 Your journal may include
such things as the following: - Your personal
observations on the classroom and individual students
- Interactions
that you have had with your cooperating teacher and other building staff
- Communication
with parents/guardians of the students with whom you work
- Ancillary
personnel that you have met/observed working in the classroom (i.e. speech pathologist, psychologist, etc.)
- Classroom dilemmas and how problems
were solved
- Personal frustrations
- Overview and reaction to meetings, conferences, in-service programs that you attended
- Modifications you have made for individual students
- Conversations
you have had with your cooperating teacher and ways you have worked together to plan and solve problems
- Personal insights or questions about your observations or activities
- Changes
in your professional philosophy
- Activities you have led or observed
- Your proudest accomplishments
- Major goal(s) for next week
- Areas in which you have grown since starting this assignment
- Areas
needing extra work
- Creative lessons that you planned and presented
- Last minute schedule adjustments that affected your teaching
- Classes
or periods that you found difficult
- Behavior management strategies you’ve
employed
- Description of things you have learned through observation or personal
experience
- Your role as a decision-maker
- Extra curricular activities in which you have participated
- Inclusive
practices in which you have participated
- Connections made between
education theory and practical application
- Field trips and special
activities in which you participated
- Professional articles you have read
to enhance instruction
- Ways you have dealt with the stresses associated
with teaching
To ensure
confidentiality please only use first names or initials in referring to individual students.
Use your journal to keep me informed, to help you
assess your strengths and areas for further work, to identify important trends that you have discovered about your teaching,
and to document classroom activities. After this assignment it will be a memento of your student teaching
experience.
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