HSC INTERVIEW with Mrs. Setzkorn by Saejin Yoon (703) and Willow Norman (705)
Q: Do you have an interesting story about something that happened while you were teaching? A: The best experience teaching at HSC is to take students on fun trips (St Donat, Ottawa, E-week) and College events, like Relay for Life. It is nice to see students come together.
Q: When did you start working at HSC Q: What do you like about your job? and what subject did A: I love the school life part because you teach? I get to organize all of the activities, and I like teaching HPE because I like A: In Sep- seeing my students physically active tember, 2006. I was a grade 5 home and devoted in my class. form teacher and I taught grade 5 math, English, social studies, HPE. Q: What challenges do you face with Q: Why did you decide to start teaching HPE?
dents are participating. Q: Do you notice any changes in behaviour when students are online? A: They are very quiet and less likely to participate because they are very tired. Q: What are some positive things about being online? A: It‘s easier to collaborate with other teachers. Also, getting guest speakers is easier because they can’t come in person, but they can meet us on Zoom. It’s nice to be able to gather as a whole school online, which is something we can’t do in person right now.
your job? Q: What are some challenging things about being online?
A: Balancing school life with academics and trying to be considerate A: I did a kinesiology course in uniof teachers—also trying to get A: For me, it’s hard to balance workversity, so I knew a lot about HPE. through the curriculum while also ing and being a mom at the same planning fun events. time. The students need me to Q: Did you always want to be a teach, but my kids also need me. teacher or did you want to be some- Q: How do you manage being both thing else when you were younger? the Vice Principal of School Life as Q: Where do you find the creativity Why did you choose to be a teacher? well as an HPE teacher? Do you ever in planning online lessons vs. in perstruggle to keep up with both roles? son lessons? A: I didn't always want to be a teacher. When I was younger, I wanted to A: It comes from collaboration. All be a pediatrician, and in university I A: Yes, there is always a kind of the HPE teachers work together to was a health promoter for a while. struggle, but for me, trying to dedi- create lessons. At McMaster, I did some kinesiology cate the time that I need with the studies, but my heart was in teach- HPE teaching, so when I’m teaching Q: Do you think you are treated ing. I taught kids gymnastics when I HPE, I needs to focus on HPE, and differently as the Vice Principal of was younger and loved connecting for School Life, I need to focus on with the kids and teaching them. School Life. Q: Do you feel like you are appreciat- Q: What has changed about your job ed by students for what you do? while being online? A: Yes! I received many letters around Christmastime. Someone also wrote a thank you note for me when we were doing thank you notes in our health unit.
A: Engagement. It‘s hard to keep students engaged online. There were some House challenges last year, but not many students did them. I organized some GLOW activities, but I don’t know if many stu@theHelm ~ page 8
