Finally we come to the culmination of this course, the actual fieldwork in teaching. When we first found out that we were going to teach CAMP students, we were ecstatic. We did not really want to exert the extra effort and deal with clients from outside of CAMP. However as the joy was evident in the faces of our classmates who taught outside of CAMP, we saw that we were not the most fortunate ones.
We prepared and revised and prepared and revised so much for this day and still, we opted to have only one of us actually teach. It matters not that we were putting our grades in the hands of one person or foregoing the chance to actually teach a room full of students. In the end, we chose this to maximize the learning of the students. It's really about their learning after all.
There really is not much I can say about the actual experience of teaching for I was not the one speaking in front. I can say that I would never have done a better job than what our groupmate did and I am glad that he was the one who got to experience the actual teaching. He was eloquent, engaging and interesting and I know that most of the students at least picked up something.
It was somehow weird to be on the other side, ensuring that your students learn and not being the one who learns but I could say it was enlightening. I know I will be able to use some of what I've learned in the future and I can only hope that others will truly learn from me.
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