If I can actually handle all of it (planning, organizing, etc.)
That my co-operating teacher and I won’t get along.
That it will be nothing like I expect.
That the students will not respect me, and I will not be able to discipline them.
I don’t have any fears – it’s all a process.
I’m not good – I don’t know what I’m doing or not ready; failing or that I won’t complete all requirements or have time to get my work finished.
Going into a new school.
Classroom management; classroom control; discipline.
That I will get nervous and screw up.
The kids.
Not knowing enough; not knowing full content.
Now knowing how to deal with behavior problems.
That I will be so bad as a teacher that I will be asked to leave.
No interaction with other student teachers – no one to talk to about experiences aside from supervisor.
Stress and time.
Location and traveling.
That the kids might not like me, or won’t pay attention to me because I am not their teacher.
Trust between me, cooperating teacher and students.
Being accepted by the students and feeling as if I am not doing enough or using all my capabilities as a teacher.
Cooperating teacher being mean or strict in her ways.
That I will clash with my cooperating teacher. I have heard so many horror stories about student teachers and co-ops not getting along.
Planning.
Having a student lose control and hurt another student.
Messing up in front of everyone.
That my co-operating teacher and I won’t get along.
That it will be nothing like I expect.
That the students will not respect me, and I will not be able to discipline them.
I don’t have any fears – it’s all a process.
I’m not good – I don’t know what I’m doing or not ready; failing or that I won’t complete all requirements or have time to get my work finished.
Going into a new school.
Classroom management; classroom control; discipline.
That I will get nervous and screw up.
The kids.
Not knowing enough; not knowing full content.
Now knowing how to deal with behavior problems.
That I will be so bad as a teacher that I will be asked to leave.
No interaction with other student teachers – no one to talk to about experiences aside from supervisor.
Stress and time.
Location and traveling.
That the kids might not like me, or won’t pay attention to me because I am not their teacher.
Trust between me, cooperating teacher and students.
Being accepted by the students and feeling as if I am not doing enough or using all my capabilities as a teacher.
Cooperating teacher being mean or strict in her ways.
That I will clash with my cooperating teacher. I have heard so many horror stories about student teachers and co-ops not getting along.
Planning.
Having a student lose control and hurt another student.
Messing up in front of everyone.
Thanks
to Student-PSEA members attending a recent S-PSEA convention
for their candid answers to this question
for their candid answers to this question
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