Thinking back on the Practicum Plan we used this semester to organize our assignments and learning goals, I don't believe it had a huge effect on my performance as a participant this semester. It was very rare that I actually even looked at my plan; I usually look to my checklist. I do suggest that Benedum continue to use the plan for the participants next year, mostly for organizational purposes. I would also suggest that the learning goal aspect of the plan be changed, because I feel it wasn't really a useful place to put learning goals or dates to complete them.
The most successful aspect of the Practicum Plan was allowing us to put a "target date" for completion. I believe this leads to my conclusion that the Practicum Plan was best for organizing our time at the beginning of the semester and making the number of assignments seem more do-able, rather than making our teaching better in any way or assisting the work done later in the semester. I feel that my work load this semester seemed less overwhelming and I think I was more organized with completing my assignments on time. However, I feel that it's possible this change could be do to my smaller class load or the move from TCMS to UHS.
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Sara,
ReplyDeleteI definitely agree wholeheartedly with everything you have said here regarding the practicum plan. It was a nice organization tool, especially because we laid out our assignments from ALL classes in one place. This led me to create a binder with all my syllabi,worksheets, assignments, handouts, etc for every class. All our classes are so connected at this point in our academic career that I found laying them out in that manner to be very helpful. I admit that I barely looked at my practicum plan too. I did like setting the projected completion dates at first, but then it stressed me out a bit if I wouldn't be exactly on schedule.