I also started landscaping for the season this week, which means that I go from school to work that could be anywhere from Millville, Bloomsburg, Danville, Buckhorn, or wherever else the work is available. Although I love the work, and NEED the money, it still makes for long, tiring days.
As far as what I benefitted most from, it would probably be improving on time management skills. I've taken on my third prep this week, which is requiring me to balance even more workload as I attempt to do more with each hour of my day; balancing work, sleep, school, and still meeting the needs of my co-op and students, along with the Clinical Studies assignments that keep us all busy. Tweaking my time management skills has definitely been a beneficial part of this whole experience, but especially this week.
If I could do one thing differently this week, it would probably something simple like re-wording a few questions on Wednesday's assessment I gave to my Personal Finance classes. Overall the students did well and I felt that they knew the material very well, but I always try not to confuse my students when providing them with assessments, and there were a couple questions that seemed to be worded in a way that confused them which caused a few of them to select a wrong answer that they otherwise may have gotten right. As they say, "hind sight is always 20/20."
A good week all together though. Can't wait for April 29th! It's rapidly approaching :).
My roomate last year did landscaping while student teaching, he enjoyed working outside as well however it kept him very busy as I am sure it will you too. I am glad to hear that your week went well. The student teaching experience has also helped me with time management. I can remember thinking I was busy last semester with classes, work and cross country but this semester I think we all have learned what the word busy really means. Keep up the good work, see you Monday!
ReplyDeleteHaving a job while student teaching can be a tough task, trying to keep up with so many different things and having a job is a grueling task. I agree that learning time management is a big deal and can sometimes be difficult. Just keep up the hard work and everything will pay off in the end. Good luck this week.
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ReplyDeleteTime management takes on a whole new look when there are a million and one things to do, but only twenty-four hours to do it.
ReplyDeleteIf you ask most teachers about their first year in teaching, the words "time management" will probably come up in the conversation.
We get better at time management with each year in the profession. Realize that we all learn through experience and find our own way to polish this skill!