Maroula Pavlakos: Through this diversity book project, my eyes were opened to ways we can teach our youth about diversity in terms they can relate to and understand. I loved watching the children get excited about sharing their own connections to the stories we read to them. Overall I had a very positive experience working with the children at CDC and this experience only further deepened my love for teaching and working with children.

Dylan Crawford: I absolutely loved the Diversity Book project. I loved getting to know the kids at the CDC and I learned so much about lesson plans, how to deliver them, and how to keep the kids engaged. It felt amazing to feel like a real-life teacher, so thank you for giving us the opportunity. What is so unique about Rollins education program is that we have the CDC to get real life experience, and I think it will help me grow as a teacher down the road.

Emily Barcelo: Teaching at the Hume House was an incredible experience! The students blew me away with their intelligent remarks during our lessons, and their funny comments always put a smile on my face. I could not wait to go back after every teaching session; truly a great opportunity for any student interested in education!

Every newsletter a teacher candidate from across Rollins Education Department programs is highlighted and featured for their inspiration, accomplishments, and community impact at Rollins, within their local and global communities, and/or work with K-12 students.

This week we are featuring Pathways, soon-to-be graduate, Alejandra Salinas. She has been one of our top senior interns this semester, making an incredible impact on her students and her local school community. During Hispanic heritage month Alejandra is shown above with a trifold she created and artifacts brought from her home country, Mexico, to display for Sadler Elementary’s family fiesta. She was also recently interviewed by Telemundo. Please click below to see her recent interview on National Telemundo. We are so proud of her!

https://www.telemundo.com/shows/en-casa-con-telemundo/educacion/video/una-escuela-de-california-esta-incorporando-los-videojuegos-al-aprendizaje-tmvo11323417

Fall ‘22 semester is coming to an end and Pathways to Teaching cohort 2 students are concluding their last semester as undergraduates at Rollins College. We want to highlight those who have been inducted to one or more honor societies at Rollins.

➢ IOTA SIGMA Rollins Chapter of the ALPHA SIGMA LAMBDA National Honor Society members; Aisha Barber, Kelly Longstreet, Alejandra Salinas, Angela Simpson, and Adrienne Williams.

➢ Lambda Kappa Chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, Education Honor Society members; Natalie Delgado, Kelly Longstreet, Alejandra Salinas, Angela Simpson.

➢ Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society members; Logan Kuchenbuch, Kelly Longstreet, and Angela Simpson.

Rollins College has done it again!

This fall several Pathway students have been recognized as outstanding employees at their schools.

In the Rollins Education program, and in life in general, we often need ways to get and stay inspired. There's no one-size-fits-all for this and that is the beauty of it! There are different strategies for gathering inspiration for different purposes. This issue I'd like to direct the inspiration towards inspiring our students. What have you done to inspire others today? Sure, teachers do that all the time by simply showing up, but what steps have you taken to ensure that that inspiration evolves into something great in your students? How do you inspire their thoughts, feelings, creativity? These are all channels that can be ignited so that they are inspired to learn, collaborate with each other, and boost their confidence. According to https://www.grammarly.com/, here are some ways to inspire creativity and much more in your students.

• Listen to Music: Multiple studies show that music can increase creativity and focus. This is something that our students could benefit from! Even playing soft music in the background can ignite something within them!
• Journal Everyday: Journaling has proven to be an age-old recipe for creativity and expression within students! It also helps students with handwriting practice and fine motor development.
• Join a group: Sometimes creating can be lonely, but that doesn't mean that you shouldn't create! The same goes for students! When students are interactive within their school, this increases their inspiration to learn, participate, and motivate others.
• Mind Map: A mind map is a great way for students to see their ideas on paper and get the gist of how something will go. This also stimulates more thinking and brainstorming.
• Carry an Idea Book: Inspiration can come at any time! Carrying a small notebook can help a student capture or record ideas that they come up with. This is something that they can have at home or a specific part of the day to use in your classroom! You'd be surprised at some of the ideas that students come up with and how proud that they will be that it is their own!
• Light a Candle (or turn on a diffuser if candles aren’t allowed): there are plenty of ways to inspire but I think smell is one of the best. Within the classroom, a faint smell of cinnamon or vanilla seems to boost creativity. I would go with the former personally, as it always elicits a very warm feeling.
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Another idea that I thought about is creating a class vision board that you can hang in your classroom. During morning meetings or the beginning of the year, talk to your students about what you hope for them to accomplish and what they hope they will accomplish as well. Give them a magazine page to cut a picture to add or a simple vocabulary word to learn. Get creative! Students respond well to things that are made by them, which immediately increases their inspiration. For the tech savvy, this can also be done on Google Slides or Nearpod!

In closing, I leave you with this quote from Michael Altshuler:

The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.

This inspiration was provided for you by: Adrienne Williams

Special thanks to Natalie Delgado, Alejandra Salinas, Alondra Martes, Jacqueveus Arnold, Adrienne Williams, and Angela Simpson for their contributions to the newsletter.