Junior Achievement

I started Junior Achievement on Friday Oct. 17th. I am working with 7th graders at Parkway Middle School in La Mesa. I have to admit that I was really nervous at first, eventually the nerves went away. I was also a bit intimidated, the kids were as big if not bigger than I was. I got there a little early so I could set everything up and introduce myself to the kids. After about 10 min I began the lesson. I went over it at home a couple of times so I could be prepared and look like I knew what I was doing. Being prepared helped me a lot, the lesson flowed really well and I did not get stuck in too many places.

The kids at first were at times hard to keep on track, but once we got into the lesson they paid more attention. I realize how difficult it is now to teach an entire class, and try to manage the entire class at the same time. I was happy to see that a few of the students really took an interest in the lesson. At the end of the lesson, I wrote down a couple of things to work on next time. I want to improve with each lesson I give.

I am working really hard on trying to remember the all the students names. I think knowing their name is really important, not just reading it off of a sign. I also need to work on being able to focus on individual students or groups but still keeping an eye on the rest. Overall, I think I did a pretty goodjob on the first lesson. My goal is to improve with each lesson.