Weekly Reflection

This week my main area of strength had to be my organizational skills and my ability to work as a team. We are going on a week long field trip and the preparation for it has been quite extensive. On Friday the students had to put together their Woldumar journals and it was quite a bit of work. I could have seen it turning into a disaster but between me another intern and my CT it went along quite smoothly. We were able to improve upon our system each class, so by the third we were pros at it. I really think I am starting to correct myself when I see trouble spots and do it more effectively the next class period.

Next week I hope to improve upon my leadership skills in the wilderness. Since we are going on a field trip with 80 students and I will have some lessons to teach and some groups to watch throughout the days, I am hoping that I can step up to the plate and do what needs to be done. My main concern is that I feel I am strong in the classroom but this is completely different. We are going to be outside and completely out of my element. I hope that I can suck up some of my fears (bees, snakes) and be a good leader. I hope to reach my goal by going into this experience open minded and ready for whatever gets thrown my way.

Something that would help me is some Woldumar experience. I did not get a chance to go out and check out the place beforehand, so if you are going on this trip in the upcoming weeks I highly recommend that. I also think that some more knowledge of the areas we are studying would really help me out so I am going to be researching some of that tonight.