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Amity Teen Teaching 10 years later Slide 2 See Us Teach. 2008-2009 was an exciting year for Amity Teen teachers. It is our 5 th year going to John S. Martinez School in New Haven CT. We had 27 students begin the year as Official Amity Teachers We ended the year with 19 active students committed to attending each monthly trip to New Haven Slide 3 In the classroom Throughout the day at John S. Martinez School you can see Amity Teen Teachers interacting with students grade K-4 th primarily Our students would work with their host teachers to allow them to teach a concept or maybe time was spent with an Amity Teen Teacher reading to the class. Our students were often used as a resource to allow the struggling student at John S. Martinez School some quality one on one time with some one who could make their classroom experience a little bit better. Slide 4 Back at Home in Amity Students signed up during a month long membership drive that ended on Club Day Amity Students had to apply to become a Teen Teacher by producing an innovative biographical document which included a picture of themselves. The executive board reviewed the applications and delivered invitations/passes to those accepted students to the orientation Students attended a comprehensive orientation during school in preparations for their first visit to John S. Martinez School During the orientation students were made aware of the many facets of becoming a Teen Teacher Slide 5 Becoming an Amity Teen Teacher Basics in becoming a teachers aide were discussed during orientation and students were encouraged to make mental notes during their visits regarding the teachers methods classroom management How the teachers introduced new information ? How the teachers gathered the students? How the teacher developed a lesson/objective? Was the teacher very creative and very visual? Was the teacher more dependant on text and books? How did the teacher handle poor behavior? How did the teacher measure for understanding of the materials taught? How do you write a lesson plan? How should a Teen Teacher dress for success? Slide 6 Lesson Plan Development Title or Objective Age Group Identified Grade Level? How Long Lesson will take to complete? Materials Needed Sequential Steps to Completion New Vocabulary to teach Assessment-How will you check for understanding? Graphic image or photograph of finished project/sample Slide 7 Dress for Success: No Jeans No Flip Flops No Cleavage No Short skirts or Shorts No Sneakers No Sweatpants Slide 8 Erin Sullivan Senior/Kindergarten Slide 9 Sarah Chadbourne Junior/4th Slide 10 Thiara Dutra Sophomore - Art Slide 11 Diena Pesina 11 th - 4 th Slide 12 Katelyn Cimmino Jr / 3rd Slide 13 Nate Coutermarsh Jr 2nd Slide 14 Rachel Shang 10 th 1st Slide 15 Brittany Powers 10 th 1st Slide 16 Brianna Eisensmith - Jr Sp Ed Slide 17 Rebecca Pite 10 th Sp Ed Slide 18 Sharon Wu - Kindergarten10 th - Slide 19 Robyn Kenyon 10 th 1st Slide 20 Alexandra Lodynsky 10 th 1st Slide 21 Rachel Hildrich- 11 th 4th Slide 22 Julia Kernan Past President Senior 2nd Slide 23 Co-Presidents Brianna Eisensmith & Rebecca Pite VP- Public Relations :Brittany Powers & Sharon Wu & Thiara Santos Pereira Dutra VP Club Day : Deina Pesino & Lauren Gray VP Book Drive: Katelyn Cimmino & Nate Coutermarsh VP Communications : Lauren Gray VP Data Recording Alexandra Lodynsky VP Trip Coordination- Nate Coutermarsh & Katelyn Cimmino New Officers: 2009-2010 Slide 24 Missing but a part of ATT Matt Bernobich Lauren Gray Rob Martino Sylvia Antonellis Moira Fergusen Gena Soffer Lauren Kehlenbach Melody Hahm Maddy Bortner Ariel Kron Kortney Kesses Slide 25 The End See you in August Collect New or Gently Used Books Slide 26 Amity Teen Teaching 10 years later