{"224991":{"#nid":"224991","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Pre-Teaching Internship Lets Student Explore Elementary Education","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EStephanie Greear,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Ea fifth-year student in\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Sam Nunn School of International Affairs\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Eand the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of Modern Languages,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Eis spending her summer at Centennial Place as its first pre-teaching intern from Tech.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGreear\u2019s internship placement was facilitated by the Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL) and the Division of Professional Practice (DoPP), which are working together to broaden opportunities for the increasing number of Tech students interested in exploring careers in education. Nearly 300 of last year\u2019s freshman applicant pool expressed an interest in teaching, up from just 20 the year before.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBecause Tech doesn\u2019t have a college of education, students who wanted to become teachers had volunteer opportunities and classes they could take, but no way to truly explore the experience of being a teacher,\u201d said Tech Pre-Teaching Advisor Susan Belmonte, who collaborated with the principal at Centennial Place to create the internship.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEnabled by Centennial Place\u2019s year-round schedule, Greear has been privy to the closeout of one academic year and the summer preparations for the next. She has observed in the classroom, helped conduct reading comprehension testing, and participated in interviewing new teachers, which gave her insight into preparing for her own future job search. She\u2019ll get more classroom time again in August when the internship will culminate with her teaching for a week. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cEveryone is really supportive of each other \u2014 kids, teachers, and staff alike,\u201d Greear said. \u201cI already know that leaving in August is going to be very difficult and sad, and I am already trying to work out my schedule for fall so that I can come volunteer at the school in my free time.\u201d \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBelmonte hopes to grow the internship next year to place two students at Centennial Place, and eventually establish middle and high school internships as well.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Stephanie Greear, a fifth-year student, is Georgia Tech\u0027s first pre-teaching intern."}],"uid":"27848","created_gmt":"2013-07-29 10:22:25","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:38","author":"Claire Woodring","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-07-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-07-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"224701":{"id":"224701","type":"image","title":"Stephanie Greear","body":null,"created":"1449243551","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:39:11","changed":"1475894896","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:16","alt":"Stephanie Greear","file":{"fid":"197391","name":"dsc_0007.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/dsc_0007_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/dsc_0007_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":3410364,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/dsc_0007_0.jpg?itok=4doGF9fI"}},"224691":{"id":"224691","type":"image","title":"Stephanie Greear at Centennial Place Elementary","body":null,"created":"1449243551","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:39:11","changed":"1475894896","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:16","alt":"Stephanie Greear at Centennial Place Elementary","file":{"fid":"197390","name":"dsc_0005_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/dsc_0005_0_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/dsc_0005_0_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":3153724,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/dsc_0005_0_0.jpg?itok=dc-NruKj"}}},"media_ids":["224701","224691"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}