Show yo I J I. I Y r F ti I Y s Herb feels hes he's here for the students not because of them Hes He's happy ay at C I Herb Van Os says y Shanna Despain Herbert Van Os a math a h and machine and machine shop instructor is isone one amon among many very fine instructors with staff Mr Van Os was born and raised in Holland where he he a attended tended high school business college and a police academy After coming to Utah 25 years ego ago he attended where he received his MS MSS degree and went Q on to th the and nd JJ Utah bt State University He has taken a variety of classes to enable him to understand his students courses and be more effective a at t teaching r Mr Van Os is married and has 3 boys and 1 girl Only one is still living at home He plans to visit Holland within the next few years and is looking forward to seeing old friends and visiting his home town He feels feels' happy where he is and nd feels that his future plans ar are only to improve as a teacher cher Loves to work Mr Van Os feels that is a great school I r love to work here her I f feel l that students are the most important people on campus I can cant can't t teach but the students can learn lear he e stated Mr Van Os has a very relaxed informal yet businesslike classroom where the students enjoy le learning He feels that class class- organization and motivation are very important t to a classroom atmosphere I try Jo to treat every student as a future friend and always every answer answer answer- every question I dont don't forget the times when I had to learn the subject If the class is attractive and the students want to come they also want to learn stated Mr Van Os He invites class participation and feels the students learn more if th they y will ask spec specific ic questions Worked at When Mr Van Os worked at he noticed that anytime there was welding to be done everyone asked for Ike Elzinga There were three welders but everyone took the work to Ike So when Mr Van Os had the occasion rise that he needed something welded he noticed the beautiful job Mr Van Os wanted to pay Mr Elzinga a compliment so he asked why he was such a good welder Mr Elzinga answered Herb Ive I've been welding for 25 years but I do a job jobI n nI I look it over and ask myself how could I have done that better Mr Van VanOs Os thought about the statement and decided how nice it would be for e everyone to have that attitude and de decided to practice this philosophy phil himself Turns them off Mr Van Os would like to see the students write into the newspaper and let the faculty know what turns them off and s what turns them on It can be done without pointing fingers at teachers who students have hav personality clashes with and may give the instructors ideas on how to get the lessons across Mr VanOs yanOs feels he is only a part o of a team of good teachers here at He has learned through his own experiences experienc s as aswell well as those of other other- instructors It has taken several years to build on his philosophies of teaching and he feels he is still learning and growing |