ater of Lethbridge x Professional Semester III Final Report Faculty of Education Field Experiences Fall Semester, 2015 Professional Semester II is a five-course equivalent integrated semester including half-time teaching and professional study in curriculum design, leadership, advanced methods, nd reflective practice. Intem Teachers are assigned full ime to schools forthe semester during which they assume responsibility for approximately one-half of the teaching day. PS III professional study is designed to complement and enhance the internship. The professional study components may occur on or off-campus and are ‘coordinated by the Faculty Mentors in collaboration with Intern Teachers and school personnel Place a checkmark (\) in front of the course in which you are registered Education 4571- Elementary Education Education 4572- Secondary Internship Education 4573- Special Focus Internship Education 4574~ Fine Arts Internship - Art or Drama Education 4575- Fine Arts Internship - Music Intern Teacher Mr, Tanner Bexson. Grade Level(s) 9.11. 12.9 & 20) School Lethbridge Collegiate Institute Administrator ‘Mr. Wayne Pallet ‘Teacher Mentor __Mrs, Jessica St. Goddard __ Faculty Mentor Mr. Terry Kerkhof Intern Teacher’s Descriptive Report: Teaching how to think instead of what to think. The first line of my portfolio and my teaching philosophy, I find it only fitting that it also be the first line of my final report since it was exactly what I found happened to me over my 4 months at Lethbridge Collegiate Institute. Not only did I learn how to think about education, I leamed how to convey that lesson to my students as well. During my PSII internship at LCI, I was given a Science 9 and a Chemistry 20 class, as well as my own classroom in which to teach these two subjects. For 4 months that classroom became a second home where I developed lifelong learner and teacher skills that I will take with ‘me throughout not only my career, but also my life. was challenged every day to make science education interesting at the grade 9 level. To always think on my feet and fo prepare lessons that truly engaged the students and opened their minds to a worldly and hands-on way of seeing science.