My mentor for this project was Ms. Sarah Geerling. Ms. Geerling is currently my H Journalism II/ Yearbook advisor. She teaches College Prep English, Yearbook, Newspaper and she is also the adviser for the Fandom Freaks club. Ms. Geerling being so involved in her job; she was asked if she had any time for herself. Geerling said, “I make time when I have time. Most of my friends just had to accept that I’m mostly just available during the summer. Teaching kills my social life nine months out of the year; but I love it, I wouldn't have it any other way.” Geerling isn’t new to the whole journalism thing. She may not have applied for the position but once her employers saw her background experience they knew that she was perfect for the job. You …show more content…
Thankfully, my first two degrees had a lot of overlap with journalism. I only needed four additional courses to obtain my certification. I’ve taken two courses, I’m currently in my third, and I hope to take the final required course this upcoming summer.” Most colleges require you to go to college and take typical courses in business or another broad profession. Teachers have to do more than the average college student. Geerling was asked what were some of the courses that she had to take in college. She said, “ A lot of the courses that you take when studying education have to do with pedagogy, but you will also study child and adolescent psychology and specific topics focused in whatever area you’re working on a certification in. In my case, I took a lot of English courses in addition to my education classes. Toward the in of my program, there was a required practicum semester, where I completed 90 observation hours at University City High School. My final semester was spent student teaching at Lutheran North High School. During both semesters, Webster required that students in the program attend weekly seminar classes to collaborate and work through