Truman State University - Echo Yearbook (Kirksville, MO)

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Judson Martin, Interim Head, Division of Education iiWhat we want students to do is look at teaching from the teachers 'side of the desk. Thatis a dif- ferent side than theyive been on before. After students have been involved in preteaching practicums and full-time student teaching, they will be aware of many of the problems of learning? v m4muumnmumnonhuman! -n-,--c47n.., wW r , , , . ' WWW rrereer'ee-ie'ieittih , ', , , V . T. 7 W2. ,5? A SMALL W1 1y Heaton, her class pt elementary flrst-grade tary School 3 with snack ning cente Novinge noons a w of the thin how the. Si Ediscipline ginterested. The ex; 0 . Bdesue for them. I rt Through preteaching students . inger saic preview the classroom teaching V . . . 66 Dr 1 to help Wi experlence, galnlng more fun i tyf, -Sue KOlOCOtronis plemented this year are new cer- complete the whole program their ShellyI-I tification divisions and a required junior year. first grade were way ahead of the require- eight hours of teaching reading for In addition to helping students Rollins, a mentfi Judson Martin, interim head elementary teachers. gain experience, the program helps SChOOl of the Division of Education and To meet the states requirement, students see if the education field is Thursday head of teacher education, said. This preteaching iiehanged from booklet right for them. iiPeople decide on With Whai requirement, issued by the State instructions to teacher r their own, Grissorn said. He said help With Board of Education, says that classroom discussion, orientation about, 10 percent of the students in Heaton MiSSOuri elementary teachers cer- and then observationji Martin said. education change their major after PCFiCDCC 1 tified after September 1982, must iiWeive made a better course of it. the preteaching program. QVOid prei have two hours of preteaching ex- We had a good job being done; now Students are not graded in their ning UOt perience; secondary teachers eer- we haveabetter onefi preteaching experience; they 163500 ins tified after September 1984 must tilt started 10 years ago. We felt receive either a pass or a fail. iiIf Heaton also have two. the need for school experience to they go out and help, assist, be preteachii The Division had been offering complement and support Classroom serious, professional and depen- any prCSSI preteaching or pre-student teaching experience? Loren Grissom, direc- dable, they will pass? Grissom said. mind gett as a no-credit course. Students spent tor of student teaching, said. The students work under the super- hours bec 30 hours observing in an area Currently students gain one credit vision of the teacher at the area WOW abi elementary or secondary school. each for Preteaching Field EX- school. Other C135 The 1981-82 school year was the perience I and II. Preteaching 11 Susan Novinger, junior, is .YOU c first year the secondary section of students are sent to a different grade preteaching at Faith Lutheran Childreni the division offered preteaching for level than Preteaching I students. School under kindergarten teacher atmOSPm credit; the second year for the Students begin the program their Ginger Daniels. itShe lets me par- fantasyec elementary section. Other sections sophomore year and finish their ticipate inalot of thingsf Novinger Itlets 0f the requirement being im- junior year; junior transfer students VOU are d said. Novinger reads stories, helps '1 4Preteaching . . .................-..e.....-..n...'.....---.'.-aw--wa-wwwumwmwmw. Mhe W... -.

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EM :1, :2 v I 0?; c G ,a Coffman, ml with one assignment. is a new ad- divisionis An advanced degree in accounting gives students 9-Steve Willis Some fields seem to lend themselves to graduate study. Areas such as language and literature, science, and physical education, have had graduate programs here for a long time. The exception was business. A masters in business ad- ministration was impractical for the division. Thatls changed. For the first time, the University offers a masters degree in the field of husiness-more specifically, ac- counting. The master of aCCOuntancy pro- gram is for students holding a bachelors degree in accounting, and the Master of Science in Ac- counting degree is for those who completed undergraduate work in a different field. Bill Holper, assistant professor of accounting and director of the pro- grams, predicted that in the future, every person with an accounting major will need to earn a masters degree in order to find a suitable job. The MA degree program was formed to fulfill this need for further education. Students who complete a bachelors degree in a field other WITH A LITTLE HELP from a friend, Bruce Fee, graduate student, and Carol Hinz, sophomore, talk accounting over a cup of coffee. The programs are open to accounting and nonaccounting ma- tors. than accounting but decide they would like to work in the accoun- ting field have two options. They may work through the regular bachelors degree program, or enter the more intensive master of science program. The MS program is very at- tractive to those willing to work harder, Holper said because it can be completed in the same time needed for a bachelors degree. bl par- ticularly think that there is a tremen- dous advantage in having another degree? Holper said. The MS and MA programs differ considerably from the bacheloris program. iil think there is a tremen- dous difference in that you get away from a lot of lecture and a lot of the work is put upon the student to do himselffi Holper said. The in- structors assume students have read their assignments before coming to class. Students are required to do more research and writing in masters degree classes than in bachelors degree Classes. The students involved in the MA and MS programs are a very select grOup. IiWe have probably turned down as many people as we have ac- cepted? Holper said. In addition to willingness to work, students must show business competence by tak- ing the Graduate Management Ad- missions Test. There were 22 students enrolled in the two programs during the spr- ing semester. The maximum enroll- , i .arsu munuumwwpu-u-r . u- A greater asset ment desired is 30. iiThe MS degree program is not as popular as it could be, because people donlt know about itfl Holper said. Bruce Fee, graduate student, graduated with a bachelors degree in biology and worked at Early Farm Mortgage for three years. This ex- perience convinced him to return to college and work for a business degree. Ill was learning a lot of things at work, but I needed more educationf he said. Although the MS program is intense, his previous work experience has helped him, he said. Tina Coffrrian, graduate student, said, llWhat I am really doing is broadening my potential? She corn- pletedx. a bachelors degree in business education. After teaching and working as a secretary, she decided to return for more educa- tion, and entered the MS program. iII feel that this will open up a lot of new areas for me. It's been a real Challenge, and thatis what I was looking for. Marlene Edgar, graduate student, earned a bachelors degree in ac- counting, and then entered the ac- counting fieldji she said. Fee, Coffrrian, and Edgar agreed that the best advice to students thinking of entering the masters degree program was, IiBe prepared to work.n But, they also agreed, all the work was worth it in the endoECHO anBoH BULL Kathleen Vickroy, senior, 8.8. in Accounting and Business Ad- ministration III think that I have learned a foundation to learn from; that live got the basics. Theylre very good at giving you the building blocks. Theyire a lot more career oriented. They really do look ahead to prepare you to leave in four years and be very marketable, to take your skills out there and do a job well. T heylre trying to give you the edge over Other graduates. Theylre really looking out for your welfare? 1 3 Busineg'

