Final Fieldwork

This week I completed my final hours of my fieldwork placement.  My school has quarters so not only was it my final day but it was the students final week having art.  The classes were very busy finishing their assignments and making sure everything was done for the quarter.  Many students came during their study hall or lunch period for extra help.  This was really great because I was able to provide these students with one on one help and instruction.  They were very eager to learn tips and tricks with tools and techniques.  I helped one student with shading her charcoal drawing.  I showed her how to put loose charcoal on a paper towel so you could spread it evenly to create a light background shading technique.
I also got to see many of the students completed body of work.  I was able to take with them about their work and how they progressed over the quarter.  They were able to talk with me and tell me their favorite projects  and what they learned about art.  When we were participating in this action I was unsure if it would be a formative or summative assessment.  I know a formative assessment is in progress and helps students to understand or realize something about their work while summative is final and at the end.  I would classify this as both because although students were done with their projects they were not completely handed in or due till Friday so they could still change things.  It was summative because it was a conclusion and an overall conversation about their work, however I am not grading them.
Overall I had a great experience at my fieldwork placement.  I created bonds with the students and my cooperative teacher.  I was really sad to have to leave them as the students were to see me go.  I hope my presence their benefited them as much as it did me.  I learned so much about classroom management, and teaching practices that I know I will carry with me in my future classroom.