Carli Vroman - Teaching

When I began student teaching I was very nervous to get in front of students and teach full periods because I had not done that before. Now I know I know what I am doing and am confident to go in front of my students and other classes to teach whatever lesson I have for the day. I know as a person I have become more confident then I was in August. I have grown so much in these past couple of months and placements and would not recognize the person I am today if I were to go back to the beginning of student teaching. 

Seeing the difference in school cultures between a small middle school to a large high school is such a different experience. The school culture at Mount Vernon was one that was a lot smaller but a very tight knot community. The students all knew one another and there was just a very bug sense of comfort and understanding between these students that thew me off when I first for there. I went to a small school as well and had the same feeling but these students would mess around with one another all the time. The culture of this school with faculty was one I haven't been involved in yet. We had a grade level team which was new to me and the cultures within these level teams was different between grade levels which surprised me. They would do a potluck each quarter for all the staff which I thought was really a fun thing to be involved in. At Linn Mar this community is a 180 with school size and students not all knowing one another but theyare still a very closecommunity it feels lik...