Long Beach City College’s “Future Teachers Club” hosted a fundraiser to support the fellow students pursuing their future in teaching, as a way to increase opportunities for students to access educational programs with fun activities that allow them to develop their full potential.
The club has only ten members this semester and has high hopes that with all the upcoming fun events planned, they will achieve their goals of having more students be a part of the educational journey and helping students become future teachers.
The event took place in the M courtyard at LAC from 12 p.m. -2 p.m. on April 30.
The booth included fun teacher props, boxes of different colored conchas and various drinks to choose from with flyers of education courses to take for any student interested in becoming a teacher.
The club was selling conchas for $3, beverages like soda and coffee for $2.50 and if you wanted a combo in total it would be $5.
Future Teachers Club has been around since 2015, it’s almost ten years old and is still striving to help students achieve their educational goals.
Social media manager of the club Isabel Valdez keeps LBCC students updated through Instagram by posting updates of the club and any information on future events the club will be doing or have any information about education and teaching.
“I would love to have the opportunity to expand the club for opportunities for students that want to work in education and have the club get out of the classroom and actually host events and spread awareness to fellow educators,” said Valdez.
The club does volunteer work and works with other colleges like Cal State Long Beach and Cal State Dominguez Hills with their future teacher education programs.
Jose Salazar, the president of the club, is an aspiring teacher and a full-time student at LBCC working to get his AA to transfer and then get his BA and finally his credentials to fulfill his teaching goals.
“This club is for students that have a desire in education and teaching, it can range from elementary, middle, high school and college. And with this club it will guide you for the classes you need to take depending what level of education you want to go for,” Salazar said.
The next event for the club will be at the annual Science Night which is free and will be on Fri. May 10th from 4 p.m. – 8 p.m. in the C and D buildings of LAC.
At science night, the club will have an obstacle course which will be a space dinosaur theme camp for kids that can make dinosaur hats and be fully engaged in the activities the club has to offer that night that will be educational and fun.
For anyone that is interested in joining, the club meetings are always on the ninth day and twenty-third day of each month at 1 p.m. in room M-322 at LAC.