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My Virtual Student Teaching Experience

During fall of 2020, I spent 13 weeks student teaching in a virtual learning environment.  I taught Integrated Math 2 during the student teaching process.  I was placed at the high school I attended and had the opportunity to work with a wonderful mentor teacher.  Due to the safety protocols in our district, I was not able to work in the classroom with my mentor teacher and did my student teaching from home.  Although this was not the student teaching experience I was expecting during my credential program, I am still so grateful for the experience. My Setup Since I was student teaching from home, I had to develop a mini classroom for myself to work in.  Thankfully, my parents graciously loaned me the alcove in their room to teach from and use as my "classroom."  My laptop did not want to work with our Wi-Fi and regularly kicked me out of video calls, so I had to borrow my mom's laptop to stay connected to my classes.  I used an old TV that my parents had recently replace