topic Questions Part I

mrC

Way back in the day, I did my last round of student teaching at one of the two high schools in our district. This was when I still thought I wanted to teach high school (silly me), and my cooperating teacher (actually they were called master teachers back then) and I didn’t really see eye […]

student teachers, Teaching

Surprise! (Not a Rerun!)

mrC

Before I started student teaching, I thought I wanted to be a high school English teacher. I thought anything younger than ninth grade was of a species that I didn’t want to deal with. I wanted to read stories in class like “The Nose” by Nikolai Gogol, and talk of doppelgangers and satire and samovars. Dead […]

student teachers, Teaching

“That’s student teacher, not guest teacher.”

mrC

“They asked me to take a student teacher, and for once, I want to know what you think.” “What’s that mean?” “The student teacher part, or the part about asking your opinion?” “What?” “Never mind. For a while she would watch how we do things, and then I would watch her as she took over, […]