Student Teaching Part II

So, in a previous post, I talked about student teaching. Since I found out some great news lately regarding student teaching.

I found out a few days ago that I will be student teaching at Yankton Middle School in the fall. I will be teaching 8th grade history. My cooperating teacher is Mrs. Long, a teacher who has been there quite some time. I will begin student teaching about the same time that classes start here at MMC, and I end on December 5th!

I am very excited but also really nervous for this experience. My practicum that I completed this year has made me more confident, but I am still hesitant to become known as Miss Beacom instead of Lindsay. It is a scary thought for me to already be to this stage of my schooling; I can't believe I'm going to be a senior!

The student teaching experience is a bit different than most think it is. There is a lot of observing, leading into full-time teaching. It is a gradual change, starting with teaching one or two classes, to three or four, to five or six, to a full-day! I will teach full-time for two weeks, and then the student teaching experience tapers off a bit after that. Then in the Spring, I will make up like the last eighteen credits I need to finish and begin to look for a job! (scary thought...haha)