New Educators Look Back at Virtual-Teacher Prep.
When Martin Szczuczynski finished his first teaching internship as a junior at Orlando's University of Central Florida, his main knowledge of K-12 virtual education came from what college friends told him about taking online classes in high school.
And while his teenage and 20-something friends didn't exactly dive into deep discussions about pedagogy and curriculum, they went far enough that he checked a box on his post-internship evaluation expressing interest in doing his second teaching internship online.
"I was very curious," said Mr. Szczuczynski, who a year later is also known as Mr. S. by his physical science students in his first year as a full-time instructor with the Florida Virtual School. "I had ideas in my head, and I wanted to see...
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