Kyra Cummings

My service learning teacher is Mrs. Shumway the passed couple days. She focuses on an interpersonal way of teaching her students. She has a great ability to relate and understand her cute first graders. And she is able to stay on their level to connect with them. Her classroom is centered around teamwork and cooperation. Most of the time we are splitting up into groups. It's not very often that her students do solo time. She's also her hands on in her teaching. She's not one to stand or sit up front and direct her students. She running around the room, working from group to group to ensure her students are learning. I've been learning a lot more than I thought I would from an online class. This is my first one, and I actually tired to skip it. When meeting with my adviser, she mentioned to me, that since I work at an Elementary school, and go into classrooms everyday to help out or to help teach, I would fly through this course. So, the service work is fun for me. ...

         Liberty Hills Elementary is located in Lehi, Utah. It's one of Alpine Districts newest Elementary schools. It's a brand new, upcoming neighborhood, full of families and children. To the West, we see our majestic Unita Mountains, and to the south is an ever growing Lehi!           These children attending Liberty Hills, are full of excitement! Being able to walk the halls of a school that smells brand new is invigorating and stimulating! They have such a sweet, innocent  pure happiness radiating from them. Being in the classrooms with them is going to be obviously mind opening.          I'm excited for service learning. To me it is teaching as a service; to dedicate my time in the classroom to helping and serving the actual teacher. I want to be able to understand her feelings and love towards teaching.