Reflection: Taking A Project From My Mentor Classroom

The most challenging aspect to my lesson was that I was taking a project from my mentor teacher and I then had to present it to the class. Which therefore, as one might expect, caused some uncertainty. Some students had various questions over the material and at times it was difficult for me to answer them, as I did not know the exact specifics of the project. In fact, for a few instances, some of the same questions the students were asking were the same questions that I had. I then had to use a judgment call for various questions, which I hope closely align to what my mentor teacher would have done. However, at this point I do not know. This was difficult due to the level of questions that I had over the project and that my mentor teacher was not there.

I believe that I came prepared enough, but overall I feel as if the students did not accomplish as much as they needed to in the class period. However, I honestly do not know how much more I could have prepared, so in that category I believe I excelled in it. However, I believe that I rushed through the goal of the project, which that then led to the students not having as much of an understanding of the project in the first place. I also did not build up the project as much as I would have liked to, but in a sense and to my own defense, what I did during the class day and even the observation was one of the most challenging events that I have ever had to circumnavigate. As everyone could assume, college is a great device to learn content knowledge, but out in the “real-world” it is a different story and the amount of factors that can come into play is astronomical. A teacher could never prepare everything, so he/she must “play it by ear.” However, there is a certain challenge to that tactic, as the various strategies that one can use to counter issues comes with experience and that is something that I honestly do not