Beginning of Fall Semester

This is my first ever blog…here we go! So first a little background on me personally is that my name is Joe and I was born in New Jersey. I went to Rutgers University and got my B.A. in History. I then joined City Year AmeriCorps and moved to Los Angeles to work in their school district. After working in LA schools for two years I applied to The University of Pennsylvania’s Teacher Education Program (Secondary) and came back across the country to pursue a master’s degree in Secondary History Education.

The 10 month accelerated program that the Teacher Education Program provides started on July 1^st. We took two classes and had a field workshop or “internship” a couple times a week. Summer classes finished up a few weeks ago and the break between the Summer and Fall semesters felt great! Now that the school year has started I have been going to my placement high school each of the last few days. As a member of the Teacher Education Program in the Fall semester I am taking four Penn classes and co-teaching each morning at a local high school from 8-12. I haven’t even been at my high school for a week yet but I think things are going very well so far and I’m hoping for a great year. Penn gave us more than enough time to familiarize ourselves with our partner teacher, high school environment, and staff so the only thing that’s different now from last week is that there are kids in the school. That’s all for now, but I’ll be sure to keep everyone updated as my year continues. Bye!