introduction+and+other+assignments

Please introduce yourself here by writing 1-2 paragraphs that describes your personality, aspirations and hobbies. in addition, you can talk about your expectations and worries about the internship year. also, you may talk about your professional identity (why did you choose to become a teacher, teaching philosophy, what are you planning to add to the teaching profession and any relevant ideas and thoughts you want to share). Please, feel free to add a picture if you want so that we can make the connection between the picture and the person. Hey guys, My name is Jacquelyn Hammer, I am interning this year at Henry Ford II High School for 9th grade World History. I have truly been looking forward to this year for quite some time and I am so excited that it is finally here and in motion. I am the first teacher of my immediate family and I knew I would be one from the beginning of the "what do I want to be when I grow up" time. My mentor teacher has been teaching for about 25 years now and is extremely intelligent regarding all matters world history. My goal this year is to be as much of a sponge to his knowledge as I possibly can. Also to take note of great habits he inhibits in the classroom, as well as those I would like to change in my own. I can't wait to work with you all and hopefully we all have a smooth and meaningful internship year!! Hi everyone!

I am Andrea Petitta and I am teaching AP Government and AP Psychology at Eisenhower. I am really excited to get the opportunity to teach two different subjects with two different teachers because hopefully I will get an experience that is twice as educational for me. I am already noticing their different teaching styles. One of my mentor teachers is very calm and laid back. He does not mark students when they are late and lets them socialize a little bit. He only lectures for a little while and then lets his students work on their own. My other mentor teacher is very intense. She is very strict with her students and keeps her classroom in good order. Both are good styles, so I will have to see which one works better for me. I do like structure a lot so it will probably be the second mentor teacher's style. I have had a good first week so far. I was really busy with different jobs that ranged from checking homework to making seating charts and putting things in alphabetical order.

I have always wanted to be a teacher. Even when I was a little kid I would arrange stuffed animals and dolls into rows and pretend to be their teacher. I really like to help other people, and I believe that teaching is the best way to help because teachers reach so many different students every year. When students grow up to be successful, I would like to believe that I could be one reason for their success. I think my strengths as a teacher are my ability to organize and my passion for social studies. My weakness that I need to get over is my small speaking voice. I look forward to working with all of you for the rest of the year!

-Andrea

Hey Everyone,

I am Christina Larsen and I am teaching 10th grade US History at Henry Ford II. I had a wonderful first day which I am hoping sets the tone for the rest of the year. I have wanted to teach since about seventh grade when my social studies teacher absolutely changed my perspective on school and history itself. He created such an awesome classroom atmosphere, challenged us with engaging activities, and really made junior high a memorable experience still to this day. We kept in contact all through junior high, high school and college, and still do to this day. I highly value him as a mentor and educator.

My mentor teacher at Henry Ford is wonderful and really tries to include me in her classes and planning, which is good to already feel involved. Everyone has been so welcoming and friendly so far and I am excited to get to know the students and the rest of the staff. My expectations for this year are to learn as much as I possibly can from my mentor and students and to be able to try new strategies we were otherwise unable to do in our short time with placements before. My worry for this year is being too hard on myself, whether it be in plans that didn’t quite go accordingly or sometimes not at all like I would have wanted, because I am certainly my toughest critic when it comes to everything.

I am very excited for this year and am happy to have support of other interns like you all when things get tough!

-Christina

Hi everyone,

I'm Melissa Koroleff and I am teaching 10th grade English at Eisenhower and eventually Spanish 2 and 3 as well. I am very anxious to finally start the internship! I think I am most excited to learn from my mentor teacher who I can already tell is a wonderful teacher and is so dedicated to her students. We already have a good relationship so I am really excited to see how everything progresses and I know I will learn a great deal from her and her philosophies as well. Of course, I'm not forgetting the students! I am really curious to get to know all of my students and incorporate their interests, hobbies, and strengths into our daily activities in the classroom. I am sure that they are going to teach me much more about myself that I realize.

I've known since I was in 4th grade that I wanted to be a teacher and now it is finally happening! I hope to gain more confidence this year and use all of my experiences (good and not so good) to help create more dimensions to my personal and professional identity. I was lucky to have had several very memorable teachers in my past schooling, so I hope to not lose sight of the qualities and accomplishments they possessed which made us as students respect and admire them. I am looking forward to working with all of you and learning valuable lessons along the way. Good luck to everyone on their first few days and see you soon! :)

-Melissa

Hey folks,

I'm Joel Brockberg and I am teaching 11th grade British Literature at Henry Ford II. I had an awesome first day and am excited for the challenges that are headed my way. I come from a long line of teachers and have watched my parents and grandparents shape the lives of young students. I am excited to be following in their footsteps. I really don't have any expectations for this year, and by that I mean I feel that I should be ready for anything. Really, I just want to immerse myself in the school and the class and find out what kind of teacher I am, a process that I has been way too long coming.

I already know several of you, but I am excited to work with you all this year as we navigate through these strange waters together.

Joel