*Student Teacher: World History*
By: BHS Staff Profiles
October 28, 2022
Chosen for this week’s Staff Spotlight is Miss Angie Amato. She is a student teacher alongside History teacher Mr. Scott Urig here at Brooklyn High School. Before coming to BHS, she spent a year teaching preschool. Miss Amato is in her fourth year at Baldwin Wallace University and hopes to pursue her dreams of becoming a full-time teacher after graduation. In her free time, she likes to sell and make pottery/ceramics, spend time with her family, and play video games. Something you may not know about Miss Amato is that she is classically trained in opera and has a Saint Bernard.
Q: What inspired you to want to become a teacher?
A: “I originally wanted to go into music education and that didn’t work out, so I decided to take my passion for social studies and mix it with my dream of wanting to be a teacher. I’ve always wanted to be a teacher, ever since I was little.”
Q: What do you expect your greatest challenges to be in this position?
A: “Lots of learning and trying new things. Sometimes if they don’t work out, that’s okay. Lots of trial and error.”
Q: What have you accomplished so far in this job?
A: “I’ve gotten to know my students as well as teaching a few lessons.”
Q: Describe a time that you disagreed with an approach that the teacher made. How did you handle the situation?
A: “I don’t take getting a bad grade easily; I value my grades for sure. I value making sure everything I do is as good as it can be. I got two F’s on lesson plans this past semester, which is really a smack in the face when you’re going into education and you’re in your fourth year. The teacher didn’t have a rubric for the assignment, and she just graded it very subjectively. I’m very strong with rubrics, so I sat down with her, and we had a conversation. I explained that I value rubrics.”
Q: What is one thing you learned that you can use in the future?
A: “I like the parking garage; most teachers refer to it as a phone shelf. I’ll definitely be using that.”
Q: If you had an unlimited amount of money, how would you spend it?
A: “I would like to move to a big house, not work, spend days doing pottery, travel, work on my hobbies, and probably get a lot more pets”
Q: What superhero would you like to meet?
A: “Probably Spiderman. I really like him. He’s young and does a lot of cool things. I like that he’s okay with making mistakes.”
Q: What is one thing you enjoy doing outside of work?
A: “I have lots of hobbies, doing pottery is one of them. I also love going for walks and watching the sunset while sitting on the Solstice steps. I go there almost everyday in the summer to watch the sunset.”
Q: In your words, how would you define success?
A: “Being happy and being happy with where you are in life.”
Thank you for allowing us to interview you, Miss Amato. It was a pleasure getting to know you. We welcome you to Brooklyn High School and wish you the best of luck in pursuing your future career as a teacher!
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