6fThe Daily Tar HeelTuesday, March 5, 1 991 Undent teaching a leaniing experience Education majors reap priceless By Dawn Wilson Staff Writer -Jennie Starling still treasures her golden goose. Starling, a senior from Winston-Salem, completed her student teaching last semester at Eno Valley Elementary School in Durham County. A hyperactive child who had to take Ritalin was a student in her fourth grade class. "He was a sweet kid. I tried to be there for him," Starling said. The boy was from a low-income family that didn't have much spending money. Yet on Starling's last day of class, he gave her a goose figurine. "I only had $5, and I spent every cent of it," he said. Starling said, "That's why I didn't need money," in reference to her unpaid internship. "The job is a reward. "I was so in love with the kids," she said. "When I saw those light bulbs go off in their heads, I didn't need money." Required by the School of Education, a semester of student teaching provides students with the opportunity to apply the textbook lessons to a classroom setting, said Fran Jackson, director for the School Practica in the School of Education. Once students are accepted into the School of Education their junior year, they submit applications to a committee Teach for America exposes new teachers to ups and downs of education across the nation By Mary Moore Parham Staff Writer In 1988, Princeton student Wendy Kopp's senior thesis outlined aprogram to recruit non-education majors to teach for two years in areas where there was a teacher shortage. Kopp's thesis became what is now Teach for America, a program which has provided jobs for more than 500 graduating seniors and reached students in 1 1 cities in its first year. Kopp targeted corporations to fund the program, raising more than $4 mil lion in grant monies, which allowed for an eight-week summer training pro gram at the University of Southern California and placement of teachers in both inner-city and rural school districts. r UNC-Chapel Hill 1991 SiHimmier ScSaool Directory of Classes available in Hanes Hall Basement Fees & TuitionSession: Undergraduate $ 11 0 plus Graduate $110 plus Perspective Courses Summer School Study Abroad First Time: Summer Evening and Night Classes Summer Calendar First Day of Classes Holiday Last Day of Classes Final Examinations 'tie 1991 Mow UNC s Year Stop by the Yackety Yack table in the Pit or Room 1 06 to that works carefully with the public school system and assigns internships for the fall. Gail Jones, a coordinator of the middle grades program in the School of Education, said supervising teachers were carefully selected and matched with students. Most teachers have par ticipated in clinics that teach them to train student teachers. Students are matched by their area of certification, the skills of the student and teacher, and to some degree, their personality. In the internships for elementary education, students have the choice of staying with one teacher for the whole semester or participating in the "split experience." In the split experience, student teachers spend eight weeks in one class of students in kindergarten to third grade and the remaining eight weeks in a class of grades four through six. Student teachers follow the schedule of their assigned teacher and may have to teach mixed grades if it is a part of the schedule of their supervising teacher. Tamsen Webb, clinical assistant professor in the education school, said that since students are certified to teach kindergarten through sixth grade after graduation, the split experience is good because it gives insight to a widespread level of child development. "There is no substitute for teaching It was during the training program that the recruits took courses in class room management and got to student teach in area summer schools. By the start of the school year, they had 1 2 education credits and the hands on experience required for teaching certification. "I had wanted to do something useful after graduation, and Teach for America appealed to me because of the contact with people," said Lia Stuhlsatz, a Smith graduate. "Many entry level positions don't allow for that." Although Stuhlsatz plans to follow her job as a seventh-grade social studies teacher at New York City's Stitt Junior High with law school, Stuhlsatz said her experience with education has NC Resident $30credit hour $40credit hour Nonresident $210credit hour $220credit hour Session I Session II May 20 June 26 May 27 July 4 June 20 July 29 June 21 & 24 July 30-31 'book Ya ckeW Yack come by Union order your copy! benefits from classroom efforts to learn how to be a teacher," Webb said. Students involved in the middle school education program are assigned an internship dealing with their area of specialization. In the middle school program, students observe class from the first day and are with the middle school students until May. Jones said this provided students not only with a close relationship with the students, but also with a supervised atmosphere to practice