Project- Week 1 Tommy

For my senior project, I have chosen to shadow/student teach at my local public school- Eastlake Middle School. Throughout the day, I follow around and assist three different teachers that are from each grade (6th-8th). My main teacher, my sponsor, is Mr. Stenger. He is my most memorable teacher and also was my cross-country/track coach. I decided to use this project as a head start towards my choice of a career. Some day, I would like to be a teacher (private or public and age is still undecided). So far, my experience at Eastlake has been beneficial and interesting, solving mysteries that I had about the field of teaching. On the first day, I brainstormed with my sponsor in order to figure out what my daily schedule would look like. Basically, I am with three teachers- Mr. Stenger (English 7th/8th Honors), Mr. Cramer (English 6th), and Mrs. Zampini (Math 7th Honors). I have learned some valuable lessons about teaching by taking notes and also taking part in educating the students. Not only am I able to take note of how the teachers educate, I also sit down and talk with them. We have discussed certain subjects such as: disclipine incorporated with education, putting creativity into the set curriculum, keeping the students engaged in the course, and many other things that are effective. I am currently in 3rd period, my "planning period" in which I have designated to assist Mr. Stenger and also work on my blog. In my next blog, I will go over in more detail the discussions with the teachers. I would like to end this blog with something that was quite surprising and humorous to me- there is much drama and gossip among teachers as if they were still in high school.