Elementary Education
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The Suspense is Killing Me
Enjoying the outdoors at the beach. Christine Reed. Elementary Education MAT. 7/23/14
Summer is half over, and although I should be sa..
Meet and Greet with Cohort 22
While following my journey through the Elementary Education MAT Program at Columbia College Chicago, you have gotten to know me, my cohort..
Deconstructing Power, Constructing Knowledge
While the second-year Elementary Education and Art Education graduate students are busy student teaching and applying for teaching pos..
Easy as Pie
For an educator it is the greatest reward to see your students interested in a lesson, engaged thoughtfully in their work, and demonst..
A Balancing Act
Going to graduate school full time, working various part-time jobs, and student teaching every day, it can be hard to find the space o..
Student Teaching
After a very busy January Term at Columbia, lots of changes in my life, and most importantly 16 classes and countless papers, lesson p..
New Year, New Adventures
As the hustle and bustle of the holidays winds down and the time to relax over winter break shortens, we pre..
The Reflective Teacher
In the teaching profession, as in life, you never stop learning. I learn everyday from my students and from the process of teaching. I..
Art and Academic Integration
As an educator it is important to me to make my lessons engaging and dynamic. As a dancer it is important to me to continue practicin..
Middle School is Tough
Finding your true interests, the growing pains, the hormones, creating an identity for yourself, rigorous academics, puberty…these are..