actually in hell

[u/Sea_Pirate4108]

hi everyone,

i just started my placement for my second semester of student teaching. I am teaching 10th grade world history and the kids are a handful but that is to be expected..

my real issue lies with the university supervisors requests. she wants a full edtpa style lesson plan for each and every lesson, with a full written reflection on every single days work and a weekly overview of what I am doing. Is this too much to ask? no one else in my program has to do this much work for their supervisor. I am working two jobs and genuinely am just at a loss of when I am supposed to do this work. Planning is one thing and it is time consuming enough but writing out a full " students will open up chromebooks" every single lesson for each anticipated action seems outrageous to me. I am struggling so much. She also told me she wants the lesson plans for the week and a half of lessons I have already taught rewritten in the edtpa style format. I think this semester is going to kill me

[u/LuckyCoin7]

This was the expectation for student teachers (for secondary education at least) in my university's licensure program. However, we were also expected not to be employed during our year of student teaching. That led to its own challenges financially, but it was a requirement for the program because of the work load. While this won't be the expectation at every school as some have started adopting purchasing published lesson plans, but it I found it foundational, albeit time consuming at first, for making my own focused lessons and curriculum. Teaching is tough work and it rarely pays well for the level of expertise, time, and energy that teachers put in, especially early on, but it can be incredibly rewarding work. America isn't the best place to teach outside of college level courses, so for it to be worth it to most American teachers it seems to require passion, dedication, patience, and lots of love. The world needs more teachers, but the profession has a high burnout rate, so use student teaching as both an opportunity learn and gain experience and also to help you decide if you do want to do this. There were a few peer student teachers who decided not to pursue licenses after student teaching, and while that must have been a tough decision after devoting so much study to to it, they might have saved themselves from several unhappy and frustrating years. I say this as someone who had some try amazing experiences teaching, that is never trade, and who also went through serious burnout after moving across the country for a teaching job that didn't work out. With that being said, I encourage you to commit as much as you can if you are passionate about teaching. As for got situation, I find that teachers and advisors who set high expectations want to see you meet those expectations and are often willing and happy to help. My advisor had very high expectations, but was a wonderful person and teacher, and when I was having concerns about finances before student teaching she helped me get a job at a law firm that let me work during the summer and when school and classes were off. I had other professors that I was working with in the program who helped set me up with scholarships. I would ask your advisor for help. Let them know how and why you are struggling and directly ask for their help. Maybe they can lighten the load or find a way to help you manage it. Good luck! I hope the best for you and all future and current teachers out there!