My name is Ken Vacek and I am a non-traditional student at Drake University in Des Moines. I am married and we have three kids, all of them in elementary school. I am currently working in the insurance industry where I have held a number of positions over the past 13 years. I am working towards a Master of Science in Teaching for elementary education and a reading endorsement. I will be student teaching in the spring and then heading out to the teaching world!
The video on Dean Kamen was inspirational. The work he did has impacted the lives of many and will continue to be improved upon. The technology that he created is a significant leap from previous prosthetics and will be a good baseline for future people to work to improve. Team Kamen is definitely well named.
Ken,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the intro. I am a non-traditional student as well. I am working on my teaching certification through UW-Osh ACT program. I am not familiar with education system at all. Just wondering the Master of Science in Teaching would make you a Science teacher or a administrator to monitor or organizing the science curriculum for your school? Thanks
The program at Drake is designed to place you in a general education elementary classroom K - 6. I am also completing my reading endorsement which will allow me to teach reading K - 8. Our Science instruction is a methods of teaching science to students grade K - 6.
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