Effective early childhood educators reflect on their instruction to grow in their professional practice. Student response, behavior, and data can all give the teacher valuable input on how a lesson went and what may need to be adjusted. Asking more experienced teachers to observe and provide feedback on lessons taught is another beneficial way to ensure you are making growth and improving your teaching.
Allocate at least 5 hours in the field to support this field experience.
Collaborate with your mentor teacher to review an upcoming ELA lesson that will be taught to the class or a small group of students and arrange a time for you to implement it. Teach the lesson to the class or small group. Following the lesson implementation, discuss how the lesson went and seek feedback from your mentor teacher.
Use the remaining field experience hours to assist the teacher in providing instruction and support to the class.
Following the lesson implementation and discussion with your mentor teacher, write a 250-500 word reflection that includes the following:
- A summary of the lesson you implemented including any developmentally appropriate resources/materials that were used.
- Describe how students responded to the lesson.
- Discuss the feedback you received from your mentor on what went well in the implementation and any areas for improvement.
- Discuss what you believe went well and what you would change for next time.
- Explain how you could integrate other content areas if you were to teach this lesson again.
APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.
