Week 3

As I wrap up my third week at Mariner High School, I have found myself continuing to learn new things every day. One noteworthy technique I learned that I could potentially see myself using was the way my cooperating teacher made a seating chart. He had everybody in the class find a partner that they thought would be there opposite. So a boy had to pair up with a girl and a Latino had to pair up with a White person, etc. As people began to find pairs, he had them sit down next to each other. Once everyone had a partner and was seated, he told the kids that this would be their new seating chart. I thought this was really cool. This past week was also picture day, so that was a fun experience. I helped walk kids down to the gym to get their pictures taken and assisted them with directions on what to do when they got there. I was able to get a staff badge which makes me look pretty official now! This week was also the first chance I got to grade some papers. Basically, there wasn’t much to grade, other than make sure the students did the assignment and had a grasp of the topic, but for someone who has never graded papers, this was kind of cool. I then entered the grades into the grade book. Tomorrow, it looks like I’m going to be chaperoning a school dance so that should be interesting. I’ll be sure to blog some updates on that later. Overall, this has been a great experience thus far and I am really loving Mariner. It seems to be a great fit.