Elementary Education Destination

Hello, Everyone. I hope all of you are having a good week. I am so thankful Gardner-Webb's program allows me to build a relationship with my CE and my students before I start student teaching in the classroom. I was able to see the students come into the door of their classroom bright and early Monday morning. They are cute little first graders. Some were shy yet others were excited. If I did not learn anything else this week, it was helping students get the jitters out. One little girl was so upset that she was leaving her Mom. My CE mentioned that she had some stuffed animals who were lonely and needed some love. The little girl selected a Clifford stuffed animal which she held during class all day long. I will definitely use that technique when I get my class. My proud moment for the week was that today I found out what content I will teach for the five lessons which I need to give in October. I was happy to know what pathway I will be heading with those lessons since it is ...

Hello Everyone, I look forward to working with all of you this semester. The start of the school season has been a very busy one. My focus this week is getting introduced into the classroom and beginning to complete as much course work as possible. The main goal is to stay ahead. One thing I am very proud of this week was to attend my first meeting held for all teachers in Rutherford County Schools. The meeting was mostly about the etiquette of a teacher and a new phonics program which is being introduced to the schools. My CT and I will learn together as it is completely new for her as well. On Wednesday, I attended my first faculty meeting at Forrest Hunt Elementary which is where I will be student teaching. I am very grateful to Mrs. Ash, the principle, for allowing me to attend these meetings. The more experience I will get the better I will be prepared for student teaching.  The thing I was satisfied most was about this week was the picture of what I thought science was...