Positive Atitude!

This is my first post! I am excited to share my teaching experiences and ideas with you. Currently I am student teaching in a Kindergarten classroom at Colham Ferry Elementary. This school is a rural public school in Oconee County. My experience as a student teacher has been filled with amazing and hard working experiences!

My favorite part about student teaching has been meeting and working with a team of early childhood professionals to learn and better become aware of how to teach and guide Kindergarteners. I have come to not only admire my fellow team members but also to consider as role models and life long friends.

Other areas that I have focused on during my student teaching include:
-Teaching and guiding 18 Kindergarten students in an inclusive/collaborative setting
-Planning and conducting lessons and activities with an emphasis on differentiated instruction
-Collaborating with Kindergarten team members to plan lessons, modify classroom setup, provide appropriate behavior management, and gain experience in communicating with families
-Embedding Individualized Education Plan (IEP) goals and objectives into daily lessons using Activity Based Intervention (ABI) Plans
-Utilizing Functional Behavior Analysis (FBA) to identify challenging behaviors in order to modify and implement interventions using Positive Behavior Support (PBS) Plans
Assessing student knowledge and comprehension using standards based education in correspondence with the Georgia Kindergarten Inventory of Developing Skills (GKDIS)
-Collecting and graphing data on students entering the Response to Intervention (RTI) tiers