Intern Posting 5

Although I have been in school for five weeks now, this was the first week that I truly realized I was teaching school but still going to school myself. I had two seminars this week, one for the exit portfolio and one for action research. At the exit portfolio seminar, we talked about the video tape assignment that will be included in our exit portfolio. At first I was not aware of the importance of the assignment but after hearing the information regarding the assignment, I am excited to get started!

On Monday of this week, I recorded myself during the 40 minute morning meeting. I wanted to record this part of my day because there are several activities that go on during this time. For example, in this short 40 minute period the students and I say the flag pledge aloud, call the weather hotline and talk about the weather and time for the day, we sing and dance to activity songs, review calendar information, and count how many days we have been in school together. I am happy with what we are able to accomplish during this time, but reviewing the video allowed me to look at the morning meeting with a different perspective and I was able to find some things that I would like to tweak.

For the video tape assignment, we are encouraged to record ourselves teaching at least once a week. That way, at the end of the semester we will have several hours of teaching time recorded that we can cut and edit to fit into our exit portfolios. With several recordings I will be able to present myself as the teacher I wish to be, and am. I will visually be able to portray my teaching styles, my beliefs, and my interactions with my students. I will most certainly record myself as much as possible and am excited that I am on my way!