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Candid camera: Kids benefit when higher ed and K-12 collaborate
Nov. 17, 2005 The camera captures Kyle Mazza, then a student- teacher. He is now in the graduate teaching program at SUNY Plattsburgh. Lights, camera, action — it was solidarity behind the scenes when teachers from college and K-12 worked together to make a student-teacher training video. The video project is a joint effort of teachers from SUNY New Paltz and the Newburgh city district. Its purpose is to teach future elementary ed student-teachers from the State University of New York how to write connected lesson plans, and then teach these lessons to students in the public schools. Using a video is a way to accommodate different learning styles, said SUNY New Paltz lecturer Irene Watts-Politza, who directed the project. Student-teachers are busy teaching, studying handbooks and texts, completing writing units and journal writing, she said. The video gives them a chance to learn visually. It was created with a series of humorous and instructive vignettes that take student-teachers through the process of writing an integrated unit. Watts-Politza, who has had a four-year educational partnership with New Windsor Elementary School , is a member of United University Professions, the New York State United Teachers' affiliate representing SUNY academic and professional faculty. In addition to directing the Learning Experience Outline video, she taught participating New Windsor students the basics of making a video for a school project. The participants were students of Angela Sartori, a member of the Newburgh Teachers Association. For further information on using the video, write to: politzai@newpaltz.edu. — Liza Frenette |
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