Placements!

Today, a week from our observation period, we finally got our placements - I'm heading to Collingwood Private School in West Vancouver for two weeks! I'm so excited and so relieved that we finally got our placements. My parents and sister live in Vancouver so I'll be at home for two weeks, eating their food, using their electricity and hot water, AND I won't have to pay to do laundry! It's going to be great!

I'm excited to finally get into classrooms to observe and learn from the teachers. Collingwood will provide a completely different atmosphere and outlook due to it's private nature. While the teachers and their strategies should be similar, the children, school community and school culture will differ from that of a public school. I hope that my experience and my observation notes (that will be documented on this blog) will help my colleagues add to their repertoire of school communities and the differences between each and every school, just like their notes will help me. Can't wait!

Until next time,

LC