Professional Experience

I am currently undertaking my final professional experience at a high school in Canberra. There are many things that I have noticed over the past two weeks, about me and my students.
The first thing I have noticed about myself is how passionate I have become about this profession I am entering. I have always been slightly nervous about teaching, especially in a new school. I always took this as pretty normal but it did concern me. I have recently realised that these nerves are an important part. I am nervous because I care. Because I want to be the best teacher I can be. I know I have found this passion because I walk away from classes and I am buzzing. I have an strange excitement when everything goes well. It is addictive.
I have also recognised the passion that I have for health and physical education. About teaching my students how important it is to be active and healthy. It seems to be all I can talk about.
The students I am teaching have taught me a lot. I am really lucky as I am currently teaching a great group of students who all seem to be motivated and interested in participating in PE. This is something that I have found to be quite rare in high schools. There are usually a number of students who are not interested in participating in PE. It has given me a little more faith. That with the right nurturing I can help students to become as passionate and interested in health and physical activity as I am.