Very frustrating week at my PDS, I am just having a very difficult time teaching social studies because it has been so long since I had a history/ social studies related class, and our EDUC class was not a help what so ever. Yes it was good for lower elementary students, but I have a middle school (5-9) social studies certification and I feel like I am totally no prepared and have never even been given a course to help me out at all. Because of this I am constantly looking for information online watching videos and just have 10 times more work added to the large work load with full time teaching that we already have.
I started a unit on the Civil War this past week and it was a disaster. I prepped for it did a lot for research and I still feel like it crashed and burned. I really don't know what more I could have done to make it any better. It is also very difficult because students just typically don't like history. I love it and try and be as passionate as possible but I just have students roll their eyes at me and it makes me feel like why and I even trying. My mentor teacher has been great and I have asked to go back to the I watch him teach one block then I go and teach the next. Its frustrating to have to be doing that so late in the game but I feel horrible to try and do a OK job teaching it to my students because I am totally lost. I also think that because of the 5 week SPED placement I felt totally rushed and like I had to start teaching only after watch for a few days. I know a program can't be perfect but I mean I'm trying to be as diverse as possible in my certification and I feel like it is just hurting me instead of helping.
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