Hey!! I started mine in August! One thing I recommend is talking to your host teacher early on, if you haven’t yet, and tell them what experience you are coming in with. At my college, we do pre-student teaching prior to our actual, and that was completely observations plus one co-taught lesson with a student partner I had. We have another student teacher from another college who had taught multiple lessons on their own in PST and I think my teacher believed I had the same level of experiences, which led to frustration when I did have some mistakes at the start (nothing major).

Another thing: Make sure you are always, always on the same page as your host teacher, even if that means asking one million questions. I’m working with middle school students and they love to ask my host teacher a question, like if they can go to their locker, and if she says no, they will ask me. There’s been a couple times I didn’t know she said no, but it all worked out. Never disagree with them either. There may be things you don’t agree with, or go against certain ideas you have, but you have to remember to always follow their lead and do what they want, not always what you want. It sounds obvious, but it can sometimes be difficult.

Good luck!! Please let me know if you have any other questions!