Lampeter-Strasburg Senior High School is a welcoming school
in the middle of Lancaster, Pennsylvania that has an exceptional agriculture
program with of course an exceptional agriculture student teacher that goes by
the name of the one and only Mr. Mason Tate. On March 22nd I had the
opportunity to get out of the city and explore a high school that was different
than mine that offered their students a unique opportunity in agriculture.
When I first arrived and got out of my car, there was farms
everywhere so my expectations were high about what was to come when touring
their agriculture program. As I walked through the school there was an entire
side of the school that showed off their FFA accomplishments and projects in
the windows at the school to show off their FFA pride. When I arrived at Mr.
Tate’s classroom, he was in the middle of introducing the class to the Dairy
Science unit that they were just beginning.
Continuing on with his day, he had a break to prepare for
his shop class that he taught with seven high school boys in attendance. Boy,
was that fun watching Mason get into his element! I am not one for Agriculture
Mechanics (I’m trying, I swear!) but the way that Mason explained certain welds
to students or helped coach them up on whatever project they were working on,
it was great to see his perspective on how we handled his wild high school
boys.
After the Ag Mech class, we then moved onto his Veterinary 2
class that actually got Mason out of his comfort zone from what I noticed! It
was nice to see Mason being pushed into this class of (yes all of them were
girls with one boy!) and seeing him go over materials to deliver an awesome
lesson for his students! Watching Mr. Tate teach was a real treat!
One big take away that I noticed from his class was the way
that his white board was set up! It is not something that I implement in my
class but it is an objective/assignment board to keep him on task and ready to
go. It was nice to see that it helped him and his students for what was going
on that day!
Overall, I had a fantastic time at Lampeter- Strasburg. It
is awesome watching Mason develop since knowing him at Penn State to where he
is now today at the student teaching level! I am confident that Mason will do
great things in and out of the classroom for his students and I know he will
make a FANTASTIC teacher in the future. Keep up the awesome work Mason! I will see you soon!
It was great having you Liv! Thanks for all the kind words!
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