Right now my relationship with my cooperating teacher is great. We have been able to communicate quite a bit about teaching in general, as well as some of the projects that I have been turning in to her. She's a little bit concerned about her job right now, which is so frustrating for her but has opened my eyes to some of the downfalls of the teaching field. She struggled getting that position (at a charter school) and now because a lot of students' parents have taken them out of the school, they are threatening to let go several teachers due to lack of funds. She's one of the newest ones at the school, so she's quite sure that her job isn't hers to keep. So we'll see how that goes. In regards to my projects, she felt the UEN page was really helpful. She commented that in her training as a teacher, they were only introduced to UEN but didn't delve into it the way that my page did for her. She says she intends on using it more now that she knows what kind of a resource it is. She also really appreciated the AIDS webquest that I did - especially since she was struggling figuring out a way to teach it. She wants to make a few adjustments but feels it's going to serve its purpose well, so that's a good feeling. Like before, I feel good about the service learning project. In retrospect, I do wish that I had chosen a teacher that was in my field. While its been informative to learn about how other subjects function, I think it would have benefited me to stick to English, so that I too could have been able to use some of these projects for my own use. But I've learned what I needed to learn and can apply it to my own subject down the road. Overall, its been a great learning experience.
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