One aspect of teaching that seems daunting to me is that of managing a large group of students all at once. What support is offered to future teachers?
In all the methods courses, as you learn about how to teach specific content and practice with various pedagogical strategies, you also learn about classroom management and discipline strategies, including attention to those small details such as how to manage the distribution of a graded test or how to organize students into groups to larger issues such as how to manage lab safety, or what to do if a student becomes angry and loses control. During the year-long internship, you meet weekly in a seminar with a university faculty member to debrief and reflect on all aspects of teaching, and you will have both a mentor teacher with you in the classroom on a daily basis, as well as a university supervisor who will visit you in the classroom to observe your development as a teacher and facilitate your reflections on all aspects of teaching.
