Elementary Education Interns Make A Difference For Good
May 1, 2023
It’s been said the influence of teachers extends beyond the classroom, well into the future.听Teachers have the opportunity to influence and change their students鈥� lives for the better. Elementary education seniors Maggie Black, Macy Palmer, Lauren VanFleet, and Jordana Volpe influenced their students for good in their student teaching internships this semester.听
听As part of the elementary education degree requirements, every student completes an internship before graduation where each is paired with a teacher in a Hillsborough County elementary school. Maggie, Macy, Lauren, and Jordana interned at Seminole Heights Elementary School in various grade levels with different teachers. All four girls received outstanding recognition from their cooperating teachers, who described them as 鈥渨arm and caring,鈥� 鈥減assionate and loving,鈥� 鈥渆xceeding expectations,鈥� and 鈥減ossessing enthusiastic demeanor that ignites students鈥� desire to learn and succeed.鈥� Cooperating teachers affirmed that these girls are extraordinarily prepared and qualified to step into the teacher role.
听These future teachers stood out not only to their cooperating teachers, but also to Dr. Francine Lazarus, Principal of Seminole Heights Elementary, and Hillsborough County district staff for exceptional performance and character.
鈥淭hese four are the best I鈥檝e seen in a long time, all of them are incredible,鈥� said Dr. Francine Lazarus about our students.听
听Hillsborough County district staff echoed similar sentiments as representatives gave each intern high marks in walk-through evaluations, tremendously impressed with the caliber of the 91桃色 interns.
听Now preparing to graduate and teach in classrooms of their own, Maggie, Macy, Lauren, and Jordana enter the school system empowered to change lives as they educate young minds. All four will graduate from 91桃色 with state educator certification in Elementary Education with Reading and ESOL (English to Speakers of Other Languages) endorsements. Students receive this certification automatically through the Elementary education program at 91桃色.
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