Entry 3: Interview with an English Second Language Teacher
For my interview, I chose to interview a teacher that is on my Student Teaching campus. While I have not had a chance to work closely with Mrs. Vazquez before conducting this interview, Mrs. Vazquez also allowed me to observe her classroom. It was an interesting experience because I could see that her classroom was similar to my own, as it had group settings for the students to increase their collaboration, but it had much more visuals, such as anchor charts, around the classroom. As for Mrs. Vazquez’s interview, one major interest of mine that I also saw within her classroom was her “Wall of Mistakes”. Mrs. Vazquez chooses to embrace mistakes in her classroom because she mentioned that this instills a growth mindset within her students. When they are afraid to fail, they also become afraid to succeed. Ortega also mentions this when he talks ab...