{"id":10880,"date":"2016-04-15T08:24:55","date_gmt":"2016-04-15T13:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/update.midlandps.org\/?p=10880"},"modified":"2016-04-19T16:35:13","modified_gmt":"2016-04-19T21:35:13","slug":"bringing-in-berg-new-teacher-joins-dow-high-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/update.midlandps.org\/index.php\/2016\/04\/bringing-in-berg-new-teacher-joins-dow-high-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Bringing in Berg: new teacher joins Dow High staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_10891\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10891\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/update.midlandps.org\/2016\/04\/bringing-in-berg-new-teacher-joins-dow-high-staff\/img_1956\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10891\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10891\" src=\"https:\/\/update.midlandps.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_1956-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Science teacher Chelsea Berg talks with her 4th hour biology students. Part of the discussion for the hour on Apr. 14 centered around the use of cell phones in class.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/update.midlandps.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_1956-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/update.midlandps.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_1956-80x53.jpg 80w, https:\/\/update.midlandps.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_1956-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10891\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Science teacher Chelsea Berg talks with her 4th hour biology students. Part of the discussion for the hour on Apr. 14 centered around the use of cell phones in class.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the beginning of the school year, Chelsea Berg walked into DHS a student, she now leaves every day as a teacher.<\/p>\n<p>She student taught with Kimberly Outinen for the first semester of the 2015-2016 school year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think I could have had a better experience because she had the two different classes, but I also liked that she was so involved in school spirit and stuff,\u201d\u00a0Berg said about student teaching with Outinen.<\/p>\n<p>Berg majored in History and also had a degree in English from Saginaw Valley State University.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The main challenge was that I came into teaching classes that I&#8217;m not certified to teach, so I&#8217;m having to think back to when I took the classes in high school,&#8221; Berg said when talking about her challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Berg is currently teaching fourth hour biology with Melinda Plaugher, fifth hour lifelong, and sixth hour geoscience with Charles Stinson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe best part about being a teacher is basically everything,\u201d Berg said. \u201cThe worst part is there\u2019s not much of an age gap between the students [and myself], but that will go away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bergs favorite part of teaching is when students have that &#8220;ah-ha&#8221; moment and something they have been covering finally sinks in.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It makes me happy for them, but it is also really satisfying to me as it shows that I did my job,&#8221; Berg said. &#8220;When I am teaching History, I also really enjoy getting to share information about topics that I am really passionate about with my students.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.svsu.edu\/collegeofeducation\/<\/p>\n<p>By\u00a0Anikka\u00a0Thorson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the beginning of the school year, Chelsea Berg walked into DHS a student, she now leaves every day as a teacher. 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