{"id":7898,"date":"2023-11-02T15:50:13","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T20:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/education\/?p=7898"},"modified":"2024-07-10T13:44:56","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T18:44:56","slug":"students-explore-education-careers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/education\/students-explore-education-careers\/","title":{"rendered":"Students Explore Education Careers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>High school students from all over southeastern Wisconsin gathered on the UWM campus on Oct. 27 to explore potential careers in education. They all had personal reasons for considering becoming teachers or entering other careers in education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI grew up in a refugee camp and I want to give back by teaching in a camp,\u201d said Eh Blut Soe, a junior at the Hmong American Peace Academy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI want to help students make their futures better,\u201d said her classmate Panteria Xiong, also a junior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"uwm-c-img--caption-gray\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/615\/2023\/11\/future-eductors-750x500-1.jpg\" alt=\"Angel Hessel, School of Education Distinguished Lecturer and Teaching Faculty, speaks to students during the Future Educators Summit.\" class=\"wp-image-7940\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/615\/2023\/11\/future-eductors-750x500-1.jpg 750w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/615\/2023\/11\/future-eductors-750x500-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption>Angel Hessel, School of Education Distinguished Lecturer and Teaching Faculty, speaks to students during the Future Educators Summit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI feel there are not enough Black men who are educators,\u201d said Medard Ebasomba, a junior from South Division High School who hopes, he said, to become a high school mathematics teacher. He likes math, he said, and wants to help students understand it. He attended a session on Men of Color in Education during his visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Approximately 180 high school students and their teachers had the opportunity to meet with UWM education faculty and students and other educators at the all-day Future Educators Summit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many of the high school students have already become involved in learning more about teaching and education careers through UWM\u2019s dual enrollment program that engages them in a beginning teaching course. Others are involved in Education Pathways programs at their high schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The high school students were welcomed by Andrew Davis, School of Education, associate dean and head of school, and Angel Hessel, distinguished lecturer and director of student teachers in the elementary education program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"uwm-c-img--caption-gray\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/615\/2023\/11\/future-eductors-750x500-2.jpg\" alt=\"Tara Serebin, School of Education Teaching Faculty, speaks to students during a breakout session at the Future Educators Summit. \" class=\"wp-image-7942\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/615\/2023\/11\/future-eductors-750x500-2.jpg 750w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/615\/2023\/11\/future-eductors-750x500-2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption>Tara Serebin, School of Education Teaching Faculty, speaks to students during a breakout session at the Future Educators Summit. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Future classroom teachers are in a unique position because, unlike other professions, as students they get a chance to observe their own teachers in action, Hessel reminded them. \u201cYou are observing the profession all the time.\u201d When she asked students about the characteristics of good educators, the students came up with key words like \u201cperseverance,\u201d \u201chumane,\u201d \u201chelpful,\u201d \u201cpatient,\u201d and \u201cempathy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During morning and afternoon breakout sessions, students had the opportunity to explore topics like what it takes to become an early childhood, special education, elementary or high school teacher. 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