Well, I passed my content exam in both Technology and Business Education. I am now gearing up to teach in a few weeks. It has been a crazy busy summer and I have gotten so much done, but I still feel like I could use another month to prepare.
I completed my certification course through University of Texas, Tyler this summer to teach Principles of Technology. It was tough, mostly because it required the use of a well-outfitted lab to complete required lab set ups. In the end, I travelled to Tyler and used their lab and it was worth it, since they had the exact lab equipment illustrated in the book and everything went very smoothly.
I am preparing to teach Principles of Technology as part of the Science department as well as Digital and Interactive Media and Web Technologies within the Technology department this year. I have settled on a textbook and have a pretty good handle on the PofT course, but am still working on lesson plans for DIM and Web Tech. There is no textbook and that complicates things.
My biggest concern now is pacing. While I know what I want to teach, as a new teacher, I do not know how long it will take me to cover each topic. One day? Three days? How much time do you allot for student work in class? How much time do you figure in for re-teaching or review? I am guessing this is something that will work itself out with experience but I know I will be expected to turn in lesson plans nine weeks in advance.
Ready or not - here it comes!
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