Article Things That Give Me Hope
These things give me hope for the future of education:
Judy A. Kmak
There are still people who want to be teachers As a supervisor for student teachers, I have watched young adults who want to be teachers. They have a passion for their chosen field of study and feel they can make a difference. The university I work with places students with the same teacher for the full year. During the fall semester, they work in the classroom for two days per week and in the spring semester, they begin full-time student teaching. This school year I have had the pleasure of working with four students and cooperating teachers. Teachers will take on new challenges— even in a pandemic I would like to tell you that this was a smooth process— but it wasn’t. I would like to tell you that all of my students had placements in the fall semester—but they didn’t. What I would like to tell you is that the university found four teachers who were willing to take on the responsibility of a student-teacher when they were asked to help. Online learning is not so bad This year I haven’t been in the classroom with the student-teachers. I watched their lessons online or viewed recordings of their lesson. In the past, I would meet with the student-teacher after their lesson to talk SPRING 2021 | VOLUME 67 | NUMBER 1 | PAGE 42
