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Alaina Repetto

Undergraduate major or graduate field of study: B.S., Adolescence Education Earth Science

Subject area(s) and grade level teaching focus: Earth Science, grades 9-12

Category of scholarship/fellowship:
Noyce Scholar

Name of Noyce institution:
SUNY Cortland

Current academic or teaching status:
Junior

School and school district:
Grant Middle School, Syracuse City School District

Background:

I am 21 years old. I live with my parents, grandfather, and two younger brothers at home. Home is in Dutchess County. I graduated high school in May of 2007. I was originally a math education major, but decided to go into Earth Science during my sophomore year while I was taking physical geology as a general education course. I changed my major as soon as I could and have loved every minute of it since.

Why do you want to teach:

I want to teach because our education system needs educators who love what they teach and know a lot about their subject. I also want to make a difference within the schools by bringing in new and current ideas.

Describe a memorable teaching experience:

One memorable teaching experience I had was in a 7th grade science class. It was the first day of class, and my collaborating teacher, dressed as a student, literally ran into the classroom yelling, dropped her books on the ground, knocked over a glass beaker, wasn’t wearing goggles, and ran back out of the room. A minute later, she walked in as herself and held a discussion over all the things not to do in a lab and had us list all the dangerous things she just did while dressed as a student.

What does the Noyce program mean to you:

The Noyce program has meant not having to worry about making the next payment for my tuition and rent. It has also meant being able to help out a school in need once I graduate.

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under Grant Numbers DUE-2041597 and DUE-1548986. Any opinions, findings, interpretations, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of its authors and do not represent the views of the AAAS Board of Directors, the Council of AAAS, AAAS’ membership or the National Science Foundation.

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