TeacherTeacher

Veronica KoebelVeronica Koebel

Becoming a TeacherBecoming a Teacher

Hagerstown Hagerstown Community Community College: Fall 2000 College: Fall 2000 to Spring 2002to Spring 2002

Transferred to…Transferred to…

Shepherd College: Fall 2002 to present Shepherd College: Fall 2002 to present

GraduationGraduation

Planned date: Planned date:

May, 2006May, 2006

Completed Education ClassesCompleted Education Classes

Seminar in EducationSeminar in Education

Foundations in EducationFoundations in Education

Social and Psychological Conditions of Social and Psychological Conditions of

LearningLearning

Teaching Reminders (Goals)Teaching Reminders (Goals)

Make ConnectionsMake Connections

1.Give the students 1.Give the students opportunities to opportunities to relate new relate new information to information to previous previous knowledge.knowledge.

MotivationMotivation

2.Whether the reward is an intrinsic or 2.Whether the reward is an intrinsic or extrinsic one, the goal is still to learn in extrinsic one, the goal is still to learn in order to gain.order to gain.

RespectRespect

3.Provide a comfortable atmosphere – both 3.Provide a comfortable atmosphere – both mentally and physically.mentally and physically.

4. You must be able to change in 4. You must be able to change in order to meet the order to meet the

students’ students’ needs. needs.

FlexibleFlexible

VarietyVariety

5.Keeping the 5.Keeping the students’ interests students’ interests is necessary to is necessary to learning.learning.

Appealing to Different Appealing to Different Intelligences Provides VarietyIntelligences Provides Variety

Gardner’s Seven IntelligencesGardner’s Seven Intelligences

LinguisticLinguistic

writing, reading, story writing, reading, story telling, crossword puzzlestelling, crossword puzzles

Musical Musical

singing, drummingsinging, drumming

Bodily-KinestheticBodily-Kinesthetic

dancing, dancing, crafts, sewingcrafts, sewing

SpatialSpatial

jigsaw puzzles, jigsaw puzzles, drawing, mazesdrawing, mazes

InterpersonalInterpersonal

leaders, group workleaders, group work

IntrapersonalIntrapersonal

self-paced self-paced activities, activities, individualized individualized projectsprojects

School Internships/School School Internships/School VolunteeringVolunteering

Funkstown Elementary School, MDFunkstown Elementary School, MD

1/00 to 6/001/00 to 6/00

Family Center of Washington County, MDFamily Center of Washington County, MD

3/02 to 4/023/02 to 4/02

Ranson Elementary School, WVRanson Elementary School, WV

3/03 to 5/033/03 to 5/03