- March 22nd, 2007, 2:05 am
#71042
Yeah, I agree, any of what I posted would be stuff that could possibly make sense years down the road if/when the 25K stated aspirations come to fruition.
As a side note, the FSU High School spent almost 50 years on the same campus as FSU (1954-2001) and does provide and interesting "lab" so to speak. However, education majors at LU have the option to work in a private, religious or public school environment, which I think is a good thing. It would be disastarous for the program if they confined the education majors to solely christian/parochial schools.
When I was there, the "batch" of education people I was in for student teaching (elementary & secondary) was probably a 70/30 split percentage-wise, 70% chose a public school placement, 30% chose a faith-based placement. Having the graduates (or soon to be graduated student teachers) out in the public schools of central VA also serves as a good liaison between the school and the greater central Virginia area in debunking the myth that LU students are crazies just lying in wait to take over the general public's lives.
These graduates, along with the nursing graduates, have already begun working consistently during their degree programs (many times starting in their first or second semester at LU) in the professional environment in which they will work after graduation as basically full-time jobs. Ed Majors basically work 40-60 hours a week for free in the Spring semester prior to graduation...Check that, actually, come to think about it, Ed majors had to pay for a full academic course load (16 hours) in order for the "opportunity" to work for free (Educ 450 Seminar in Teaching or something like that; i.e. pay to work.)
For all, don't misconstrue my intention in posting that; the experience is invaluable, and one is actually paying for the collegiate credit verification for the degree on the transcript so that one has the requisite proof that they went through an accredited program and satisfied the student teaching requirement in order to qualify for a state approved teaching license. So next time one complains about GNED or freshman seminar, how about "them" apples.
thepostman wrote:wow Peter Parker...I read that whole thing somehow and am very impressed with it
it was very nicely put together and I think something that could be possible down the road
LCA does serve LU education majors with a great asset and something that should be used for their advantage....I forgot about that Florida State school....its a separate campus but very much a part of the educational department at Florida St.
Anyways....Like I have said nothing is going to change anytime soon, but there is nothing wrong with discussion....
Yeah, I agree, any of what I posted would be stuff that could possibly make sense years down the road if/when the 25K stated aspirations come to fruition.
As a side note, the FSU High School spent almost 50 years on the same campus as FSU (1954-2001) and does provide and interesting "lab" so to speak. However, education majors at LU have the option to work in a private, religious or public school environment, which I think is a good thing. It would be disastarous for the program if they confined the education majors to solely christian/parochial schools.
When I was there, the "batch" of education people I was in for student teaching (elementary & secondary) was probably a 70/30 split percentage-wise, 70% chose a public school placement, 30% chose a faith-based placement. Having the graduates (or soon to be graduated student teachers) out in the public schools of central VA also serves as a good liaison between the school and the greater central Virginia area in debunking the myth that LU students are crazies just lying in wait to take over the general public's lives.
These graduates, along with the nursing graduates, have already begun working consistently during their degree programs (many times starting in their first or second semester at LU) in the professional environment in which they will work after graduation as basically full-time jobs. Ed Majors basically work 40-60 hours a week for free in the Spring semester prior to graduation...Check that, actually, come to think about it, Ed majors had to pay for a full academic course load (16 hours) in order for the "opportunity" to work for free (Educ 450 Seminar in Teaching or something like that; i.e. pay to work.)
For all, don't misconstrue my intention in posting that; the experience is invaluable, and one is actually paying for the collegiate credit verification for the degree on the transcript so that one has the requisite proof that they went through an accredited program and satisfied the student teaching requirement in order to qualify for a state approved teaching license. So next time one complains about GNED or freshman seminar, how about "them" apples.
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