Field Experience Essay

When I first made the decision to go to college to be a teacher, I did it because I enjoyed kids. Now after being in the education program for two years and having been in multiple classrooms, I have decided that I want to be a teacher not only because I like kids, but because I enjoy being a part of the intellectual and physical development children go through. To me being able to witness and help in the development and growth that children undergo in the classroom is one of the most rewarding feelings I have ever experienced. I have had teaching experience in both small and large group settings and the feeling was the same, when I can help a child succeed in learning, I find myself successful too.
Each field experience I have been involved in has shown me many different aspects of teaching. I feel I have become more aware and more prepared to be a teacher myself. I am confident in writing lesson plans and I understand that lessons might not always go as planned and that improvisation and flexibility are key. From my experience I have learned that lesson plans are very important but they also are just the key ideas and concepts, if the children I am teaching are not following or not
I have had the opportunity to work with a couple students on IEP’s, they left their main classroom for thirty minutes every day to work with the special education teacher and myself to achieve their goals in math, reading, and writing. One of the most important concepts I took from this experience was the communication between the classroom teacher and the special education teacher. It was important for both parties to know what development had been achieved, what still needed work and what the children have been working on in each