Student Teaching and Job Shadowing Practicum at Sacajawea Middle School.

I did my teacher shadowing at Sacajawea Middle School. Supposedly I was going to work with the ESL teacher, but she already had three volunteers in her classroom. So, she decided that the best place for me to stay in was with the World Languagues Teacher NAMI MEIER. so, I was assigned to her classroom. She speaks Japanese, French, German, Spanish and English. The students whom I was working with were all native English speakers, and as they were studying Spanish the teacher was always motivating them through funny reviews, games and group work, in order to help her students to learn in a better way. She also knows that the students are able to acquire a language faster only if they can understand and practice it. For this reason, she was always motivating the students to participate in the class, she wanted to take advantage of my presence in the classroom, because they had not had the opportunity to work with a native Spanish speaker before; and as soon as they began to lose their shyness, they started to ask me questions in Spanish. They were asking me all the time; how can I say this? What does it means?

One thing that caught my attention in this school was that on november 20-26 it was conducting "Student Led Conferences". I suppose that you are wandering what Student Led Conference is about. The information that I got will help everyone understand why and what students are for. Students are doing Student Led Conference so that they are clear on the learning objectives and how well they are learning them, and what they need to improve on. It also brings parents into students learning process. It is for students to see that they control the learning and it is not just something that is happening to them.
I found that this is a good idea, because it helps students be aware and in control of their learning.

I really enjoyed to be in this school. The students were so kind to me, they made me feel so comfortable. I spent a very good time there. I learnt a lot from the teacher, she was pretty awesome.