Hay Baylor

      Let's just say that my first weekend of student teaching was not a letdown by any means. I started at Central Columbia with my observations on Thursday, March 23rd, and by Sunday I was en route to Harrisburg for the Student Legislative Leadership Conference with Mrs. Kristie Good and two of our upperclassmen FFA members, Rebecca Lehman and Brooke Kelty. These girls represented the Central Columbia FFA chapter exceptionally well, as they always have in the past according to Mr. Brown and Mrs. Good. Now, let's jump into what went down at the Sheraton on Sunday and Monday.      We got to the Sheraton after a quick bite to eat and within an hour or so my students were headed off to workshops. The focus on Sunday evening was on advocacy, learning how to get your point across effectively and with a purpose, along with some basic dinner etiquette to prepare students for breakfast with their local legislators on Tuesday morning. Rebecca and Brooke had both be...

       During the month of February, I had the chance to take a break from my daily wrestling duties during one of our recovery days and make the drive down to Dover Area High School to see fellow cohort member Killian George rocking out her student teaching internship with Mrs. Barzydlo and Mr. Bowen. Getting to see their agricultural facilities was really cool and the second that I stepped into the school and Killian's classroom, I knew that it would be a good day.      To start off the day, Killian got rolling with her Welding course. Dover does block scheduling so each class is right around 80 minutes, which differs from my cooperating school which does 45-minute periods. I like this aspect in some instances, especially when kids are working with ag mechanics. This gives the students more time to work individually and they really feel like they are making headway on their projects or items. In this class, Killian rehashed the basics of welding stat...