Michigan's Student Teacher of the Year

Christine Orlando is the recipient of the Michigan Student Teacher/Intern of
the Year Award, bestowed by the Michigan Association of Teacher Educators.
Orlando, a 22-year-old elementary and special education major from Columbia,
Maryland, graduated from Calvin College this past weekend.

To qualify for the Michigan Student Teacher/Intern of the Year Award, Orlando
had to submit a video of herself teaching and a lesson plan, plus other
materials.

"It's a rather intense application process," said Jane Genzink, Calvin's
student teaching supervisor.

Genzink, who nominated Orlando for the award, first saw her student teaching
in an elementary classroom last fall at Discovery Elementary school in
Kentwood, Mich. "She just has this natural knack and taught like an experienced
teacher," Genzink said. "I felt like I was watching a person who had taught for
years when I went to see her."

Orlando accepted the award in mid-April at a reception in Detroit. Since
graduation, she returned to her hometown, working as the director of preschool
gymnastics camp at Columbia Gymnastics. She is also in the process of
interviewing for teaching jobs there.

See full story:
http://www.calvin.edu/news/archive/michigan-s-student-teacher-of-the-year
 

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Michigan’s Student Teacher of the Year

Christine Orlando is the recipient of the Michigan Student Teacher/Intern of
the Year Award, bestowed by the Michigan Association of Teacher Educators.
Orlando, a 22-year-old elementary and special education major from Columbia,
Maryland, graduated from Calvin College this past weekend.

To qualify for the Michigan Student Teacher/Intern of the Year Award, Orlando
had to submit a video of herself teaching and a lesson plan, plus other
materials.

“It’s a rather intense application process,” said Jane Genzink,
Calvin’s student teaching supervisor.

Genzink, who nominated Orlando for the award, first saw her student teaching
in an elementary classroom last fall at Discovery Elementary school in
Kentwood, Mich. “She just has this natural knack and taught like an
experienced teacher,” Genzink said. “I felt like I was watching a person
who had taught for years when I went to see her.”

Orlando accepted the award in mid-April at a reception in Detroit. Since
graduation, she returned to her hometown, working as the director of preschool
gymnastics camp at Columbia Gymnastics. She is also in the process of
interviewing for teaching jobs there.

See full story:
http://www.calvin.edu/news/archive/michigan-s-student-teacher-of-the-year

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Received on Fri May 27 09:32:29 2011