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September 24 – Week 2
October 3rd, 2007 by reimer
September 24, 2007
My first school visit was toon Wednesday September 19 along with seven others from my cohort. We arrived at 8:30 and were greeted by the Physical education teacher for orientation. There was a superintendents meeting that day so the principal and vice principles were away. We did a quick tour of the office and met the support staff there and any other teachers moving about the office. is grades 10-12 and has approx, 1800 students along with 100 staff so there was plenty of action. We began on the lower level classrooms and were able to visit virtually all and everyone was very accommodating in having us look in. I did run into , a TOC, who is the wife of my apprentice employer, which I have not seen for 12-15 years. She had great words of support and it was nice to see a familiar face. As we made our way into the shops I was pretty excited to see what was going on but there was no class in the woodshop but we gave ourselves quick tour. In the Auto shop the instructor was , who I had done my first year of training with at and had plenty of questions for him about his experiences since I had last seen him. had tons of good things to say about him and many others I had lost contact with since 2001. It is a very good feeling to me to see people I know that have already gone through this process and had things work out fine. The next class was Mr. drafting /design and they were working on Mastercam CNC, which I am familiar with from my BCIT training. It was neat to see how the kids are so proficient with the technology in such a short time. The Metal shop is taught by a first year teacher at so the stop was quick but it looked like she had everyone engaged and under control. The tour continued through the school with the Math/science, English and social studies wings. This was wonderful experience and I have every confidence I will enjoy my future teaching.
On Friday, September 21 I did my visit to and again had a very positive experience. I met up with drafting and animation, at 8:45 and he took me around to meet some of the other instructors: – Metal Art, – Metal, Auto, – Power Mechanics and- Tech TOC. I know from my BCIT training so again it is nice to see a familiar face in this school. I sat in with in his animation block and was amazed at the work being done by his students. was very supportive and had plenty of good advice for me. Next I sat in on and his grade 10 Power Mechanics class. This was very engaging as I was able circulate and get involved with the class. Third block was with in Art Metal and everyone was in different stages on their ring design and again I was able to get involved with the class.
I was forced to leave after lunch as a good family friend had passed away and we did go back to the for a funeral but I very much am looking forward to my next visits to experience more.
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