It's "Methods" Time!

As soon as our last period (study hall) let out this afternoon at 2:30 p.m., I had to run out to the car and drive up to CSU. Our "Business Methods" starts at 3:10 p.m. each Tuesday. Today was the first day of class. As I don't have a CSU parking permit and don't have time to drive home and ride the bike back to school, I parked at the Visitor's Center, up the way from the Education Building. I got to the building a little early, and stopped in to see if Ali or Terry were around. Nobody there. Do these people work when we aren't there? (Just kidding!)

Teresa Yohon is the instructor for Methods. Lynn, Tim, Robert and I are all there, as well as about 8 or so other students. One of them is TEAM and most of the rest appear to be Undergrad Seniors.

Teresa is the person to know regarding Business teaching in the State of Colorado. She has been the president of this group and the Researcher for that group, she has stuff published in the professional journals and is helping the state rewrite their Business Standards. Obviously, she has a lot to teach us. This being the case, she is not interested in wasting any time on such things as breaks in our 3 hour class. Oh, well.

Also, the room, 229 in the Education Building is pretty hot. I will no longer wear any Rayon shirts to class.

Teresa has alot of expectations regarding our performance. There are a number of small papers, a large project and some lesson and unit plans. In addition, we are to visit a Business classroom at a school outside of the Fort Collins/Loveland area, see what goes on and interview the teacher regarding their methods. We also are to attend an FBLA or DECA (student business and marketing organizations) competition and participate. Extra credit is available, 50 points for attending a Business Educators conference.

One nice thing about Teresa's class is that she is a business teacher, so all of her course materials are well integrated through the use of WebCT. She has posted readings, due date calendars, lecture outlines (complete with weblinks,) translation tables for all of the pertinent standards, etc. A great online resource for us Business Education types!

Alot of work. Hope we can fit it all in with the other PP stuff!