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Dr. Stobaugh is the best professor I've had! She is an educator in every sense of the word and will do anything she can to help you become a great teacher. With that in mind, this class is by no means a cake walk, in fact, this is one of the most demanding and time consuming classes i've taken at Western. You have to complete 15 hours of Field Work where you develop a Unit Plan proposal with the teacher you observe in the field. The Unit Plan includes 4 different lessons, and you are required to teach 1 of those lessons to the classroom which you observe. You also have to do two 15-20 minute Peer Teachers where you teach segments of 2 different lessons from your unit plan to the class. For the second peer teach, you have to model a specific teaching strategy of your choice from the book, so your lesson has to be developed accordingly to match that strategy. Developing each lesson plan is a very tedious process because it involves so much more than simply writing out the lesson. You have to make Power Points, Rubrics, Performance Measures, and other little things that go along with each lesson. There are several other assignments in this class, including the Critical Performances to upload to your electronic file, and also, you have to complete a journal for each hour you complete in your field work. Again, this is a very tough class due to the amount of work, but you will really start to develop as a teacher by the end of the semester. I really dreaded this class at the start of the semester because I felt like I knew nothing about how to be a good teacher, but Dr. Stobaugh helps you however she can to identify your strengths and weaknesses and to build and improve upon them. She is very overwhelming and intimidating at first because she's so wild and energetic, but once you get used to her and the pace of the class you can settle down and focus on the work. I dreaded this class at first, but at the end of the semester I loved it and now feel really confident about teaching and progressing through the program. TAKE DR. STOBAUGH! BEST PROFESSOR IN THE DEPARTMENT!
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