The child welfare concerns policy, as addressed in the Putnam County Board of Education handbook, are that teachers should file a report as soon as they suspect concerns. The report should then be filed to DCS. The report should include: 1. name, address, and age of the child 2. The name and address of the… Read more

To be honest, I had never really thoroughly thought about how I was going to keep students motivated until I completed my field experience this past winter. The teacher I shadowed described to me the weight of this topic and how it can be difficult with the age range and the subject of the students.… Read more

Thematic Lessons in high school, are not as easy to execute and prepare as they are in elementary. Here, I have listed three possible themed lessons for high school agricscience. 1. Std 20: Describe the structures and function of different seed components and summarize their roles in plant reproduction and propagation. For this lesson, I… Read more

1. https://fourthgradelemonade.blogspot.com/?m=1 Fourth Grade Lemonade shares several lesson ideas and how they fit into her learning standards. Also, I loved how detailed she was when she posted about the Cinderella book lesson. She described each story and how it related to her lesson and how it all tied together. This is a great blog for… Read more

If you want to see the change, then be the change.

Overall, I think my lesson presentation went well. I believe I could’ve been more confident and could have increased group involvement more. I think I was strong with keeping students engaged and getting students involved in the lesson. In the future, I hope to be able to keep students engaged like I did in this… Read more

The Tennessee Educator Acceleration Model (TEAM) is a rubric that was mandated to score teachers on how effectively they teach. There are multiple rubrics (ones for administrators, councilors, and teachers) that different positions are assessed. Teachers are assessed on three main topics, the planning of the lesson, the instruction of the lesson, and the classroom… Read more

This week at practicum, I took attendance by walking around and looking at students’ names that are labelled on their desk, because I still don’t know all of them. In the fourth grade class, the one I took role in, I am only in there for around 20 minutes per day (2 days/ week) and… Read more

I got the opportunity to do field experience at Monterey High School on December 11th and 12th. The teacher I observed and assisted was Mr. Vester. The classes that I got to be a part of were Ag Engineering, Ag Mechanics, Small Animal Science, and Agriscience. Although, we got out early on the 11th for… Read more

In honor of Thanksgiving, here are some things I am thankful for in my life and in education: I am thankful for lesson plans, to be able to create your own way to teach the standards that are required I am thankful for future teacher friends, who continue to inspire me and motivate me. I… Read more

The first article, states that when parents are involved, students’ have a greater chance of success. It also says, that communication between parents and teachers has to be a two way street to succeed. The second article also states that communication between teachers and parents has to be a two way exchange to be successful… Read more

I only got one day of practicum this week due to being sick. When I returned on Wednesday, three kids from my fourth grade class transferred schools. It is very difficult for me to process how quick the turnaround is for students, especially at Jere Whitson. On Wednesday, I got to continue working with a… Read more

To be quite honest I can picture the flow chart we created in Tap 1/2, but I do not remember very much of it. I know there are formative and summative assessments, but I am not 100% sure the branches of each. I could use more work on assessments because I don’t recall them very… Read more

This week at Jere Whitson I got to take attendance for the first time! I wasn’t very confident going into the week, but it got better. I changed the grade that I wanted to teach, so I was unsure of how I was going to do, now that my plans have changed. In the special… Read more

So far in TAP 3, I feel like we have grown with each other and expanded our communication skills. I feel like we had a pretty good first nine weeks and I am looking forward to the second nine weeks. I enjoyed the brochure, but feel like we could’ve utilized the information better. I enjoy… Read more

This week in fourth grade, I pulled students back to the small table and assessed their knowledge of how to draw angles using a protractor. This assessment was very short, used to make sure they had the information necessary. On Monday’s I go to the SPED classroom and see how Mrs. Tower makes accommodations for… Read more

Owl Pellets: An Agriculture Education podcast focusing on diverse topics each episode. The podcast is led by Misty Lambert and Aaron McKim. The episode I listened to, episode 6, focused on defining what the Ag teacher’s role is in the classroom. They said that is is about connecting science and society to relate to Agriculture.… Read more