FINAL GROWTH STATEMENT
During the course of my four years at Manhattan College, I have been exposed to a high ended spectrum of education. The school of education has allowed me to grow and change in a positive way so that I can become the educator that I am meant to be. The journey throughout my education at Manhattan College has opened my horizons and allowed me to excel beyond my imagination. Through field observations, extensive research and lesson planning, and most of all through student teaching, I can confidently say that Manhattan College has prepared me for the real world.
When I began my student teaching experience at Public School 86, I was very nervous and timid to get my feet wet. Clearly student teaching is a lot different than strictly observing a classroom for numerous reasons. The expectations of student teaching are a lot greater. You are constantly exposed to the students, lesson planning and teaching are required, and managing a classroom are just a few of the many things a student teacher is expected to take part in. Obviously I was excited, but I was also hesitant because it was difficult and intimidating to play the role of teacher.
I quickly learned however, that the students rely on you for guidance and support, and most of all they look up to you as a role model and adult figure. At first, it was difficult to play that role, but as the semester went on, I transformed into this person that I did not know I could be. I was slowly realizing that not only was I playing the part of an educator, but I was becoming an educator as well. My presence in front of the classroom became a lot stronger, and I began to feel more confident. My cooperating teachers have supported me by providing me with the knowledge and skills to excel in the profession. I gained an understanding of how to successfully manage a classroom, while inspiring my students to learn in and outside of the classroom. I am positive that because of this, I will succeed in implementing this in my own classroom to my own student’s.
With the advice given to me by my cooperating teachers as well as my supervisor, and through my own first hand experiences, I am certainly a different person than when I first began student teaching. I have matured from a young teenager into a responsible and professional adult. I recognize that I have accomplished a lot throughout my four years at Manhattan College, and because I have been exposed to extensive involvement in classroom settings, I am confident that I can succeed in my own classroom and fulfill my duties as a teacher. I am more than excited, even anxious to apply all that I have learned in order to become a successful teacher. It has been a wonderful journey, but only the beginning.
When I began my student teaching experience at Public School 86, I was very nervous and timid to get my feet wet. Clearly student teaching is a lot different than strictly observing a classroom for numerous reasons. The expectations of student teaching are a lot greater. You are constantly exposed to the students, lesson planning and teaching are required, and managing a classroom are just a few of the many things a student teacher is expected to take part in. Obviously I was excited, but I was also hesitant because it was difficult and intimidating to play the role of teacher.
I quickly learned however, that the students rely on you for guidance and support, and most of all they look up to you as a role model and adult figure. At first, it was difficult to play that role, but as the semester went on, I transformed into this person that I did not know I could be. I was slowly realizing that not only was I playing the part of an educator, but I was becoming an educator as well. My presence in front of the classroom became a lot stronger, and I began to feel more confident. My cooperating teachers have supported me by providing me with the knowledge and skills to excel in the profession. I gained an understanding of how to successfully manage a classroom, while inspiring my students to learn in and outside of the classroom. I am positive that because of this, I will succeed in implementing this in my own classroom to my own student’s.
With the advice given to me by my cooperating teachers as well as my supervisor, and through my own first hand experiences, I am certainly a different person than when I first began student teaching. I have matured from a young teenager into a responsible and professional adult. I recognize that I have accomplished a lot throughout my four years at Manhattan College, and because I have been exposed to extensive involvement in classroom settings, I am confident that I can succeed in my own classroom and fulfill my duties as a teacher. I am more than excited, even anxious to apply all that I have learned in order to become a successful teacher. It has been a wonderful journey, but only the beginning.