teaching skills. Kathy Rockett, a senior from Conover, said being present on the first day of classes at Neal Middle School was helpful. "I got to gradually know the kids, and it made a smoother tran sition." Rockett taught three eighth-grade math classes and one sixth-grade aca demically gifted class. "The AG (stu dents) are the biggest challenge because they are able to handle more difficult questions." "I've enjoyed being in school and the creative side of teaching, like making bulletin boards and lesson plans." Rockett said math was especially im portant, because if middle school stu dents could handle the kind of problem solving involved in math, they would be able to tackle more difficult problems. "The internship definitely prepared me for what I want to do. I got a lot of challenged her beliefs. "I always thought I was a pretty lib eral person, and teaching has made me put my money where my mouth is. "I discovered that I don't have the stamina for this, but it has really given me a newfound respect for teachers," she said. For MIT graduate Alison Lynch, also at Stitt Junior High, teaching seventh grade life science and math required more than simply presenting her subject matter in an interesting way. "I tried to think about great teachers I'd had and also those that were not so good and figured that if I could be excited about the subject matter, it would rub off. "I learned that this wasn't always true," she said. Discipline proved to be a problem in many cases. It ranged from talking and note-passing to more hormone-related behavior. "I had a 13-year old boy pull down his pants in front of a girl, who then started to cry," Lynch said. "I grew up with brothers at home Study German Language and Culture B in with The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill One year of college level German required Fall Semester, 1991 12 - 15 credits GRADUATING SENIORS!! Do you have the courses needed to qualify for A CERTIFICATE IN WOMEN'S STUDIES? The Women's Studies Program awards certificates to students who have demonstrated an expertise in the interdisciplinary study of women. To be eligible, you must meet the following requirements: a) 3 credits from Women's Studies 50 b) 12 credits from other WMST courses. An internship in Women's Studies (WMST 190) can be counted for 3 of the 12 credits. Only 3 of the credits can be taken passfail. The certificate is noted on your transcript. You should apply for the certificate in your last semester of course work, even if you are still enrolled in one of the courses and haven't received a final grade. Come to the Women's Studies Office, 207 Caldwell Hall, to fill out a certificate application. WOMEN'S STUDIES MAJORS Please send us your name and campus address if you are majormg hands-on experience. Everything is very relevant, and I go into a classroom with more developed skills," she said. There is also an internship program for high school education. Traditionally, most internships last for ten weeks. Students observe classes in the fall and actually teach in the spring. Education majors must prepare carefully for the student teaching posi tions. Juniors, through the model clini cal collaborating program in partner ship with the local schools, participate in school board meetings and shadow ing activities. They also become a part of teaching teams and micro teaching, where they teach in front of a video camera and are critiqued by others. Jones said studies have proven that graduates indicate the student teaching experience was the most important part of their teaching preparation. "The University has been very sup portive in committing resources that we need," she said. Webb said that graduates of the School of Education have a good record of being hired. The internship program also gives the professors an opportunity to learn. "That's what I love," she said. "Every semester is different. I am in 18 different classrooms, and I learn from the college students and their students." and realized it really hasn't been that long since seventh grade and that kind of behavior. The hardest thing is keep ing a straight face." Lynch also said she took and read notes passed in her classes, but that they were returned at the end of the period. Her main goal is to get students to pay attention. "Notes are a good way to keep track of students' personal lives, but for the most part I get a lot of 'I heard so and so likes you,'" she said. Stuhlsatz found that a lot of rowdy or loud behavior was done out of a need for attention. She recalls asking a student why he kept acting up and he told her it was because she ignored him. "It was so clear his actions were to turn my head. Some of the parents of these children are working two jobs and there is simply not enough adult atten tion in their lives," Stuhlsatz said. In other cases, students do not have the socialization necessary to function in a school environment. UNC graduate Susan Harris teaches fifth grade to students who have been in erlin for the semester For information, contact: