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Microteaching Reflection

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Practicum 1A Highlights

It's nice to have Practicum 1 at my old Secondary School, the buildings are feeling familiar already and I have been warmly welcomed by a few wonderful Kaiako from when I was at Secondary School over 20 years ago. One of them sent me phots of us when we were at School together, another gave me a kind side hug as we chatted on the way to class and another remembered a situation where I showed qualities to be a teacher even when I was a teenager.

Wednesday 1 May 2024:

Sat next to Te Reo Kaiako of the School and had a brief conversation about the importance of learning Te Reo Māori in Secondary Schools. I used a few key phrases in te reo we had learnt at Massey University.

I put into practice Aromatawai, Principle 7, capturing ākonga potential and talent by showing a couple of talented Māori ākonga how to create outlines out of typography, what a vector image is, and did a bit of brainstorming as part of the brief they were given. They were grateful and really respectful. I'm looking forward to the work they will produce.

A group of ākonga that are normally disruptive were receptive to what I was saying and it was nice to have a little connection with them early on in the Practicum. I am looking forward to getting to know them more over the next several weeks. It is difficult though because there are a lot of ākonga to get to know and assist. It felt really good when a couple of students saw me outside of the classroom and said hello. I was pleased that I remembered their names.

Thursday 2 May 2024:

Year 11 Art, it was nice to start getting involved in helping ākonga with their art projects by being more hands on. A couple were struggling a bit and needed some help and I was able to assist in developing their paper mache creatures.

Form Time, it was great to get to know some of the achievements of the ākonga in the class. One student who enjoys practical subjects more shared how she was in the A team for Netball, then she showed me her art work, which is coming along nicely. Another student in the class also made it into the A team for Netball.

Friday 3 May 2024:

This morning at the staff briefing the Principal said how it is important it is to not only know what we are teaching but why we are teaching it. This is something Massey University have taught us too.

This afternoon in the meeting with our STC, he said emphasised how important classroom management is. You can have a great lesson plan but without classroom management and positive student relationships it’s not really any good.

Saturday 4 May 2024:

I went to a Saturday morning netball game for an hour today to watch the School's A Team play their first game of the season. It was special for a couple of ākonga at the School who are in the same Form Class I've been placed in to see I was there to support them.

Tuesday 7 May 2024:

After the Year 11 Art class yesterday I was a bit discouraged because I felt like I hadn't given all the ākonga in the class enough attention because I was focusing on 5-6 ākonga that are usually a little disruptive in the class, who I was really enjoying getting to know. But today, Tuesday 7 May, I made a conscious effort to have a chat with every student in the class to get an update of where they are at. I was still able to spend a bit of quality time with the few ākonga I have been enjoying getting to know more. After the lesson, the Kaiako commented on how it was nice to have another person helping out in the class because when we build relationships with ākonga they tend to be more engaged. This was a great class.

Friday 10 May 2024:

End of Week 2. I woke up this morning with fresh optimism that I can have a future in teaching. After conquering my nerves and teaching one lesson to three classes yesterday I am feeling much better about the possibility of a teaching career if things continue to go well.

I am enjoying being on Practicum 1 with Alex and Ned who are also enjoying teaching their first classes. Below is a photo of us Friday morning after teaching our first lessons yesterday, Thursday 9 May 2024.

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Saturday 11 May 2024:

I enjoyed a second week watching a Saturday morning Netball game. Ākonga are so talented. It was great to watch them in their element. This week I watched the A Grade Netball Team again, the same team as last week, and also this week I watched the B Grade Netball Team. It was nice to see ākonga there with her whānau supporting her and cheering her on.

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Monday 20 May 2024:

It was exciting to get back to School after a whole week away sick in Week 3. One of my AT's said the students missed me and I missed them too. I had my Online Assessment right at the start of the week and it was helpful and motivating to get some feedback.

Thursday 23 May 2024:

I had a positive conversation with a few ākonga in a Year 11 Art class. Together we created an attendance goal to encourage them to lift their school attendance by the end of Term 2.

Friday 24 May 2024:

My Primary AT asked me a couple of days ago to teach a lesson on Alebrije, pattern making with paint in the student's workbooks. It involved 5-10 minutes of instructional teaching at the start of the class. I was happy that I said what I needed to say but what I need to work on is slowing down a bit and making sure the ākonga are listening and engaging with what I am saying and how I can do that better moving forward. The class did work well though and engaged with the opening karakia at the start of the lesson.

I have taken 4 lesson's this week, a mix of Year 12 Design classes and Year 11 Art classes. I have been Team Teaching in another Year 11 Art class too. I am learning more when to push a little and when to back off. Also gaining a better sense of who I have in front of me when teaching the class. It's been a good week and I feel like I have learnt a lot from my three AT's and from the ākonga.

Monday 27 May 2024:

My Primary AT taught a lesson about the structure for NCEA for the year. This was really helpful. He directed the students about where they were meant to be and where they need to be. The AT taught about what the definitions of the standards are, for example, 'conventions means the way that designers do things' and explained the boards need to be 'systematic, which means a group of work that goes together'.

The first internal assessment is worth 4 credits and is about using conventions. The second internal assessment is worth 4 credits and is about developing ideas. The external assessment at the end of the year for level 2 is worth 12 credits and is about creating 2 boards and level 3 is worth 14 credits and is about creating 3 boards. Year 12 students must pass their external boards to progress to Year 13 Design and Year 13 students must pass their external boards to get University Entrance.

For Year 12 Design, if a student completes their work, they have a good chance of getting an achieved. It's when students fail to finish their boards they are in danger of not passing. In Year 13, they need to produce boards of a higher standard than they would need to in Year 12 to get an achieved. in Year 12 what would be a merit in Year 13 might be an achieved, in Year 12 what would be an excellence in Year 13 might be a merit, so the standard lifts from Year 12 to Year 13. A board that is of a merit standard might have complex twists and turns but may lack developing ideas. A board that is of an excellent standard would use sophisticated ideas and have sound developed and resolved ideas.