More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education.
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The key lesson for me during student teaching is that less is more. You have to teach within time constraints. I always over-planned materials for my lessons and did not leave enough time to recap and reinforce learning. I think I finally realized the importance of engagement. Lessons cannot just be about information. I had to find a way to connect what I was teaching to things they already knew. When we were studying rocks I made a lot of food analogies. Cream-filled cupcakes covered with chocolate look a little bit like the crust, magma, and core of the Earth. Students always wanted to know what was going to be on the test. That can’t be the most important thing about learning.
Teaching is much harder than I thought it would be. It takes commitment. I can’t just skate by. I started out with lessons that were too teacher centered and didn’t make sure to take the students with me. It helps when lessons are multi-dimensional. I also realized that being in the classroom as a teacher is very different from hypothetical discussions in teacher education seminars. I had to shift my mind-set.
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The key lesson for me during student teaching is that less is more. You have to teach within time constraints. I always over-planned materials for my lessons and did not leave enough time to recap and reinforce learning. I think I finally realized the importance of engagement. Lessons cannot just be about information. I had to find a way to connect what I was teaching to things they already knew. When we were studying rocks I made a lot of food analogies. Cream-filled cupcakes covered with chocolate look a little bit like the crust, magma, and core of the Earth. Students always wanted to know what was going to be on the test. That can’t be the most important thing about learning.
Teaching is much harder than I thought it would be. It takes commitment. I can’t just skate by. I started out with lessons that were too teacher centered and didn’t make sure to take the students with me. It helps when lessons are multi-dimensional. I also realized that being in the classroom as a teacher is very different from hypothetical discussions in teacher education seminars. I had to shift my mind-set.
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