A Peek into the Life of a Student Teacher

  15th August 2022 We were instructed to arrive at school by 7.30 AM to dress up the students for various events before the flag hoisting at 8.30 AM. There were students dressed up representing different states for the program 'Unity in Diversity' and students dressed as freedom fighters for the program 'With the Leaders'. Most of them showed up late at 8 AM and all of us our efforts with the timely help from the parents made it possible to start the rally on time. After the rally, students assembled at the auditorium for the scheduled program. Dr Saju of the Chemistry department of Mar Ivanios College was the chief guest. All the planned programs went well, even though it was planned at the last moment. 16th August 2022 It has been a while since we have come to school on a Tuesday. HM has allowed us a few more days to complete our pending work. This news came as a relief as I had a few more problems to finish at 9C. Also, we have our conscientization program pending to...

 8th August 2022 We are back at St Goretti's after a short weekend. Today, Joju sir visited us for class observation and gave us instructions on how to control mass answering in class. Also, we are supposed to complete all our portions by this week, so that teachers can conduct revisions for the students for the Onam exam. As usual, I had classes at 8D and 9C 10th August 2022 Tuesday was a holiday due to Muharram. Today I taught multiplication of surds using the constructivist model. I was worried about its execution but the class went quite smoothly. At 8D, I'm almost done with the portions and I'll be conducting the achievement test on Friday. 11th August 2022 Today, we were given the responsibility of conducting the Independence Day programs at the school on the 15th of August. The teachers at the school gave some ideas on what the programs could be and suggested names of the students who would be apt for each program. We had planned 7 programs in total and 14 of us were...

1st August 2022  We are back to St. Gorett's for week 4 of INTENSE TEACHING PRACTICE. Today Benedict sir and Joju visited us. Joju sir observed some of our classes while benedict sir checked our records and gave us necessary corrections. Those who were free guided Joju sir to the classes that were to be observed. Later, Joju sir shared some of the common mistakes we tend to make while teaching.     4th August 2022  We had an unexpected holiday for 2 days due to heavy rains. These holidays will further delay the portion completion. We were asked to complete all our Lesson Plans by 15th August, which seems to be farfetched with these unanticipated breaks. Today Deepthi ma'am had come for observation. As usual, I had classes at 9C and 8D. 5th August 2022 We made plans to conduct extra classes for students of 8B,8C,8D,9B,9C and 9D on Saturday to complete the portions. Also, I utilized my free period to observe Sr Jeena's class at 8D. I've previously observed Sr Jeena's...

25th July 2022 Third week at St Goretti's has began officially. Today few of the teachers were on leave due to COVID, so many of us got extra periods at our respective classes. I had classes at 8D and 9C. 26th July 2022 Today we had a visitor at St Goretti's HSS, it was none other than our very own Joju sir. Sir, was invited to give a class for the boys of class 9. The class was really good and the techniques sir used to calm them down was really noteworthy. 27th July 2022 Today I had classes at XA, 8D, XC and 9C. There was a program by Deepika publications to promote leadership qualities among students. It was an interactive session and there were various programs put up by the students representatives of the DCL. 29th July 2022 Today was Bethany feast day. We, the teacher trainees from MTTC sang a song for the sisters and gifted them with red 🌹s. The songs were taught by Sr Jeena and Georgia. Everyone loved the roses and the songs.  After school I had...

 18th July The midterm exams began today. Two exams were conducted per week. Also, today the last two periods were used for decorating classrooms for 'Literary week'. The language teachers amongst us were the judges for the event.  19th July  Today also there were two exams. One in the mornong and the other in the afternoon. The time in between was used to celebrate the last day of the 'Literary Week'. Students from various classes had put up dance, mime and varioys other programs. 20th July Today was a busy day, I had classes and invigilation duties. Many among us had invigilation duties. The difficult part of the invigilation duty is writing the question paper on the blackboard. Fortunately  for hindo exam the question wss projected on the screen. 21st July Today was the last day of midterm exams. The exams were conducted in the morning and afternoon. I had invigilation duties at X-C and IX -C. I had the last period at 8D. Although none of them wanted to study, I r...

13th July 2022 The first day was nerve-wracking. It might be the fact that all of us haven't taught a large group of students. During the first internship, most of us had only 8-10 students in a class due to COVID and the idea of teaching a room filled with 50 students seemed to be a challenge. But after meeting the students, eveything seemed to go smooth and it calmed the nerves. The duties were assigned to us by our leader Sreevineetha. I had evening duty, along with Jis and Georgia. We had to make sure that every student gets picked up from school. 14th July 2022 Everyday the teachers have a prayer at the HM's office at 9.10 am. I had lunch duty along with Rubeena, Deepa and Jis.  Today I had to go for substitution at 9A, 10 A, 10 C and 9C. 9A which is an all- boys class with 56 students was difficult to manage. They settled down after I managed to divide them into groups and give them equation related activity. Rubeena and I had gone for substitution at 10 A (all-boys) and ...

 This week we welcomed the newly selected college union. The inauguration was on 22nd March 2022. The special guests for the day were Abhilash Mohana of Mathrubhumi News and Aswath Lal, the actor who brought the character Antony Thadikaran to life in the movie Hridayam. The morning sessions included the official revealing of the union logo and name and the evening session was filled with cultural programs. Both the second-year and first-year students had programs and each one was better than the other. In the end, there was a semi-dance-off between the two batches.  Rest of the week we were busy with project topic finalization and camp report submissions.