Experience

Thanks Anna!

I went into my classroom for the first time today... met the teacher... the students.... was really excited... then it turned into nervousness. For one, though the majority of the classes were great, at least one period I'm afraid of having discipline problems with. I could see the difference in her demeanor from class to class as well. Is that a learned trait or does it come natural with the teaching position and the different personalities in each class? Also, my cooperating teacher said she's going to stay in the classroom with me the majority of the time and take care of the administrative work and be an 'extra set of eyes'... I know she didn't mean it to make me sound like I'm under a critical eye, but the thought still makes me a bit nervous. The other thing she said was that she'd be there to help me control that one not-so-good class... I kind of need to learn to do that alone, right? On a positive note, she told me I can tweak projects and such to put my own spin on it but I'm still feeling a little bit like I'm under her eye... or something.