{"id":8390,"date":"2025-12-04T15:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T20:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.montoursville.k12.pa.us\/thearrowhead\/?p=8390"},"modified":"2025-12-04T15:01:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T20:01:00","slug":"a-look-at-the-education-class-field-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montoursville.k12.pa.us\/thearrowhead\/a-look-at-the-education-class-field-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"A look at the education class field experience"},"content":{"rendered":"

Education 215 is a previously unheard of and untested new class taught by Spanish teacher Mrs. Andrea Tira. An important part of this class began on Oct. 6 when the students started shadowing teachers at Lyter Elementary School.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMy first goal [for October] was to get everybody into each grade level twice\u2026 to have a comparison of the kids, the dynamic, and the different teachers and teaching styles,\u201d Tira said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The objective of the field experience is for the students to get real insight on what it is like to be a teacher and to find out possibly what grade or subject they would like to teach in the future.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Juniors Paige Rosenbaum and Kenna Woodling complete their Education reviews after they observed recess at Lyter Elementary. Education students must complete reviews of their experiences in different classes for a grade. Photo taken by Catherine Hittle<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI keep telling everybody in the class you want to soak it all in,\u201d Tira said. \u201cWhat are the ideas that teachers have that you think are working? What are the strategies?\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Juniors Paige Rosenbaum and Kenna Woodling are excited to continue seeing how different teachers operate in their classrooms and how their teaching styles work for them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a cool experience to see how [Mr. Patrick Clancy] handled different kids’ learning styles and how he adapted to what each kid needed,\u201d Rosenbaum said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Woodling agrees, and said that it was interesting to observe how teachers interact with students who have individualized education plans or learning disabilities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt was also interesting that we got to see how [the teachers] have their routines and handle different conflicts,\u201d Woodling said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to witnessing various teaching styles, students are also getting different class experiences based on the different teachers they shadow.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDepending on the teacher, we can be interacting with the students, totally observing, or playing games with them,\u201d Rosenbaum said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As well as shadowing individual grade teachers, students will have the opportunity to see teachers of \u201cspecials\u201d such as art, gym, and music, in action.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not only doing classroom and desk work, but we get to assess specials and then some of us might hopefully have the chance to observe an interpreter and see how she works with her students,\u201d said Rosenbaum.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Coming up this year in the month of December, Tira shared that the Education students will be taking a break from teacher observations and focus on another aspect of the education system.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDecember is when the [Psychology] students start going [to the elementary school] and we want to respect that they have time in the classroom as well,\u201d Tira said. \u201cWe are going to have meetings with different folks in the building that aren\u2019t necessarily at the head of a classroom, but certainly help the building run.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mr. Daniel Taormina teaches a lesson to the Education 215 class on code of conduct and ethics as a teacher. The class has also had speakers such as Mrs. Susan Wise, Mrs. Krista Wise, Mr. Erick Edler, and Ms. Mallee Hornberger. Photo taken by Mrs. Andrea Tira<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Students will be meeting with faculty like Mr. Darrin Ferrar, the principal, Mrs. Jo Ellen Shear, the reading specialist, and Mrs. Vanissa Lorson, the guidance counselor. <\/span><\/p>\n

Tira is hopeful that they will present their individual roles to the students to give them a broader understanding of how the school is run and who makes it work like it does.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In the end, utilizing all of their newfound knowledge, the class will have a final project that must be completed.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOur final project is finishing lesson plans and then teaching a class of our choosing,\u201d Rosenbaum said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Woodling is thinking about teaching a seventh grade English class, and Rosenbaum is considering eighth grade math.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m excited to see where this program will take us as future teachers,\u201d Rosenbaum said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Featured photo (at top): Education students pose on the front stairs with Tira and Superintendent Mr. Daniel Taormina. The students completed their first field day at Lyter Elementary School on Oct. 6. Photo taken by Mrs. Susan Wise<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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