Senior Project "Practicum"

As a TEFL student I was required to do a senior project where it was two parts. Part I "Today I observe" I decided on this title because I haven't had the chance to teach before and only observe to gain an idea about teaching and to make some reflections on the teacher's work. I learned pretty much and it helped me a lot to do my part II "Tomorrow I Teach" where I was also required to observe in addition to 5 teachings. They were my very first teachings done!

The 5 teachings I had done made me feel how amazing teaching is, which made me feel very excited to start actually teaching and have my own pupils.  

Webinar "Early Childhood Learning Solutions"

The webinar I attended was about Early Childhood Learning Solutions.
The sessions was mainly about how you can transform aggression into conscious discipline. And it is that we are a major mind shift for our kids or students. Conscious discipline is the key word and it is not something you do to your children, it's something you develop within them!
The importance of early childhood education is clear, and educators and researchers are increasingly learning just how vital a positive early learning experience is to the future success of a child in Kindergarten and beyond. This community provides new information, resources, ideas, and a place for discussion to support early childhood educators as they positively stimulate language, cognitive, social, and emotional development of their young students. As a future teacher I learned about resources, tools and curriculum I can use to enhance my classrooms and my work with young children.

Education Day

Every year the school of education holds an "Education Day" in the campus of LIU. Education students prepare their boards and help in organizing for this day. They also get to share their experiences as learners, they share their projects and assignments. In the last education day i shared my practicum portfolio and it made me glad to have people take a look at it and give me their comments and feedback since it is something I am proud of sharing with others. Education Day gives students the chance to share their favorite projects. In addition, there is a committee that evaluates our projects and choose first, second and third winners. Winners are to have free credits depending on the place they get. 

Graduation Day

My graduation day 7/7/2017 was the best day of my life. I felt that I reached the point that I waited for all my life. I can't describe my parents happiness of having their youngest child graduating. It was a special day for me, from getting ready to this day to receiving my Diploma.

 I am lucky for having people like them as teachers 

The person who supported me the most <3 Big Thanks ! 

 Did it!!!! 

 Mom and Dad! Thank you so much for supporting me.. 

My classmated and Dr. Wassim :) 

My Journey Towards Becoming a Teacher!

 Journey, a word that has a wide range of meanings! For me, I would like to
call it "traveling from one place to another." Yes, I traveled from the place
where I was a small bird dreaming to fly but couldn't to a place where I am
ready to spread my wings and fly up high in the sky.
    I have always had this passion for teaching ever since I was a young child
where I used to have imaginary students and explain lessons for them to
reach high school as a literature and humanities student that graduated from
Saadnayel High school. I also graduated from Omar El-Mukhtar Education
Center when I reached grade 9. I had this passion for teaching ever since I
was 7 years old. And it grew with me as I grew up and led me to now become
a TEFL and TD student at LIU, who's graduating in a couple of months.
    I started what I would like to call "my educational journey" of teaching the
moment I entered university and majored in TEFL. I had a completely different
view of teaching and I used to think that teaching is the easiest job a person
could ever do. By then, I didn’t know the real meaning of teaching. A person
can put hypotheses to all things in life, but he can never predict how hard
teaching is. I learned that a teacher must be ready for classroom
management, plans well before going to class, put exams, correct exams, in
addition to dealing with kids who have disorders, problems and are poor
achievers.