Hi! My name is Makenzie Curtis. I am beginning my fifth and final year as a Music Education Major and English Minor at Eastern Washington University. I'm actually just about to start my observations in a high school music classroom, and am so excited!! Previously I have worked in elementary and preschool/daycare environments. I cannot wait to get experience as a teacher with high school students now instead. I also currently have one middle school aged student I am teaching in guitar, and hope in the next year or so I will feel like I have enough experience to expand to more students.
Although my major is in music education, I have always had a love of English, especially the literature aspect. I have always been the kind of person who can't put a book down until it is finished, being driven nuts if I have other obligations and cannot read. I have only taught one English lesson so far, and even that was done in a class I was taking. I am actually less nervous about teaching English than Music, because even though I love and am experienced with both, I feel less comfortable with music. This might be more of the fact that I do not give myself enough credit, but even so, I feel as though I can use more experience in that area.
For this course in particular, I want to get as much out of it as possible. I think that the book list we are to read is very exciting, and I cannot wait to try putting things like graphic novels into practice, especially with students who do not love reading as much as I do. I think this will give me another opportunity to work on fully understanding TPAs and curricula as a whole, and I am very excited to see where this class takes me!
No comments:
Post a Comment