Week: 1

First week is down and over. It was a great first week, it was all observations but it was getting know the children. On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays we see 3 kids. The children are so precious. I love just being there, it is so hard to sit back and observe I want to be there interacting with the children. One of our children, I was told that they take a long time to warm up. So, as we entered the classroom I was prepared for many behaviors and not wanting to work cause another person was in the room. To my surprise the child did just the opposite, the child asked who I was and wanted me to play with them. I was so excited it was then when I heard so many of my friends and family saying, "See, you know what you are doing. Those kids love you." It made me feel so happy, I felt like I could do this! There was another kids that I expected the same thing. My model teacher said that both her and the interpreter has been struggling just to get the behavior under control that there hasn't been a lot of teaching happening. So, I walked in expecting to feel overwhelmed by all the behaviors that I had to deal with once I started teaching. IT WAS THE OPPOSITE, the child sat down and pay attention to my teacher and was doing what they need to do. I was shocked, the teacher was shocked (the interrupter was there). My teacher left that session saying, "That child has never been that good before." I was so happy to hear that.

On Tuesday and Thursday, we see 5 more kids all from different cities and different schools. Those days are my longest because we start at 7:30am and then we drive to our 1st school which is an hour away, stay there for an hour , get back in the car drive another 45 minutes stay at that school through lunch, back in the car to return to back to our 1st school and stay there for another hour then drive back to the base. I don't get home until 4:00 but I am enjoying those kids too. They are a little bit more changeling in what they are targeting and in what they are able to do. So that's gonna take a little bit more focus and motivation but that all comes from practice right?!

It was a great week. I am starting my second week here, I am still observing but comes the third week I'll be teaching... Wish me luck!