Monday:Last week we began watching the Ron Clark Story movie. Today we got to finish this inspirational movie of how Ron Clark became the Teacher of the Year. After finishing the movie, we began to watch interviews and documentaries of Ron Clark's new school in Atlanta, Georgia. He explained how the school would operate and how it would differ from the normal school experience so many kids are use to in that type of area. Our class was very receptive to all that this teacher was doing and how much he lived for bettering the lives of all of his students.Tuesday:Today each teacher cadet was given five sticky notes and five topics: Classroom Management, teaching styles/methods, teacher/student relationships, Classroom Control, and Miscellaneous. We were then given the opportunity to make up questions in regard to each question that we would be able to ask at our teacher/student breakfast. We split up into groups and began choosing and compiling a list of our favorite questions for each topic. These questions were taken and typed up by Mrs. Turner, so we could use them to reference to when talking to the teachers at our breakfast on Wednesday. We came up with some pretty intense questions!
Wednesday:Today we had one of the most amazing breakfasts ever! All the teacher cadets and teachers who had first period planning came together and ate breakfast while learning about each other and their experiences as a teacher. This was very eye opening as a student, and being able to see that even the "good teachers" have problems while teaching. They gave each student great advice and tips to help us be more successful in the Spring when we begin our field experiences or even when we become actual teachers. Everyone seemed to benefit from this event and we thank Mrs. Turner for allowing us to do it and all the teachers who came to speak with us! 
Thursday:Today we had a follow up from our Teacher Cadet Breakfast we had with the teachers on Wednesday. We discussed the responses we got from teachers on each question. We shared interesting stories some of them gave us we thought the other teacher cadets would like to hear. Overall we all seemed to benefit in a great way from the interaction we had with these teachers on a one on one basis.Friday:We read the book "Courage" by Bernard Walker and discussed various people and actions that portray courage. Ultimately, teaching is one of the most courageous professions. We did an activity where we got into a circle and passed the "red ball of courage" (an apple). Each person listed something that takes courage, or someone that displays courage for each letter of the alphabet. This was a meaningful activity. “Teach the children so that it will not be necessary to teach the adults.” ... Abraham Lincoln
Monday: Today we talked about our expirience in the elementary classrooms. It was very interesting to hear about the different things everybody saw especially hearing Jessica tell us about the teacher Elizabeth went to who sung everything. We also briefly learned about the social and moral developments of different age groups. The class ended with Mrs. Turner telling us about her lovely birthday weekend with her husband which was very cute:) 
Tuesday:Today we had an amazing guest speaker named Kelly Nally who was the SC state teacher of the year. She was a very entertaining speaker that spoke with us about the joys and the downs of teaching. She kept everybody alert by starting her speach with an activity of what happened during betweeen the years of 1992 and 1993. She then shared with us many pictures of her as a teacher cadet,students that inspired her and quotes from a book called Courage. Another part of the speach i found entertaining was listening to some of her journal entries from her first years of teaching at Donaldson. 
Wednesday:We started the movie The Ron Clark Story about a man from North Carolina who moved to New York to teach in a low budget school to unpriveleged kids who werent exactly the easiest to get along with, but with his different types of teaching methods he helped the children to cooperate and learn the material they needed to learn to pass required tests. Thursday:We continued The Ron Clark Story, but didnt get to catch the ending due to the class ending and we were left wanting to know what happens next!Friday:We had middle school observations where some students went to Mauldin Middle and other to Hillcrest. It was a very fun and interesting expirience and it was very nice to go back to schools where we once attended and see the classroom from a different point of view. Courage is being a Teacher -Kelley Nally
Monday: Nov 1Monday was the day after Halloween. Many of us were dressed up for country day/redneck day because it was Rival Week. We had a good class discussion on pre-schools and montessori schools. Tuesday: Nov 2
We had no school on Election Day! YAY!Wednesday: Nov 3
It was college day, so we were all sporting our teams' colors. We made our teacher of the month signs and delivered them to the designated teachers. Many of the teacher were very excited to know that they were appreciated. We also began responding to our pen pals with the cute turkey letters.Thursday: Nov 4
Thursday was class color day, so we were all wearing YELLOW. We discussed element children and the hurried child. Alot of us agreed that some kids grow up way too fast.Friday: Nov 5
Mrs. Turner was absent, so we went to observe elementary classrooms. Some students went to Oakview Elementary, whereas some went to Mauldin Elementary or other schools. It was really neat to see many of the teachers who taught us in elementary school. This was another chance for us to decide what age group we might be interested in teaching. However, we were on pep rally schedule, so we had to hurry back to school to check in with attendance."Good teachers teach from the HEART, not from the book." -Author Unknown
