Andrew Borja stepped into the classroom yesterday and ceased being a teaching student \u2014 he got a taste of what’s it like to be the professional he wants to be.<\/p>\n
On the first day of his teaching assistantship, a requirement to become a teacher, Borja helped sixth-graders at San Vicente Elementary School with using a computer and reviewed their assignments.<\/p>\n
“It’s really fun and interesting. It brings back a lot of memories,” Borja said.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere, 40 other students under the Teacher Academy Program of the Marianas High School perform similar tasks.<\/p>\n
They were required to undergo that sort of apprenticeship for three weeks. That would earn them $5 an hour.<\/p>\n
The Public School System pays both their salary and college tuition fees out of a federal grant, according to Federal Program Coordinator Tim Thornburgh.<\/p>\n
They are expected back at MHS when classes resume in February and will continue to attend NMC, where they will earn their degree in education.<\/p>\n
At the end of the day as a real educator in a real classroom, Borja’s resolve to be a teacher has grown stronger, a conviction that may have been fed by the well-behaved attitude shown toward him by students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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