Eric Kruger - Student teaching Week 9

This is a bit of a bittersweet week as it is my last one at my high school placement. While I am a step closer to the end of student teaching and closer to getting my license, I am leaving a place that I have grown very accustomed to and have grown comfortable at. The teachers that I work next to each day have been more than accommodating and I have gained something from each one that I interacted with over these past nine weeks. I can easily tell that getting into the teaching profession was the correct choice for me as each day that I come to school is not a choir, but something that I enjoy and look forward to each day. I have learned many things from better classroom management to finding ways to incorporate more critical thinking into the physical education classroom (24.C.4a). Moving from high school to grade school is going to be a major shift that I will have to adjust to accordingly. I have become used to working with high school students, so moving to pre-k to 5th grade is going to be more focused on classroom management. One of the things that I want to focus on more once I gain a teaching job is using a week to show the students why it is important tp be physically fit and how it affects your body (23.A.4a). Needless to say, I hope that one day I am able to come back to this school in a working position as I would be thrilled to be part of this community.