Thoughts+for+our+Field+Instructors

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The things that my field instructor does that are most helpful to me are . ..
Pep Talks & personalized POSITIVE comments!!! She gives specific feedback along with practical ideas that I can implement. She helps me reflect on why I did certain activities or said specific things in class. She emails and/or calls to check in and see how things are going at the end of the week. She phrases things that I need to work on in a nice way She gives concrete, practical ideas and pushes my thinking about teaching.

What I really need from my field instructor . ..
Focus on specifics of what I need to do Discussions OUTSIDE off the classroom occasionally...just between us without my mentor.

I wish my field instructor understood . ..
That I do not have ultimate control, that some things they ask me to do are not feasible when considering what is important to my mentor, and what I have to do to meet specific objectives That because my mentor and I plan together, she may get defensive when you make critiques about our lesson plans. (But I like the constructive comments) That sometimes my mentor gets overprotective of me and just because i don't say anything doesn't mean i agree with her. I just don't want to disagree and start an argument.