Blog Post #6During the first placement at the middle school I learned very quickly how to adapt to teaching at a fast paced environment. But at the elementary school for the first week and a half of being at the school with K-5 it was even more fast paced! It required fast, quick thinking on what was going to be done for the next class after your one class already was in the room. One thing that really helped in both placements was to prepare the grades projects in the morning, or during planning periods allows for a quicker change from period to period.
As of right now during the first month of April, all schools have been doing online learning due to the COVID pandemic. This has been a great learning experience and has really put this question of, “have you made or adjusted to adapt in the second placement” really important. Since going to teaching online, I've had to rearrange what lessons I am going to teach to students, and how to teach different grade levels using technology. For example the older students in 4th and 5th grade can follow along with a powerpoint, that has visuals and step by step writing instructions with little voice narration, yet with the younger grades from Kindergarten to 3rd grade you need to always have reading instructions and narration for the students to follow along with and know what to do at home. And professionally having to adjust to doing all my learning, teaching, and art practices all at home. This has created some challenges regarding teaching with students being at home, we don't get those social interactions with our students, answering questions can become difficult as not all the students can spell, write sentences or even use the computer independently. As well, we don't know what materials our students all have and a range of art materials at each house. So for me as a teacher I need to be able to adapt for each lesson plan being able to be made with paper, pencil and maybe some type of coloring material. Professionally, as a teacher it has been hard to move from being at the school teaching and being around other staff members to being at home. Thankfully, I have been participating in meetings with my cooperating teachers, or in zoom meetings with the whole staff at the school! I've created this art piece to show the change from being in the classroom to solely for the rest of the 2020 school year being all online art classes. I made a small carving print that shows a computer in the foreground and in the background The Studio School where I am currently a student teaching at. This is a way to symbolize the physical and academic transition from being at the school to our new school online.
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