Last year, I made my final reflections, grateful to be done with this project and the MOOC course that we were required to do. Then I came back for second year, and I realised how useful this could actually be. All of my projects and plans in one place. All the things I've been reminded of and learned. It's like my own personal time capsule, I can look back and see where I started, and what I've done. It may have seemed a bit of a hassle at the time, but I'm glad I put in the effort now.
I've only been back a month so far, but this second year already feels so different than the first. Being back at the same school means that I already know a lot of the students and several are happy to have me back to practice English with them. The second year also means that I know some of the teachers, and they know me - my background, skills and teaching style - so I could get right into the work. I'm already working on a project with the 4th ESO physics and chemistry students that I am incredibly excited about. The teacher gave me some guidelines, then I came up with the project requirements, ran them past the teacher, and then off we went. I have new ideas that I was too shy to pitch last year for whole school projects as well well, and I'm looking forward to seeing how they go. I have a little more responsibility, but it doesn't seem so daunting. I'm more confident discussing how I can help with the teachers I hadn't met before, letting them know my background at the start rather than waiting for it to come up. I know what I can do, and they know how they want to run their classroom and we find a way to put them together that allows me to know what I'm doing before every class.
I've only been back a month so far, but this second year already feels so different than the first. Being back at the same school means that I already know a lot of the students and several are happy to have me back to practice English with them. The second year also means that I know some of the teachers, and they know me - my background, skills and teaching style - so I could get right into the work. I'm already working on a project with the 4th ESO physics and chemistry students that I am incredibly excited about. The teacher gave me some guidelines, then I came up with the project requirements, ran them past the teacher, and then off we went. I have new ideas that I was too shy to pitch last year for whole school projects as well well, and I'm looking forward to seeing how they go. I have a little more responsibility, but it doesn't seem so daunting. I'm more confident discussing how I can help with the teachers I hadn't met before, letting them know my background at the start rather than waiting for it to come up. I know what I can do, and they know how they want to run their classroom and we find a way to put them together that allows me to know what I'm doing before every class.
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