Brianna was a teacher for Alpine School District during Fall 2024.
Briefly explain what you did and the result of your internship.
I am a second grade teacher. I have been teaching for the whole school year so far and I am in my own classroom with 21 students and I do not have a classroom aid.
What did you learn in your internship that you were not expecting to learn?
Parents are not as scary as I thought. They really are on the same team as me and want the best for their kid.
How have your future plans changed because of what you learned from your internship experience?
I definitely want to continue teaching and I would love to teach second grade.
Please share how your experience led to personal inspiration or insightful revelation.
Becoming a teacher has been the most difficult and exhausting thing I have ever done. I have learned to treat everyone as a child of God, especially my students they give me a really hard time. I've learned that personal revelation can sometimes be about the people around. Not about what they need to do, but what they need from you. I felt inspired about how best to help them or what specifically they needed from me. I've learned that everyone needs love and care, and when they have that they are far more capable of becoming all that they can be.
Would you recommend this internship to other students?
Yes, I would recommend this to other students because I think it's a great way to dive into your teaching career. I also think that being graded on my own teaching versus being graded on how I teach my mentor teacher's routines and procedures is a lot better. I have learned way more than I feel I could have learned during student teaching.
