I am sad to say that I have not gotten involved in any extracurricular activities, nor do I really know of any currently to become involved in. I should probably make it more of a priority to learn about different ways to get involved and get to know students outside of school. My cooperating teacher keeps pretty tight hours, we only stay about a 1/2hr after school and only arrive a couple minutes early, so I am not sure if she is involved in any either. If anyone has any suggestions that would be great! I don't have a lot of extra time during the week, but could fit something in from time to time. I am also wondering, after reading Julie's post and comment from Dr. Kaback, is it okay to ask to stay after school without your cooperating teacher? My teacher has to leave at a certain time to pick up her children and I think as I take on more responsibility that I might need to stay later to go over lessons and get things ready. It sometimes takes me a while!
I also just wanted to comment on the fact that I ran into another student teacher today, not from St. Kates, in the copy room and we got to talking. I asked her how she was doing because she seemed a little stressed. She commented on the fact that her math lessons were harder to teach than she expected and that it was difficult to be still learning as a student teacher and not to just be good right away. I had actually been feeling the same way last night and felt sort of discouraged which I am sure is normal at times. It was just nice to know that someone else was feeling the same way! I mentioned this before, but it really is helpful to have people around for support especially as we begin the process of taking on different responsibilities. I think Julie had a great idea starting a happy hour with the other teachers at her school!
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