Each spring, North Augusta High School’s Teacher Cadets go to their former elementary schools to shadow a teacher. Once there, they help students with assignments, grade homework and tests, and even teach lessons to their classes. This experience has given more insight through Marshall Robinson and Max Hooper, who both plan on becoming teachers in the future.
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Robinson hopes to become a high school band director and has been shadowing Mrs. Seymour, the Music Teacher at Mossy Creek Elementary School. “This experience has shown me what it truly means to love your students even if they are having a rough day and seem to be disrespectful to you,” says Robinson.
Over at Hammond Hill Elementary School, Hooper has been shadowing Mrs. Leopard, who teaches Art. Hooper similarly plans to become an art teacher, and he says his favorite part about this experience has been, “making monsters based on the book Where The Wild Things Are. And how the kids were so creative with their monsters. I was surprised by the amount of skill some of the fifth graders had in art.” For Hooper, shadowing Mrs. Leopard has shown him that he should become a high school art teacher. “This experience helped me see how busy the classroom is with all the children calling your name back and forth, and everyone needing help. But it did not change how I feel, it just helped me realize that I will prefer high school teaching over elementary school teaching,” he says.
These experiences are what keep the NAHS Teacher Cadet class thriving. The ability to work with others, while also directly learning in a field of interest through shadowing, is a special luxury that NAHS is happy to offer to its students.
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