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UTC students make sure Skyuka Hall students know the proper way to hold onto bicycle handlebars.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Derek Butler reaches into a paper grocery sack, pulls out three eggs and tells the three middle-school boys standing in front of him to take one each. He puts a towel under the paper sack, then holds out his own egg.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis represents what happens when you get in an accident and you\u2019re not wearing a helmet,\u201d he says. \u201cI want you to take the egg and drop it in the bag.\u201d<\/p>\n

The boys\u2019 eyes widen and slightly suspicious smiles split their faces, but one by one they step up to the bag, hold the egg a foot or so over it and bombs away. You can imagine what happens.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s what your head would look like,\u201d Butler says.<\/p>\n

He is one of 15 UTC students who, for the last five weeks, have come every Tuesday to Skyuka Hall, a private school for kids with learning differences such as ADHD, dyslexia and autism. During two hours in the school\u2019s gym, the UTC students teach the schoolkids about bike and pedestrian safety.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love it. I\u2019d rather be here than sitting in a classroom,\u201d Butler says after the class ends. \u201cYou can write lesson plans all day long and do homework that the professor gives you, but field experience and hands-on is how we learn the best.\u201d<\/p>\n

There aren\u2019t any actual bikes, but the kids are shown how to put on a bike helmet and the proper arm signals to use when bike riding. They\u2019re taught the laws for both bike riders and pedestrians. Using photos, kids learn to recognize signs for \u201cStop\u201d and \u201cSchool Crossing\u201d and \u201cYield\u201d and what to do if you see one.<\/p>\n

They also are asked such questions as: Which side of the road should a bike rider or a pedestrian walker be? (Bikes on the right, following traffic; pedestrians on the left, facing traffic.) Should a \u00a0cyclist should only look straight ahead when crossing an intersection? (No, the cyclist should look in all four directions before proceeding).<\/p>\n

Butler asks his group if it\u2019s safe for two people to ride on a bike if one is on the handlebars.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo!\u201d the students all say immediately.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat if it\u2019s a really big set of handlebars?\u2019 Derke asks<\/p>\n

\u201cThen yes!\u201d answers one of the boys.<\/p>\n

\u201cUh, no, not really,\u201d Butler replies.<\/p>\n

Like many of the UTC students who come to Skyuka Hall, Butler is majoring in health and human performance and says he hopes to land a full-time job in physical education and even be a football coach. Working with schoolkids is a pleasure, he says.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs in any work, if you know how to put it on paper but don\u2019t know how to apply it, you\u2019re not going to do well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Skyuka Hall Principal Lori Bowman says her kids \u201clove it\u201d when the UTC come to teach.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s beneficial to our kids,\u201d she says. \u201cThese are things they may not have even been exposed to. This is important information for them that they probably cannot hear enough times. We welcome any kind of education that broadens their knowledge in day-to-day things.\u201d<\/p>\n

The UTC students are in Jamie Harvey\u2019s practicum for the Strategies in Teaching Physical Education course and coming to Skyuka Hall is a partnership between UTC and Outdoor Chattanooga. Associate professor in health and physical education, Harvey says the UTC students get a host of lessons by teaching the schoolkids.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re creating lesson plans, that\u2019s the knowledge base. They\u2019re adapting to working with each other, with colleagues, other teachers and children,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also a good chance to decide whether they fit into a teaching career, she adds.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s, \u2018Hmm, so this is what it takes. I might change my major,\u2019 or it\u2019s \u2018Oh my goodness, this is fun.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Junior Erica Godbehere has no doubt that teaching physical education in elementary school is her dream career. Being at Skyuka Hall has cemented that belief, she says.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the best thing I get,\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s really fun because I\u2019m getting to learn. We haven\u2019t worked with students quite like this before, and so it\u2019s challenging in that aspect.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re having to learn how to work with a different type of student as opposed to the ones that just sit and listen. You have to see how they want to learn and work with them. They don\u2019t work with you, you work with them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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At Skyuka Hall, a K-12 school for students with learning differences, UTC students interact with the kids.<\/p>\n

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