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A Passion for
Teaching The UNH Center for Graduate & Professional Studies has been offering
quality graduate programming off the I-93 corridor since its inception
in July of 2001. The Center is home to more than 300 graduate students
completing graduate programs in business administration, public health,
social work, counseling, administration & supervision, public
administration and teacher education (coursework is also available in
industrial statistics). Only UNH undergraduate students may complete the Five-Year Teacher Preparation Program. In this program, students begin the required education coursework as an undergraduate and complete a year-long internship. The program has students interning at schools in Manchester, Hooksett, and Bedford. The post-BA/BS option is for students who already have an undergraduate degree from UNH or another institution. These students take the required graduate courses in education and then complete a year-long internship in a local school. Matt McDonald spent one summer trying to answer the age old question, “What do I want to be when I grow up?” The then 25 year-old was about to complete the final year of his bachelor’s program in English when he thought back to some advice he had been given long ago, ‘when choosing a career do something you love.’ This led him to register for UNH Manchester’s ED 500-Exploring Teaching where he found himself in Georgia Brussard’s 7th grade class at McKelvie Middle School in Bedford. “My ED 500 experience was great! Mrs. Brussard used unusual methods to incorporate grammar and writing into her classroom by doing 4 or 5 different things in one period and using technology and media in unique ways to keep the students interested,” said McDonald. “As soon as I had completed ED 500 I found that I really missed being in a classroom. I could have just graduated with an English degree and pursued writing; instead I’m choosing the classroom.” UNH students taking ED 500, a pre-requisite course for the teacher education program, must complete 65 hours in a classroom setting. A unique component of the Manchester course is the 5 hours that students spend at the Manchester School of Technology where they work with adults in an ESL program. McDonald said, “the ESL portion of my ED 500 class made me realize the importance of being able to read and write in English. You don’t realize how important knowing the language is just so that you can do normal everyday things like talking on the phone, parent-teacher conferences, shopping. When you don’t know the language you are at a huge disadvantage.” UNH’s full year internship gives students the opportunity to become
more involved in a classroom environment and to apply what they have
learned through their coursework. Along with their daily teaching
responsibilities, UNH interns complete and present an inquiry project at
the annual “Teachers as Researchers Conference.” The Center was created to bring the resources and expertise of the University of New Hampshire to the population and economic center of the state, to focus and extend UNH’s professional education programs, and to further distinguish professional graduate education at UNH. For more information call 641-4313. |
 "The ESL portion of my ED 500 class made me realize the importance of being able to read and write in English. You don’t realize how important knowing the language is just so that you can do normal everyday things like talking on the phone, parent-teacher conferences, shopping. When you don’t know the language you are at a huge disadvantage." Matt McDonald Alumni Related Links
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