Previous Educational Experiences: (All in
Bethlehem, PA except Spring 2012)
- Fall 2010:
- Nitschmann Middle School
- 7th Grade Social Studies
- During this experience,
our class covered a lot of geography and through these lessons,
I was able to learn more about teaching geography.
Spring 2011:
- Freedom High School
- All grade levels 9-12th
Learning Support
- This experience gave me
an opportunity to work one on one with students who has
disablilities or struggled for a variety of reasons. It was
beneficial to be exposed to these students that I will
inevitably have one day in my own classroom.
Fall 2011:
- Broughal Middle School
- 6-8th Grade Learning
Support
- This experience was a
classroom set-up experience that I was able to teach a few
lessons as well as tutor students one-on-one.
Spring 2012:
- Teaching abroad in
Jamisa Upper Basic School, The Gambia, West Africa.
- 9th Grade
Gambian/African History
- This was an incredible
experience because I was given full control of a classroom and
designed all of my own lessons as well as an assessment. This
was a very rewarding experience. I became very comfortable in
front of a classroom.