Week 8 Field Experience Reflection

1. How many hours did you complete?
I completed the required five hours doing various activities for field experience.

2. In a short paragraph or bulleted list, how did you spend your time?
-90 minutes were spent interviewing the SLMS at my school of employment to learn about and browse the new materials and books purchased
-60 minutes were spent planning and designing a KTIP lesson
-60 minutes were spent getting to know my new students and implementing the KTIP lesson plan
-60 minutes were dedicated to the analysis and reflection of my teaching and student performance for the KTIP lesson
-30 minutes were allotted to share feedback with the students and to address any misconceptions

3. How did the experience help you to strengthen at least one Kentucky Teacher Standard? (be sure to name the standard)
The standard I personally felt I grew from would be 5.1 Candidates design the physical environment to optimize students use of traditional print, digital, and online resources in reading and writing instruction. After completing the interview with the SLMS, keeping a blog about my book selections, and utilizing ebooks and audio programs to develop book talks I now feel more comfortable incorporating both print and digital reading resources in my instruction.

4. Talk a little about one thing you learned because of this field experience.
I really appreciated the opportunity collaborating and learning from my school librarian. I feel like I got a sneak preview of the new materials and will be able to provide more differentiated resources to my collaborating teachers to help meet the diverse needs of our students.