I know this is weird especially since I am nearly 15 years into my career but… My first cooperating teacher told me I didn’t have what it takes to be a teacher and kicked me out over winter break during my student teaching. My second cooperating t...
I know this is weird especially since I am nearly 15 years into my career but… My first cooperating teacher told me I didn’t have what it takes to be a teacher and kicked me out over winter break during my student teaching. My second cooperating teacher was highly complementary of me. He even ran into my former cooperating teacher in a conference and told her how much I was thriving and she seemed almost upset according to him. Nearly 15 years later, having been department chair and unofficial teacher leader at my precious school before it closed, I still second guess myself because of her telling me I didn’t have what it takes. What if I really am bad and it’s just hard to fire me ? What if I’ve went under the radar for 15 years in title 1 schools where admin is too busy to notice I suck? I still don’t have the best classroom management. My lessons are still not always engaging. I know it’s stupid. It just sucks. Edit: I guess a good takeaway is be careful how you treat your student teachers. submitted by /u/BurritosAndPerogis [link] [comments]