Hello everyone,

my name is Cheyanne Fishley, and I am Currently Taking Elementary Education at the University of Regina. I Grew up on a family farm an hour East of Regina near Balcarres. The family has always been a very important part of my life, and I think this has influenced me into becoming a teacher. Another huge part of my life is sports. Hockey has always been a passion of mine and is something very important to my family. When I was fourteen years old I moved away from home to play on a girls AAA team in Melville. Moving away from home was a blessing. It leads me to meet so many great people and build relationships that I still appreciate today. It also taught me a lot about responsibility from a young age and time management. From a young age, I knew I wanted to work with children. I found myself wanting to help and impact children’s lives and this is one reason why I have decided to go into the Education field. I am a very warm and welcoming person, so working with young children feels like the best decision for me. I hope to learn from new experiences and to focus on building relationships while growing into the teacher I want to be.

I am now in my third year at the University of Regina taking my degree in Elementry Education. Throughout my three years taking Education I have met so many amazing people and have grown into the person I have always wanted to be. Looking back on the semester and prior years I can see a change in myself that I am internally thankful for. In my previous “A little about me” paragraph I did not focus on how these parts of my life have made me who I am. This time I want to push myself to dig into who I think I am as a whole, and how It will allow me to be the best teacher I can; while continually growing…

Like I said previously I moved away from home at a young age and this taught me a lot of responsibilities. Looking back on this now I have realized that many children grow up at a young age and do not have the privilege of doing it because of the sport they love. Many children gain responsibilities at a young age for reasons that are sometimes very unfair. I am truly blessed I got to move away at a young age. I got to meet an amazing family and be a good role model for their three children. I have grown into a person that wants to not only make a difference in peoples lives, but also a difference in my own life. I want to continually grow into the person that sees students for more than what they choose to show me, and see potential in all my students. I always think back to how hockey and my family has impacted me throughout my life, but rarely acknowledge how I have affected them. My family has helped make me into the person that I am today. They have allowed me to make my own choices while still pushing me to strive for the best. They have continually supported me; even though I know It was probably not the easiest sometimes. I can not thank them enough and I believe this will play a role in my teaching practices. I will forever be thankful for this part of my life and how much they have taught me. They have truly helped me grow into the women I am today, just as my Education has. Education has allowed me to accept change. It has allowed me to grow in ways I have never thought of. I see how I can make a difference and that pushes me too do more every day. It has given me opportunities that have built me into a caring, driven, and passionate person that is willing to go the extra mile for other people. I want to not only see a change, but be the change, and I do not think I could do that without my family, friends, and Education.

 

Year 1

Goals going into my field experience include:

• Learn how to build strong relationships with students
• Learn how to respect all childrens learning ablities
• Being able to listen to other teachers ideas
• Working with other teachers
• Leave the field experience with a good understanding about teacher relationships

Some areas I grew in include:

• Going into the field I was nervous about the realtionships I would be able to build with the children, but by the end I was able to have a individual realtionship with every child.
• I was never a great public speaker, but I got a lot better at being able to talk infront of a crowd.
• I have always been a good listener and good at comprehending tasks, but after this field I beleive I have inproved to a great extent.
• Knowing which children need extra help in class is something I struggled with, but I now have a better understanding of how to tell when a child needs extra help. I did this by watching the teacher interact with the children.
• I have grown in a way that I can better engage students in their learning. Before this class I could not keep kids intrested very long, but watching the teacher I now have a better understanding and have ideas of how to keep students engaged

Year 3

Goals for my Pre-Internship and fourth year internship

• Build trust in myself as a teacher
• Become confident in my teaching abilites
• Continue to develope my cooperation skills
• Build new realtionships with students and staff members
• Create a warm and welcoming atmosphere for my students
• Making sure all students are inculded and feel appreciated
• Seeing all students potential