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Show ? : STUDENT TEACHER Gayle Reid of Bountiful is student teaching at Ellis Elementary in Logan. Here she finds time to help one of her young charges with a problem. : "It's been an educational process for me. Not only have 1 learned from the kids, I've gained from working with a trained teacher," commented Gayle Reid, student teacher at Ellis Elementary. "GAYLE has brought new ideas to the classroom and allowed me time to follow through with projects I've wanted to do. We work together as a team," commented com-mented Ms. Reid's cooperating cooperat-ing teacher, Clara Hammond. Gayle Reid of Bountiful is one of more than 150 student teachers working in the public schools under the direction of the elementary and secondary programs at Utah State University. IN ADDITION, another 200 university students are involved in-volved in other aspects of working with public school students in activities ranging from observing to tutoring or as a student aide in a ' classroom. : Schools all along the : Wasatch Front and as far : away as Missouri cooperate in : providing experiences for fu-' fu-' ture teachers. Schools in Cache Valley, Box Elder County and Franklin County, : Ida., take the bulk of the USU students, however. ; STUDENT teaching is a ' requirement for earning an : education degree from USU. : But more than that, it's an - experience that trains " students for their future : careers a chance to put their practicum courses to the test, agree USU educators. - Ms. Reid has been in : classroom situations with kindergarten, first, third, , fourth, and sixth grade students. Her early experiences in observing and as a teacher's aide provided - her with the competence to take over Ms. Hammond's class for a couple of weeks. "IT'S LIKE the regular teacher was my aide," related relat-ed Ms. Reid. "She has allowed me to do all the planning plan-ning for the last two weeks of my assignment with this . class.'" "I've felt perfectly comfortable comfor-table turning my class over to Gayle. She's a very capable student teacher," added Ms. Hammond. THE USU student, who with the completion of her student teaching completes her requirements for an elementary elemen-tary education degree, feels very strongly about her chosen career. "I've always enjoyed children and have been able to establish a good relationship rela-tionship with all of my students. I appreciate each one of them and their individualism. in-dividualism. But I also feel students need to learn to live by rules so they can face the world outside of school." MS. REID says her experience in the classroom with different ages has convinced con-vinced her she would probably proba-bly like to teach the older elementary students, fourth, fifth or sixth grades. "I like the students' reliance on themselves at this age," she explained. BOTH MS. Hammond and Ms. Reid feel the earlier experiences she had in a classroom situation prior to student teaching prepared her for this final test. "I've seen quite an advancement advan-cement in readiness since the new program of putting elementary education students in the schools from the beginning of their college experiences," added Ms. Hammond. WHAT DO the elementary students think about their student teacher. "She's great. . . I like ' her. . . Ms. Reid's a good teacher. . . Can you help me, Ms. Reid." OF COURSE there is always al-ways one in every class who is more difficult to please. "I call her crazy Ms. Reid," commented that one student. However, it was easy to see, he was enjoying teasing his teacher who noted he'd been calling her that since her first day in the classroom. WHAT DOES the future hold for Gayle Reid? "A job in teaching. I'm positive of that," she replied before returning to her class, and reminding the students it was time to get back to work. |