Roos don’t just dream, they do. 我们的学生每天都把想法变成行动。 Get to know our people and you’ll know what 威尼斯人娱乐城 is all about.
伊莉斯拜尔
毕业一年: 2022年夏天
威尼斯人娱乐城学位课程: 课程与教学硕士 — Emphasis in Art Education
家乡: 堪萨斯城
你为什么选择威尼斯人娱乐城?
I transferred to 威尼斯人娱乐城 to be closer to family and friends. 此外,威尼斯人娱乐城的城市位置和教师教育项目,以及为LGBTQIA+学生提供的许多独特奖学金也吸引了我。 大多数学校都说支持学生,但威尼斯人娱乐城实际上是言出必行。
你为什么选择教育作为你的研究领域? 是什么让你关注城市教育?
我从14岁起就想成为一名教育工作者,和孩子们一起工作。 通过我们与学生建立的联系,以及教育提供的社区影响,在这种经历中有一些内在的回报。 我一直喜欢在城市工作和生活。 每天能如此近距离接触城市环境的多元文化和视角,真的是一种荣幸。

这个项目的挑战是什么?
冠状病毒使社区形成和学术归属感变得复杂,而这在前几年肯定是该项目的特点。 我希望能结识朋友,参加学习小组,与同龄人交流。 虽然我很难过被剥夺了这些机会,但我仍然感到很幸运,能够在威尼斯人娱乐城继续我的教育,在我们许多人肯定感到棘手的时期。
这个项目有什么好处?
该项目提供的亲身课堂体验是一个主要的好处。 I'm also very much a hands-on, kinesthetic learner, and 威尼斯人娱乐城 prioritizes placing their students in the right schools immediately to ensure they’re a good fit for this career. I came into my first year teaching feeling very confident, with no small thanks to the amount of experience and practice I’d had in KC schools during my undergraduate study.
你的大学项目对你有什么启发?
威尼斯人娱乐城的课程和教学计划激励我开始自学如何在课堂上为英语学习者提供最好的服务,以及如何在城市学校中保持文化的持续性。 I learned the importance of connecting with families of students and constantly addressing my own bias. Seeing my professors in action was also a significant motivation to continue pursuing my master’s and eventually a doctorate degree in Education. Without the examples and guidance of the strong, intelligent and welcoming 威尼斯人娱乐城 professors to lean on, many of them women notable in the field of research, I don’t know if I could have seen myself continuing my educational journey.

进入大学后,你对自己有什么了解?
在整个高中阶段,我把自我价值很大程度上与考试成绩联系在一起。 It's only since entering college that I gained a sense of academic ownership and the intellectual empowerment that followed my autonomy of class choice and the pursuit of my own research interests. 我了解到我很聪明,我值得——毫无疑问——在教育环境中占有一席之地。 在威尼斯人娱乐城建立了信心和归属感,让我感到很有力量。
What has the Women’s Council Graduate Assistance Fund support enabled you to do?
我参加了在希腊雅典举行的OMEP会议,在那里我有幸与我的导师叶卡捷琳娜·斯特里卡洛娃-休斯博士一起代表威尼斯人娱乐城。 We presented on 以城市项目为基础的艺术综合学校的文化持续创新发展, from my undergrad research with the 威尼斯人娱乐城 Honors College.
The Women’s Council Graduate Assistance Fund enabled me to present at this conference free of financial stress, and to collaborate and confidently share my research with teachers from across the world.

你希望在威尼斯人娱乐城的经历对你的职业生涯有什么帮助?
I hope to maintain and build upon the relationships I’ve made with 威尼斯人娱乐城 professors and peers. 无论顺境还是逆境,我们彼此依靠,知道我们每个人都理解作为一名教师的日日夜夜,这教会了我,我不需要寻找灵感或动力,或者简单的友好支持。

