Clinical Observations #2

At the end of last week, Thursday to be exact, I received my placement from the OFE. I am going to be visiting Mount Pleasant High School. So, as soon as I found out, I emailed the API whom I needed to contact. He replied on Thursday afternoon saying that he would be away from the school on Friday and asked me to wait until Monday for my final placement in the school.

Monday came, and I did not hear anything. Then yesterday, I emailed again to ask if he had finished my placement. About an hour later, I received an email from the OFE stating the teacher's name with whom I will be working. So, I have contacted her.

Her name is Ms. Schmitt. She teaches English III and IV. She has another intern who is there all year on Mondays. However, she has agreed to meet with me on Friday of this week. She has first period planning, so she has agreed to give me a quick tour of the building and then check out my assignments for the semester.

As of right now, I am just hoping to get the Clinical Case Study finished on-time. I do not know if I will have adequate time to complete it since I will only have 8 days of observations before the Case Study is due. (Cabarrus County Schools are closed on Oct. 30, Nov. 2, and Nov. 3.) But...I will do my best to have it completed.

I am looking forward to going to MPHS this semester! I think this is going to be a great learning experience!

Clinical Observations #1

Well...as you all know, we are supposed to be commenting about our observations. We are supposed to talk about what we have seen this week in the classroom.

Unfortunately, I can not do that. I will now know until this Thursday or Friday where my placement is. "Technically", it's all my fault, too. I honestly did not see the Section I (one line) on the Request for Placement form that I faxed to the OFE. This one line asked me to list where I had previously been for clinical observations. So...since I did not see that line, I did not answer that line.

September 25th, I checked my placement and it was the exact same place I had been for both semesters last year. I made a call to tell them I needed a new placement. They said I have to wait until Oct. 8th or 9th.

I really would have thought that the computers in the OFE would have told them that I had already visited this school for two semesters. But, it doesn't. They rely solely on people telling them. :( I'm sure I'm not the first (or last) person to ever do this.

So...for now, I have no observations. I will post with some as soon as I get into the school! I'm excited about getting into the school this semester! :)