Good Afternoon
I started the MAT in elementary education on August 1st 2026. I am already at d699 and hoping to finish my whole degree including student teaching by August 2027 so I could get a job for the 2027 school year. Is that a possible goal or is it unrealistic. I am in Ny so the school year ends late like end of June.
Has anyone been able to long term sub while student teaching? The district/campus I was placed in for early clinicals is where I also sub at. I’m their go to sub and they have a teacher going on maternity leave in the spring. They have already asked me if I would be willing to take the long term sub position. It would be right before state testing so I would finish getting the kids ready for the test and I am truly humbled my name was at the very top of the list of people to consider to help the kids be successful and ready for their test. Has anyone worked out a situation with WGU to be able to long term sub while student teaching? Like had an instructional coach be the mentor teacher? The district is unfortunately non collaborative.
For Advanced Clinicals, do you need to fill out the hour log per class/period or just daily? For Early Clinicals I did it per class because it was only 15 hours, and some classes were even double periods, so I ended up with less than 15 rows. I feel like meeting the hour requirement and having my teacher sign off is is the crucial part no matter which way I break it down, but I don’t want to log them daily and then have it get sent back.
I take my praxis core combined exam in a couple days and I am so anxious about it because i’m terrible at math. i’ve been studying percentages, fractions, probabilities, and a little bit of geometry and i’ve gotten a lot better but i’m still not perfect in any of those areas and i’m so worried i’ll run out of time on the exam because i have to write everything down in order to comprehend it and solve it.
I also spent all of my time studying for the math section because it’s my weakest subject and now i’m worried i won’t do well on the reading and writing sections. i just feel like a nervous wreck and i know it sounds like i’m just being dramatic and i need to chill out but i’m already not a good test taker and i don’t have much time to pass all my exams before the cut off.
Can anyone that’s taken the exam remember specifically what kinds of questions were asked? if there was a lot of word problems? or what a majority of the questions were over (such as percentages, probability)?
Honestly, hearing people’s thoughts and experiences on the exam will just give me some relief.
I am so anxious about this task. I have to record myself teaching a lesson to thin air. I have been ignoring it for a whole week and I can’t bring myself to do it. I absolutely loathe recording myself and idk how to go about it. 😔
I submitted my tasks for my D842 class, subsequently. Usually, I get my evaluation around 12 hours after I submit my task. This is my 5th class with WGU and they’ve all been this way.
However, these tasks are not getting graded! I know it says, “We have until blah blah blah to grade your submission.” That’s tomorrow for my 1st task! This has just never happened before.
Is this happening to anyone else?
My mentor told me to request a month-long term break since I just applied for advanced clinicals/st today, but I received a response saying I’m unable to take a term break in the middle of my term and that I can only request it after my current term ends in January. Has anyone else had this issue? I’m using military benefits and I feel like it’s pointless to exhaust my benefits while waiting for placement especially since it can take a while. I thought it was common for people to take a term break while waiting for placement and it’s literally on the list of options for “Why I’m requesting a term break” so I’m confused! I have contacted my advisor but I wanted to see if anyone else had the same problem.