(questions to be written)

Include a glossary.
Qualification in another division.

1. What should you do if your AT is not engaging you or involving you in class?

2. Should you ask your AT to give you feedback regularly?

3. Will I be able to teach effectively when I know I am being scrutinized and critiqued the whole time?

4. How do you use constructivist strategies if the teacher has a math workbook that she wants you to name the children consistently fill out?

5. What is middle school?

6. What is junior high school?

7. What is elementary school?

8. What is the difference between primary and elementary school?

9. How do we deal with a situation in which you feel like you are out-performing you teacher?

10. What if your class is really excited about what you do but not as excited about your teacher’s lesson plan?

11. I’m worried about my communication with students because English is my second language. Also, I’m not familiar with the Canadian teaching system.

12. I’m not sure I know wrong about the curriculum expectations or lesson planning to design a really good lesson plan. What steps should I take to feel better prepared?

13. There hasn’t been a community group/pair share in the classroom. I’m a little nervous at incorporating into my lessons because there are already some behavioral problems.

14. If your AT is short on resources, where can one find resources for lesson planning?

15. How do I approach the teacher about my responsibility or questions relating to my assignments or lessons I will be teaching when she doesn’t seem to have any time?

16. What do I do if she gives an answer to my question but it is still not helpful in any way or clear?

17. I worry that I will be really nervous and tense up in front of the kids.

18. I think it will be hard to come down to the kids level, see things the way they see, in order to teach them effectively.

19. My AT is a screamer. How can I manage the classroom during my lessons without having to use her technique and have the students take me seriously?

20. I am concerned about my ability to effectively teach a lesson while accommodating an ESL student and about four other students who require one-on-one instruction and assistance. I think my greatest concern would be time constraints on teaching curriculum and being able to assist those students so they have the opportunity to grow academically or socially.

21. I’m concerned I don’t be able to deliver the information effectively.

22. I am anxious, nervous and scared.

23. When or what kind of things (e.g. jokes) is OK to let go?

24. I am concerned about not having a good idea before hand of what I am teaching so I have enough time to plan my lessons.

25. I want to know the kinds of support that I will have available to me during practicum.

26. How do you create a test that will effectively test the student’s knowledge without being too easy or too hard?

27. How do you incorporate a kid with a mild case of Autism that’s in the class 100% of the time?

28. What if when I start teaching the lessons, the students don’t see me in the role of a the teacher?

29. How do I transition from someone who has been observing and helping into a teacher?

30. Do I have to worry about assessment?

31. How are we being evaluated on the work we are doing in practicum?

32. What do you do when you don’t agree with the AT’s classroom management techniques?

33. How does a T.C implement a strategy that is different from the A.T’s without appearing to be in disagreement with the A.T’s strategy?

34. What if I get the feeling that my Associate Teacher doesn’t like me?

35. How does one convert curriculum document expectations into a teachable lesson?

36. What is my role as it relates to discipline? Should I always refer to my A.T when a student is being disruptive, or am I free to discipline as I see fit?

37. I am concerned that my teaching style is going to clash with my A.T. Any suggestions on how to calm this fear?

38. If my A.T wants me to teach a subject which I am not comfortable teaching, I refuse, but he/she says I have to EVERY subject, should I stand on my ground or accommodate?

39. If I am absent from my practicum due to illness who do I call and do I have to make up the hours on another day?

40. How strictly are we judged/ graded during our practicum?

41. My A.T wants me to drive her to do her errands during lunch? I feel uncomfortable about it. What can I do?

42. I am worried about doing a lesson plan for up to 5 subjects a night for my practicum. What do I do or how do I handle such a situation?