Chris Gleason, band director and instrumental music teacher at Patrick Marsh Middle School in the Sun Prairie Area School District and the 2017 Wisconsin Middle School Teacher of the Year and finalist for National Teacher of the Year, presented to Lakeland’s Introduction to Education course.
Gleason told students that educators must find ways to intrinsically motivate students to learn, and students should want to learn for the sake of learning and not just to get a reward. He also reminded the students that education is an honorable profession where people really can make a difference in the lives of students.
John Yang, associate professor of education and director of Lakeland’s Undergraduate Education Program, teaches the Introduction to Education course and set up Gleason’s visit.