Today was my first full day at Seokgye Elementary School. I really did not do much at all but I finally have my schedule figured out. I arrived at 840am and at 9am I had to introduce myself to the entire school over their broadcast. Jeong-a, my supervisor at the school, did not exactly tell me that I would have to speak so I am sure that I looked rather awkward on every TV in the school. Then my day consisted of sitting at my desk from literally 915am until 245pm. The school did not want me observing until we had our meeting at 3pm to figure out exactly what I would be doing until December. I can understand their hesitation, but at the same time I just wanted to get out there and start some observing and teaching! Here is what we figured out at the meeting. Every week I will be teaching 6 classes of English. One class will be on Tuesday and 5 classes will be on Wednesday. All of those classes will be 5th and 6th grade or the highest level of English speakers. I will teach my unit plan during these classes sometime in October. For the next 2 weeks I will only be in the English classrooms. After that I will spend one week in each of the following; music, science, 6th, 5th, 4th, 3rd, and 2nd grades. I will observe a few lessons daily and towards the end of the week (Thurs and Fri) I will be able to teach their class. My lessons can be something they want me to focus on or something that I come up with, either culturally relevant or curriculum relevant. In between all of this, I can observe in other levels of English classrooms as I see necessary. I am very excited about my schedule because I will get to teach a variety of different subjects in English :) Oh and I am joining the badminton club for teachers every Tuesday and Thursday! I need to get involved somehow!! Tomorrow is my first day to start observing and I am very excited. Whenever I see a student in the hallway they always say to me "Hello teacher!" It is adorable!
Besides all of this, I think every one of my colleagues is trying to set me up with a single teacher at the school. Did I sign up for teaching English or dating at Seokgye Elementary!? Hahah :)
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| English Classroom #1 |
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| English Classroom #2 |
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| My brand new laptop at school |
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