Welcome to PRIDE Academy!
Last week was my first week of full-time student teaching. I am working in a 2nd grade classroom at PRIDE Academy in Santee, California, and it has already been an incredible learning experience for me. After an elaborate summer full of traveling, I am excited and a bit overwhelmed to be back in the classroom. This overwhelming feeling is acting as a motivator for me to make the class a fun, exciting, and safe learning environment for my students, as I am sure they feel equally overwhelmed. As a Masters student, I am fortune enough to create an Action Research project where I am able to connect and engage with my current students. While this may sound intimidating, as any graduate school final project would, I am so excited to learn more about my students and their wants and needs in the classroom. I am enthused to learn what helps my students grow as I discover their strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities in the classroom.