Seating Chart w/ names and explanation

How the class was setup was the same setup it has been since day one. There were four

different tables, the red table, blue table, purple table, and green table; this is how the kids knew

when it was time to line up, or go get water. Mrs. Parker or Mrs. Landford would call up the

tables by colors.

Each table had four or five kids sitting at the table, and there was a mixture of boy and

girls at the table. The purple table had Isabella, Charlie B., James, Lyla, Mason, and Liam. Next

was the red table, the students at this table were Joe, Taves (and Mrs. Marshall, his helper),

Charlie N, and Elise. Then the blue table had Riley, Henry, Dominic, Beckett, and Janie. Lastly

the green table. This table had Willow, Sebastian, Leah, Tamera, and Kathrine. So each table had

a mix of at least one boy to four girls or one girl to four boys.

The reason the tables were set up this way because the first month of school Mrs. Parker

was looking at who vibed with each other and who didn't at the time. This setup took about a

month to figure out who to sit with. But now, all these students can sit with each other with no

problem whatsoever. Well, just overly talking and laughing. You cannot really get mad at them

now, they are with their friends and having fun, some of them know when to be quiet with each

other but some don't. So the ones who know the rules can sit with each other.

In Mrs. Parker’s class there wasn't any actual desk, only tables. She had it this way so the

students can start to learn how to make friends, learn when it’s a good time to talk and when it’s

not, and a bunch of other really good traits they need to learn. Mrs. Parker only has one single

desk and it is only used for when kids have been told multiple times to correct themselves and if

that doesn't happen they have to sit at the single desk and not participate. There are four square

tables, three bean shape tables, and one circle table. That is how the seating chart is set up.

Worst experience
 I think that my worst experience will top any other classes in the future. My worst

experience is that my field time and school year was cut short only after one and a half months.

Covid-19, or coronavirus, popped up at the end of March and decided to cut the school year

short.

In all transparency, teacher cadet this year was placed at an awful time in connection with

the other schools. With each of the schools that my classmates went to and all the different

grades, we would come in the class at an awful time. I had to change my schedule on Fridays so

that I would be able to see my kids in the classroom. I honestly felt cheated out of this class, and

I felt like I was cheating my kid as well. I would come to their classroom while they were

outside, so I hardly ever got to interact with them. I would play with them outside and go to their

special area with them, but I hardly ever got to interact with them while in the classroom. It sort

of sucked honestly, but I made the best out of it that I could.

Then to make it even better this pandemic of 2020 decided to happen. I got ripped away

from my kids. I never was able to do my lesson, I wasn’t able to actually spend my whole day

with them, I wasn't able to actually have a class and do all the other aspects of it. I was scheduled

to have my full day and do my lesson on the Friday the week we got out of school. We left

school the week before I was able to have an actual full day. It broke my heart when everything

actually hit me. Like, “Oh yeah, I don't get to see my babies anymore”, that thought made me

tear up.

I hope this doesn't happen to any teacher cadet classes in the future because it sucks. I

wouldn’t wish this upon anyone. I just hope that I’ll be able to retry teacher cadet next year…

Best Experience
 To change the tone to happy, I’m going to tell you about my best experience as a Teacher

Cadet.

I think that my best experience was becoming buddies with Henry, and when the kids and

I started playing chase Ms. Holli. One day, one of my favorites, Henry, was upset because no one

wanted to play with him. So I sat with him outside on the picnic table for a little and I asked him

“Do you want to play tag?” and that made him smile from ear to ear. He gave me the biggest hug

ever and then took off running. It started off just Henry and I playing, then it ended up almost

every single kid was playing with us. The game ended up playing every single day, rain or shine.

It made me so warm inside, like they really liked me.

Henry was and still is my little buddy. A few days before school got cancelled he wasn't

feeling good and he was scared to ask Mrs. Parker if he could go to the nurse. So he took my

hand and said very quietly, “Ms. Holli, may I go to the nurse?” and I told him that I couldn't

write him a pass. So he asked me to walk up with him and I stood a little bit back and he asked

her and got a pass. It was just a cute little moment that I will always remember.

Henry grew to be my buddy throughout the short time I was there. We would walk down

the hallways together, dance during indoor recess, sit at lunch together, he would draw pictures

for me, and run up and show me things he did during the day, and a bunch of other things. He

told me his favorite day is Friday because I was there for about four hours. When he would see

me each day, he would run up to me and give me a tight, tight hug and then ask me to play. I

never thought that I would be so attached to a little one as much as I am with him.

It makes me so sad that I don't get to see him anymore, it really does. It makes me really

sad that I cannot see any of them anymore.

Interaction with other school personnel

other than Mrs. Parker’s classroom.

The special area teachers always saw me in their classrooms, since that is the time I was

at the elementary school. It made it better though that the majority of the special area teachers are

the same teacher that I had when I was in elementary school. Each of the teachers would allow

me to help out in the classroom and observe. However, the special area class that I had the most

time in was P.E.

Coach Stines, he is the new P.E teacher and his son was in my class. They also live right

down the road from me as well. So I still see Beckett here and there. I had a lot of interaction

with the kids during P.E; I was able to help them learn to catch, kick a ball, and stay moving. It

was really fun watching how Coach Stines was able to take control over the class and have each

kid listen and follow directions. I was Taves, our autistic kid, little helper. I would run with him,

well fast walk, and make sure he didn't just sit down and not do anything. I would just be next to

Taves just to make sure he was doing his exercise, since it is very important he exercises.

I had a pretty good relationship with all the other school personnel.

How field experience changed me…

hardships, and this made me realize that teaching early childhood is something that I really want

to do. I just wish that my time in the classroom wasn't ripped out of my grasp.

When I first typed my essay to apply for teacher cadet I was very scared that I wouldn't

get into the class because I knew it was limited. When I found out on registration day that I got

into the class I started jumping up and down because I was so excited! I knew that this decision

would be a very good idea for me. I knew for a long time that I wanted to be a kindergarten

teacher for a long time, so joining into this class it was a blessing. I’ve wanted to be in this class

for a long time. I knew this would be a good thing for me, it would help me mature even more

and learn new things and have to be in new situations.

Once the winter semester was over and the spring semester started it was all hands on

deck. It was time to get the ball rolling and going into the classroom. I was pretty nervous, not

going to lie, going into the class because I didn't know who my teacher was and neither than did

Mrs. Humowitz. When I walked into the classroom however, I saw it was my old kindergarten

room, and Mrs. Mimns helper was still there, Mrs. Landford and Mrs. Parker is Stephanie

Eggman. I've known her for a long time, so it was very revealing to me that I knew her, and that

it was my old classroom that I had when I was in Kindergarten.

The field experience really did change me. With the pandemic happening this year, I’ve

been helping younger kids up in the Mullins/Marion area. The main school I’ve been helping is a

small private school that is very far behind technological wise. From being in the field, this really

helped me out a lot. In regards to my statement, it helped me with patients, and other techniques

to help the kids learn the material without an actual teacher in front of them. I really hope that I’ll

be able to redo my teacher cadet year, next year as a service learner.