Life Skills Center of Dayton English teacher Elizabeth Fogle, a 2007 graduate of Ohio Northern University, recently presented at the annual convention for the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) in New York City.
She discussed the need for collegiate clubs focused on preservice teachers and also highlighted the need for peer-to-peer communication at the college level to aid in the development of prospective teachers.
"Overall, the trip was a wonderful experience for a first-year teacher," Fogle said. "Presenting at the national level helped to build my confidence in what I was doing and that I 'knew' what I was doing."
Life Skills Center of Dayton Master Teacher Teresa Fife also attended the event.
Fogle founded the Secondary Education Society along with four other students while at Ohio Northern University. One, a teacher in Maryland, and the other three, still students at ONU, also took part in the presentation.
"The workshops covered various topics concerning the teaching of English, and as the District Test Coordinator for the LSC Dayton, I focused many of the sessions I went to in regards to high stakes testing and state testing models," she said. "The networking potential and the ability to talk to others who are out either doing what I am doing as a first-year or gaining insight from those with many years of experience was invaluable."
The society meets on campus but also has an online forum for alumni to respond to student questions.
Fogle has been with Life Skills Center of Dayton for five months and is a University of Dayton graduate student. She graduated from Benjamin Logan High School in 2004 and currently lives in Riverside, Ohio.
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