During my orientation experience while working on my masters in education, I had the privilege of being a one-on-one special needs instructional aide at two schools where I was conducting my observations. I lived experiences I will never forget about how schools function with their community and how teacher and faculty mentalities play a major role in creating schools where …
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My History Class Observation
I would like to tell you about an observation experience I had during my Framing Experience Class while working on my master of teaching program. After graduating, I would like to teach high school history so I observed a ninth grade honors history class.
On the day of my observation, the students were memorizing their world geography (I think they had …
Connecting Studies to the Classroom
For the initial master of arts in teaching course, the Framing Experience, it is required that students do classroom observations in an academic setting. At the time, my observations were many and varied, and it was hard to make sense of all the information and data I collected.
However, after now having successfully completed my next two classes, Educ 517A: …
MAT@USC Student Support: Going Above and Beyond
Taking online courses to get your masters in education requires that one has access to internet at all times. In a perfect stress free world you would have no problems with your internet and everything would run smoothly, but what do you do when your internet goes down or you moved to a new home?
You call Heather Dexter, Tara Romine, …