UNC-CH Study Abroad Office 12 Caldwell Hall, CB3130 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3130 919-962-7001 RMS in Women's Studies. ill I! It I . J! ill ?s rW till J" I T ' L ? I ) Wsft Future science teacher Kim Davis explains the United States for less than two years. Classes are taught in Spanish with one hour a day allotted for English. "I had a father, who had recently come to New York, drop of f his daughter and ask if she had to be at school (every day)," Harris said. "Often there is an education of the parents as well as their children that takes place." For each teacher, whether in a rural or inner-city school, there are stigmas involved with the geography. "After hearing that I'd be working in a ghetto, my parents' friends imagined the worst," Stuhlsatz said. "But during a parent-teacher confer ence, I had one mother that was so horrified that I was living without my family in New York that she baked me casseroles which her child brought to school," she said. Lynch said that although there were drugs, violence and child abuse in the Washington Heights section of New Mandela not receiving adequate educations in the fields of math and science and will not be able to compete with whites in special fields. "The question we must answer is to what extent we are going to participate in the crucial sectors of the economy in post-apartheid South Africa," she said. "I cannot foresee an increased level of (black) participation because of the built in constraints we've seen for over half a century." Problems in education need to be handled immediately, she said. "Without an education, blacks will continue to be inferior, even in post apartheid. Whites with skills will still be in control and dominate the crucial sectors." Mandela said people were concerned about violence and anger in black townships and what Western society has called "black-on-black violence." The reason for this violence often is not explained, she said. The harsh po lice treatment in response to peaceful Death suspect. Members of the committee are in the process of interviewing associ ates and other people who may have useful input. The committee also is making plans to keep Internationalist Books open. Anybody who still needs to do business with the store or who would like to rj AN 1 i 1 1 Bakatsias A A A A A A Introducing Our New Tapas HoMr an international array of complimentary appetizers and hors d'oeuvres served weekdays 4 to 6 p.m. in our festive bar. (2 drink minimum) A A A A A A Mondays - Well domestics $1.00 Tuesdays - $1.00 pints and Iatenight live music Wednesdays - Imports and Well high-balls $2.00 Thursdays - $1.00 pints and Iatenight live music Fridays - Martinis and Manhattans $2.00 Saturdays - Long Island Iced Teas $3.00 V V V V V V 4 1 4 C University Square 143 rlAAAAAAlAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA 1 f V" DTHKalhy Michel the importance of recycling to 7th graders York where she taught, there was also a vibrant neighborhood with people who were much like those she knew in Iowa. Despite misconceptions about the ghetto, Stuhlsatz found that telling a child he or she could work hard in school and be successful was not a fair statement. "When facilities are so unequal across the board it's not true that an inner-city student has the same opportunities as a suburban one. "You have to have books before you can learn to read," she said. Despite a lack of necessary facilities, the predominantly black and Hispanic backgrounds of the district's students do offer a fresh perspective on subject matter. When asked by Lynch to cite one example of how humans were like a tree, she received the traditional answers from the class' chapter on classification as well as one student's observation that they were both brown. from page 1 demonstrations held by blacks created an attitude of retaliation and violence among young people. Black youths grew up in the strife and violence created in the search for peace, she said. "It is sad and painful to admit there is black-on-black violence," she said. "B ut ethnic violence exists in many parts of the world." Mandela gave examples of white-on-white violence in North Ireland and during the U.S. Civil War. "This country was able to solve its problems," she said. 'I do not foresee any problems for blacks to solve their own differences in the future." Mandela said South Africans must pressure government officials to hold open talks. ; "I do not see sanctions alone as a tool to bring the government down. Blacks are most affected by sanctions. I haven't seen any difference in whites' standard of living." from page 1 assist the committee in its efforts should call spokeswoman Ashley Osment at 929-7372 or write the committee at P.O. Box 951, Chapel Hill. The committee will present a proposal regarding the future of Internationalist Books in mid-March, according to an announcement released last week. IF IE! Restaurant W. Franklin St. 929-1551 St, I a I T T T T T T T T T TtttttT

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