Laurie Rodriguez

Transcript I’m a huge believer in experience. Yes, you need knowledge, academics, and school, but you also need experience to become a well-rounded individual. Experience helps you develop those skills. Here in our district, you either need 720 contact hours with students to become a teacher aide, or you need 48 college credit hours. Actually, […]

Transcript The semester is 18 weeks, but, for example, my practicum class—now called Instructional Practices—is a double-block class. It’s an 18-week course, but we don’t have 18 weeks of solid classroom instruction because we’re trying to get these kids field experiences. It’s really go, go, go. The students are surprised because we start as soon

Transcript My name is Lori Rodriguez, and I am an Education and Training pathway teacher here at United South High School. I have been at the high school since 2012; that was my first graduating class. Prior to that, I was a middle school teacher. I taught seventh grade for five years at United South