Brittany Harrison

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Lumpkin County Alternative Education Center

• Brittany Harrison
• NGCSU Service
• Learning Project
• 2003

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What is the Lumpkin County Alternative Education
Center?

• Also known as the Mountain Education Center
  (MEC).
• Place where students are sent when they are
  removed from day school.
• Where students can work towards getting high
  school credits in an alternative setting.

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Who attends MEC?

• Students who have been dismissed/expelled from
  day school.
• Students that may have gotten behind in day
  school and need to earn some high school credits.

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Why did I chose the MEC?

• To take on a challenge.
• I wanted to learn how to deal with these types
  students.
• To convey the idea to the students that they can
  learn and are very capable of becoming something
  great in todays world.

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My Job

• My job consisted of tutoring/teaching students in
  small group settings or sometimes individually in
  the area of math.
• I also tutored in other areas such as science or
  English when needed.
• Involved in rewriting some of the math curriculum
  used at the MEC.

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My Experience

• I learned many lessons I can take with me into my
  own classroom.
• It was a challenge, but it brought me joy to see
  the students succeed.

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What I Have Learned

• All students can learn.
• Everyone can learn something.
• It is also unfair to make hasty judgements on the
  students and their ability to learn.

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Other things I have learned

• I learned new things about my subject area just
  by teaching the students.
• Teaching is not easy, but seeing a student
  succeed after putting much time and effort into
  teaching him is very rewarding.

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How can I use what I have learned in my own
classroom?

• Use patience.
• Believe in my students ability.
• Encourage my students to become all they can be.
• Do not make hasty judgements on students in my
  classroom.

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Some pictures of the MEC and the students
MEC Building
Me helping with an assignment.
Two of the female students at the MEC.