Partnership with a Local Elementary School

Throughout the time that I have been at SUNY Cortland, I have worked to establish a partnership with a local elementary school so my students can begin to make connections from text-based knowledge to practical experience working with elementary students.

The slideshow below shows pictures of my EDU 375 students working with elementary students at Math and Social Studies Learning Centers. During my first year as a faculty member, I worked with another professor to create this assignment so students could begin to understand the importance of integrating more than one subject area into lessons. Although I no longer work with that faculty member, I still require students to complete this assignment because students continually mention that they didn't understand the curricular connection between math and social studies prior to completing the activity.  In the pictures below, you will see 2nd and 3rd grade students working in pairs at different learning centers that were set up at the Children's Museum.