NORTHERN TODAY 10 SPRING 2015 STUDENT HIGHLIGHTS MEGAN Vockrodt has wanted to be a teacher since childhood. “I’ve always loved learning new things,” said Vockrodt, a Northern State University honors student from Pierre. “I also enjoy helping others, so being a teacher combines the two. Teaching is just something I fell in love with when I was in elementary school.” Vockrodt, a senior elementary education major, learned first-hand what it’s like to be a teacher thanks to her student-teaching experience. As a participant in the NSU Year-long Teacher Residency Program, Vockrodt assisted in Jennifer Phillips’ fourth-grade classroom at Aberdeen’s Lincoln Elementary the entire academic year. “Having a mentor to walk me through the whole school year step-by-step is so nice,” she said. Providing that extra head start for prospective teachers is the purpose of the year-long program. The program is a clinically rich capstone experience that assists the NSU School of Education in reaching its goal of developing teaching candidates with highly effective teaching skills. Preparing future teachers Year-long program provides NSU education students with crucial classroom experience.
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