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Overall my experience at Nevada State College has been a positive one.

NSC has
prepared me well to be a successful teacher. Several professors have been
instrumental in helping achieve academic success. Professor Litterini helped shape
the kind of teacher I have become. Fortunately, she was my professor for two of the
most important Education classes: Classroom Management and Pedagogy I. The
traits that I value in a professor are: kindness, honesty, experience and passion for
the subject. Litterini teaches important educational teaching strategies by
modeling as well as having her students demonstrate various teaching techniques.
My student teaching successes can be directly traced to her instruction.
Like Litterini Dr. Brautbar possesses the same important traits. Most professors
outside of the education program use direct instruction as their primary teaching
pedagogy. Dr. Brautbar is the exception. Her assignments varied throughout many
history courses that I have completed at NSC. She has passion for her discipline
and encourages her students to critically think and look at many perspectives which
are important for all Historians to learn. On numerous occasions I have changed
points of view based on historical evidence. Originally I majored in Secondary
Education with History concentration because I had a strong desire to teach U.S.
Government. My interest in teaching history was low to say the least. Dr. Brautbar is
the sole reason I feel in love with history. She stressed the importance of learning
about the past and why it is vital to understanding todays society. Because of her I
plan I obtain a Masters degree in history and hopefully pursue my doctorate.
There are a few areas I hope can be improved for future education students. The
advising at NSC has been disappointing. Both advisors, prior to entering the
program and after being admitted to the program have been subpar. Information
was not communicated accurately and in return caused delays in graduation.
What I have learned while student teaching is that teachers work hard-really hard.
Somehow they find a way, no matter what the challenge is, to make it work. I
learned that to be a good and effective teacher it takes time, resources,
collaboration, self-reflection, flexibility and a positive attitude. I have much more
appreciation for teachers because I know the time and dedication it takes to be
successful.
During my student teaching I have learned many important lessons that will help
me be more successful during my first year teaching and years to come.
Surprisingly, my strength was creating meaningful lesson plans. At the beginning of
the term I did not feel confident with this however as the weeks went on I realized
that learning was taking place and students were engaged and interested. One
important aspect is the classroom layout. My greatest challenge as a student
teacher was the classroom layout. Because there was lack of space and freedom to
move around the classroom, I felt confined. Kinesthetic learning could not take
place. Going into student teaching I did not think this would be a challenge and I
now know the importance of classroom design.

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