This semester of K-5th Grade Elementary Education is my first of two internships in my final year of school. During my field experience, I have been observing, assisting, co-teaching, and leading instruction in various classes under the direct supervision of my mentor teacher. While doing so, I have been directly applying skills/knowledge acquired through demonstration of modeled classroom management and curriculum/unit design, developing my future professional practice.
Saturday Morning Art (SMArt) is a program offered through Western Michigan University’s Art Education department that helps prepare degree-seeking educators for their final year of internship student teaching. Through this program, instructors collaborate with a partner to develop a curriculum to teach students.