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DJOJSUEH H.131 gram their 1 students ram helps on field is decide on 1. He said tudents in 1ajor after d in their :e; they a fail. iiIf assist, be d depen- ssom said. the super- the area inior, is Lutheran :n teacher 5 me para ' Novinger ties, helps h-m 93nd Epun A SMALL WORLD surrounding her, Shel- ly Heaton, junior, grades 21 paper after her class period is over. Heaton did her elementary preteaching observation in a first-grade class at Greenwood Elemen- tary School. with snacks, and helps with the leara ning centers. Novinger observed two after- noons a week for six weeks. tIOne of the things I have been watching is how the supervisor teacher handles discipline and how she keeps them interested. The eXperience has whetted her desire for teaching. iII hate to leave them. I really get involvedf Nov- inger said. iII think that student teaching will be a lot of fun. You get to help with the planning. It will be more fun to have more responsibili- tyf, Shelly Heaton, junior, observes 18 first graders and their teacher, Mrs. Rollins, at Greenwood Elementary School on Monday through Thursday afternoons. TI help her with whatever needs to .be done to help with the kidsfi Heaton said her preteaching ex- perience has helped her to learn to avoid preconceived notions. iiLear- ning not to prejudge is a valuable lesson in school and life J' Heaton said, IIWhen I walk into preteaching I do not feel like I have any pressure. She said she does not mind getting only one credit for 30 hours because she does not have to Worry about tests or papers as with other classes. iiYou can varalk in and they ithe CliildfGIU Change your attitude, your atmospheic,' Hemon said, iilike a fantasy come 5:: we? iilt lets you kno- that all the work you are doing in :4 tuwl is, worth it? THE INDIAN CULTURE and Susan Nov- inger, junior, occupy the attention of two children at the Faith Lutheran School. Novingeris supervisor, kindergarten teacher Ginger Daniels, in- volved Novinger in classroom activities. Susan Hanisch, junior, said, iithat I want to teach. Haniseh is under the supervision of Mrs. Ray, a kindergarten teacher at Greenwood Elementary School. She observes on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. iTll help with the painting, read them a storyfi Hanisch said. iiI do not do anything unless she would ask me for helpfl Hanisch said she has gained from the experience in that she is umore positive about going into elemen- tary education. N Preteaching can be done in one of two patterns. The concurrent pat- tern, done simultaneously with classes, makes it easier for students to watch the development of the children. In the break pattern, students observe during university breaks; semester break, spring break, or immediately following dismissal of university classes in May. The student receives credit when university classes are not in session. The break pattern helps them to see the events of a whole day in the classroom, Grissom said. iIEach one is unique because of where they are in the school yearfi Grissom said. uBoth have advan- tagesfi Martin said the Universityls pur- pose in establishing the class long ago was the same as the Boards pur- pose in creating the requirement. IiWe wanted the students to get out in the school and see if they wanted to be a teacherfi OEQ-iO 4: 5 D. U .6 a 473' an SUNLIGHT STREAKS through the win- dow as Susan Hanisch, junior, helps 21 Greenwood Elementary School student with her jacket. Haniseh gets involved in classroom activities when asked by her supervising teacher. Lisa Reed, senior, B.S.E. in Elementary Education rTil remember the NCATE National Council for the Accredita- tion of Teacher Educationl visits because I got to work a little bit With that. 17m not really scared, but I am nervous about getting a job. I dont think the divi- sion has given us any false ideas, and I like that. Iim going to miss school, but I feel like IIm ready to go ,7 on. Education 1 SI $hts4.... Wham H...h-..h....,... Mutual