Becoming a Teacher, Like, For Real
For those who don't know, I am in graduate school to become an educator, not just learn more ecology (although that's a lot of fun as well!) so this blog will now be focused on my practicum as I spend the next part of the semester learning how to teach. I t's my third week now of practicum, and so far I have observed one class and also taught one class of students. The class I taught was a homeschool group of 5 kids, ages 7, 10, 11, 12, and 13. They were a lot of fun to take on a 2 hour hike where we explored Merry Lea as we searched for herptiles (reptiles and amphibians). Which we did find! My roommate and co-educator Alex found a baby snake and a blue spotted salamander as we were guiding students through a Log Exploration Activity in the search for herptiles. These students were so fascinated with these wild animals, and these energetic kids sat on their asses right on the trail for a good 10-15 minutes just journaling: writing down their obs...