TEACHERS
have been a part of our lives for as long as we can remember. From the moment we are dropped off on our first day of preschool or kindergarten until we are handed our last diploma, teachers are by our side encouraging us to continue on when we doubt ourselves. “If you want to make an impact on the life of a child, there’s no better field to be in,” Kimberly Davis, Lake Land College education instructor, said. Lake Land College is a great place to start the journey to becoming a professional educator. The college offers 10 teacher education programs and provides real-life experiences. No matter which specialization a Lake Land College education major chooses, he or she completes a 30-hour practicum in a partner school as part of the Intro to Education class. “Lake Land has a very good educational placement arrangement with area schools,” Davis said. “This is really an advantage to our program. We give our students a lot of support and prepare them before they begin their classroom observations.”
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As part of this experience, Lake Land students prepare and teach a 15-minute lesson, which they share with their peers upon completion of the semester. All of these experiences provide an opportunity for a student to confirm he or she is on the right path, Davis said. “Lake Land College’s Teacher Education program allowed me to dig deeper in my pedagogy of education, and also made me think deeply about what it was that was calling me to teach. This is something that many schools leave out,” Emily King, Laker Nation Class of 2014, said.