Amber Tyson-EDU 451 Weekly Blog

Candidate Name: Amber Tyson Week of Reflection: April 23, 2021      Rate your overall experience of the week: 1-Very difficult | 5 – Great week I would rate my overall experience this week a 2 :(.  This has been an all around very stressful week. Even my co-teacher that has been teaching for 15 years has found this to be an especially challenging week.  There have been a lot of changes within our school recently, mounted with extra meetings, responsibilities, testing pressure, interim reports, putting in grades for students that have been virtual and/or moved to the school to ensure final grades calculate properly, EVAAS verification, no planning time, 5th grade hormones and behavior challenges, and the list continues.  It’s just been an all around tough week for our 5th grade team.  Seven questions to end your week: Observe: What pleasant surprises / accomplishments did I achieve this week? My pleasant surprise/accomplishment this week is that even th...

Candidate Name: Amber Tyson  Week of Reflection: April 16, 2021      Rate your overall experience of the week: 1-Very difficult | 5 – Great week I would rate my overall experience of the week a 3. I am really beginning to feel a lot of the stress and pressure associated with end of year testing, while still trying to prepare my students the best I can, and while keeping my instruction student-centered and fun. I feel like I am being forced to teach “to the test” which I really do not like.  Next week, we have our final check ins, with EOGs scheduled for mid-May, and 2 district benchmarks in between the state tests :(.   Seven questions to end your week: Observe: What pleasant surprises / accomplishments did I achieve this week? An accomplishment this week is that I was able to plan and get a virtual field trip with the NC Aquarium approved for my students after we finish all of our testing. This made me feel good because it will be something fun for t...