Practicum goals, feelings, and expectations

1.  Three goals I have for myself include: 

* become familiar with Goal book. This is a source that Greenville County Schools has recommended for teachers. I have used in somewhat my first year as a resource teacher. It has many useful features; you can create a goal, develop present levels, and discover strategies to implement. I am going to take this as an opportunity to dive into it for better understanding.😉

* learn how to use the break out room feature in a zoom classroom. I have never taught over zoom so this is a new experience. I have used zoom for IEP meeting, as a student, and as a parent in an IEP meeting. This will add to my knowledge of navigating zoom. 

* design strategies that provide opportunities for aha moments that lead students to meet their individual goals 🙌

2. I am nervous about this course because I have never taught online before. I am nervous I will mess up transitioning to the break out room with students. I will need to practice this beforehand. I feel that my experience has a resource teacher will greatly help me to develop assessments and lessons for students. As well as, communicate student's progress to their parents. I look forward to working with the children and excited to meet them. 😃 I do wish that I had more information for some of the students. I am hoping to have a zoom classroom that runs smoothly and efficiently. I am looking forward to working with Sydney as I have never have worked with a co-teacher before. 😊

Comments

  1. loonyhikerJuly 1, 2025 at 1:38 PM

    These were great goals. Thanks for sharing!

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  2. Mrs. JohnsonJuly 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM

    Amy I love that your goals are aimed at helping the students! I agree that Goalbook can be a good resource. Even though we had training with it, there is still so much to explore. I love the usefulness of the breakout feature, and once you understand how to use it, it can be a great tool. Honestly I can understand some of your anxiety, but the kiddos probably will not judge you for it. I hope you end up loving working with a co-teacher! It has been my favorite :) Good luck to you and Sydney!

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  3. Sydney ArkoetteJuly 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM

    Amy, I have absolutely loved working with you as my co-teacher so far and how we collaborate. I also would like to get better with the break out rooms as we learned this past week. It has been lots of fun creating new ideas together for our students.

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  4. Mrs. HathawayJuly 6, 2025 at 7:56 PM

    I enjoyed reading your goals. I hate I didn't think to use goalbook to help with finding goals for our students. That would've been really helpful. I can't wait to read the rest of your post to see how everything is going. I know you and Sydney have this!

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