DirecTrack to Teaching students have been active in several schools in our partner districts this fall. DirecTrack is a program for undergraduates at the UMN-TC who intend to become secondary (math, social studies, science, English language arts) or k-12 (art, ESL, world language, special education) licensed teachers through our post-baccalaureate initial licensure programs (ILP).
One of the requirements of DirecTrack is to take a course titled Exploring the Teaching Profession. A key component of this course involves service-learning in local schools. This fall, 27 students have been participating in service-learning in several of our partner districts.
• Columbia Heights High School, AVID tutors: 4 students
• Roosevelt High School (MPS), classroom tutors: 9 students
• Wellstone International High School (MPS): 1 student
• Lucy Craft Laney K-8 School (MPS): 2 students
• Adolescent Girls and Parenting Education (AGAPE) (SPPS): 3 students
• Murray Middle School (SPPS): 8 students
A student quote says it best:
“The most rewarding aspect is in the countless number of times I have seen a student that I am tutoring begin to understand something after I explain it to them. I have heard comments from my students that they finally understand something after I explained it to them. To just know that I am actually making a difference in these students’ lives is an incredibly rewarding feeling.”
The staff and students in DirecTrack wish to extend a big thank you to these schools for their support of our students as they continue on their path towards becoming teachers!