The last time I posted was on October 1st. I can't remember if I posted about Teacher Cadet Day or not. Well, teacher cadet day was when many of the teacher cadet students around NC had the opportunity to explore ECU. I was fortunate enough to lead a tour with a wonderful group of kids from Camp Lejeune High School. I loved these kids so much. Each and everyone of them was so delightful to talk to! I have even had the opportunity to keep in touch with some of these students. It was really great to meet students who want to be future teachers. Meetings kids like this, help show us all that we are going to have a bright future for the education department. :)
Later on in the month, the teaching fellows group had their annual summer reading seminar. This summer, each student in the teaching fellows program had to read A Home on the Field. It was a great book that discussed Latino students in NC. We were lucky enough to have a visit from the author where he discussed many of the statistics on Latino families and students in NC.
I stayed busy in October with many of the halloween activities going on around the ECU campus. Since I am president of my dorm, I led a program where residents could carve pumpkins. They payed $1.00 a pumpkin and the money went towards UNICEF. It was a fun activity that allowed for participation from everybody in the dorm! :) Later on in the month, my roommate and I went to Haunted Health. This activity was a lot of fun! It was a Wellness Passport Program (programs that teach you about being healthy and taking care of your body) hosted in Mendenhall Student Center. There were six booths all discussing different health related issues but centered around halloween. It was a lot of fun. It reminded me of trick-or-treating with a lesson before you "won" your candy. :)
In the teaching fellows program at ECU, you are required to join a committee. Each committee has a certain purpose. I am on the recruitment committee meaning that my job is to work around campus with certain activities that recruit students to ECU as well as to the education department. My job is to show all of you the highlights of this school. Sometimes looking at papers on a school can not define the positives and negatives of it. My job is to highlight each of those points to all of you! Part of the teaching fellows program is the Interview Skills Day. ECU sponsors a day where students can come out and go through a mock interview. This helps the students become comfortable with questions that might be asked to them when they do their actual teaching fellows interview. We had a great turnout for this program. We also received a lot of positive feedback. Many of the students seemed to enjoy it and were glad they had the opportunity to have a pre-look at the interviewing process.
November has not had as many exciting activities as October did. It seems that much of this month has been filled with testing. Midterms happened sometime between mid-october and November. That was definitely a stressful time. Just as in high school, midterm time requires you to study, study, study!!! Many students here at ECU right now are anticipating Thanksgiving break. Many of us will be going home for the first time since fall break which was in the beginning of October!
I hope everybody has a wonderful Turkey day! Remember that each of us has so much to be thankful for! I cannot even begin to list all that I am thankful for! :) I hope everybody is doing well! If anybody has any comments or questions please remember to ask at anytime!
See you all later! Byes :))
