My Teaching Experience

     As I look back on the teaching experience that I had with Ms. Sharon McGinley's class last November 28 , it was such a wonderful experienced that I am really convinced that teaching is my passion. There were a lot of preparations that I have done for this class presentation regarding chemotherapy. Revisions upon revisions I have done with my lesson plan and I highly appreciate Dr. Ava Miller for all her help and insights as I journey in this class. How to do a powerpoint presentation was also one of the biggest skills that I developed in this class. It was a challenge that I was able to overcome and it was fun learning how to do it. Looking for an available class was another challenge. I sent e-mails to five professors and three responded for their availability and the other two declined because their class was already finished. I was so fortunate to be accommodated by Ms. McGinley. She was so accommodating and really did her best to assist me in all possible way. I salute her for that. My class was at DistanceEd Room 2.5 and it will be an hour class from 0800 - 0900am. Since my class was scheduled early I decided to look for the room ahead of time. I went to UTB four days prior to my scheduled date. On the day of my presentation, I went early so allow me to have enough time to set my projector and laptop but what was so funny was that when I finally reached the classroom, Ms. McGinley told me that it is still locked and that we need to moved to another room. Unfortunately the projector did not worked in that new room so I need to present my lesson through my laptop alone but I think it did work for my benefit because now the students' attention were focused on me and not on the projector. There was a sit-in student who is not officially a part of the class who wanted to listen to the presentation. He did have alot of questions as we do our discussions and again I took it as a blessing because my students become more attentive and interested thus exchange of ideas flowed in the classroom. The hour passed so fast that we did not even realized that it was almost time. Overall, the presentation went so well that I really did enjoyed my class. Dr. Miller and Ms. McGinley were also very pleased of what conspired. Encouraging positive reinforcements and comments were given by both professors and by the class. As I wrapped-up on my presentation I felt so happy to have this great audience in front of me who have helped me achieved a dream, and that is to be a teacher even only for awhile. And as I leave the campus I am definite to myself that someday I will be back to officially become a part of this great profession.