First Meeting with my Mentor

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A couple weeks ago i sat down and had my first  meeting with my teacher mentor. I was very excited to be able to hear her thoughts. I instantly sat down and began asking my questions that i had prepared. The answers she gave me was some surprising but yet a few was expected like when she told me sometimes her least favorite things about teaching is  challenging students. it surprised me because she said that is also her favorite part about teaching.
     Although this was my first meeting with my mentor she shared some very useful information to me that regarded my future career in education She talked to me about the difference and similarities  in salary and duties between a paraprofessional and a teacher. which she had done both so she knew from experience. with that conversation i learned that being a lower grade elementary teacher would be better for me.
     My mentor had a teacher goal that seemed very interesting to me, and that was to eventually come up with a new teaching curriculum. That sounds like a very good idea and now is a goal i would like to hopefully achieve in the future to benefit students. This was a very successful first meeting that is already benefiting me and i know there is more for me to learn from here

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  1. Lisa HuffOctober 8, 2019 at 11:46 AM

    Sounds like you had a great first meeting with your mentor. Keep asking questions and learning!

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