By Adam Studzinski

NORMAL – A Unit 5 teacher recently completed a book which focuses on to help create a better relationship between student teachers and their supervisors.

Northpoint kindergarten teacher Carley Schweinberg said she got the idea for “Learning to Teach” after “clicking” with a student teacher last fall.

“I thought, you know, it’d be great if everybody had this relationship and, you know, how do you get this relationship started?” said Schweinberg. “So a lot of things came up; different things in the classroom, like knowing when you should leave, knowing when you should ask questions.”

Schweinberg explained her 100 page book not only looks at the relationship between the student teacher and supervisor, but also the importance of creating a good relationship with college professors.

“And then also is kind of a snapshot into each brain – student teacher’s brain, cooperating teacher’s brains – and telling the other want they want to say, but they probably wouldn’t say,” Schweinberg said.

Schweinberg’s book can be found at the local Barnes & Noble, on Amazon.com, and on Rowman and Littlefield’s publication website.

Adam Studzinski can be reached at [email protected].