Teacher Interview: Emma DeVooght
One of the new friends I have met this semester is Emma DeVooght. This is her first semester in OU's teaching program and she has told me that she plans on majoring in Language Arts with an Early Childhood Endorsement. She would most likely want to teach kindergarten or first grade " I currently work in an education center in our pre kindergarten class, consisting of four and five year olds, and I also work with some of our young school-age friends who come to the center after school. I absolutely love working with younger level students!" I asked Emma if she has had any student teaching experience yet since transferring to Oakland and she said she just finished her first field placement. " I was in a second grade room at a very diverse title 1 school in West Bloomfield for six weeks. Many of the students there came from very challenging backgrounds and lives at home, which led to many challenging behavioral issues in the classroom. I also got to work with the ...
