Road to success
SC Education Pathway attend Educators Rising Conference
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“It’s really great that our students have had the opportunity to attend Educators Rising events this year. Even though this is a new group that’s just gaining members, students have been excited and full of ideas when they load up the van at the end of each conference; I wish I’d had these kinds of opportunities to learn more about my future career when I was in high school,” said Education Pathway sponsor Mrs. Andrea Collinson.
Educators Rising is a group supported by the Nebraska Department of Education (NDE) and the Nebraska State Education Association (NSEA) that helps to teach professional development skills to high school students who want to be teachers. The group provides information and experiences that helps students decided if they want to pursue a career in education by allowing them to interact with award-winning, experienced teachers from across the country and other high school students who are interested in education as a career.
“This experience really brought me some understanding about what it takes to become a teacher. I’m looking forward to more of these experiences down the road,” said senior education pathway student Tae Binder
While attending this conference the students learned about multiple ways to become a better teacher. One of the most important things that was taught at the conference in Lincoln was the importance of cultivating positive relationships with the students before teaching them.
“It was cool to get to hear about other teacher’s experiences and how that affected them as a teacher. It was also good to get a different perspective to teaching and how to deal with problematic situations,” said senior pathway student John Uecker.