Meet the Student Teacher: Mr. Erbst
Launch the media gallery 1 playerThis semester in social studies classes, Mr. Bachman has a student teacher. His name is Mr. Andrew Erbst from Stanton. He is a student teacher for Mr. Jeff Bachman in his classes that he teaches.
Mr. Erbst went to high school at Stanton High School, then he went to Morningside College to play football. He will finish his degree in May when he graduates from the “Harvard of the Midwest” Wayne State College, and he has already landed a job teaching at Battle Creek Public School.
Mr. Erbst has a wife, Justine, and 3 kids. Logan is a 1st grader at Battle Creek, Wyatt is 3 who will start pre-school next year, and Norah, who just turned 2. He has 2 dogs as well and lives in Norfolk.
Mr. Erbst wanted to be a teacher because he moved back from Lincoln and started coaching football. He had so much fun being around a team and being involved with the players. That’s when he knew it was something that he needed to do every day, because Mr. Erbst didn’t like sitting at a desk at an office job.
“My mother-in-law told me that if I wanted to coach and golf in the summer, I should be a teacher, so I went for it and it was the 2nd best decision I ever made after getting married,” Mr. Erbst said wth a smile.
Mr. Erbst’s teaching experience so far has been awesome. He said “I was really lucky to land here in Leigh with Mr. Bachman. It’s challenging and I get nervous at times, as I’m sure the students can tell, because I want to do a good job for you guys, but I’m learning and hopefully getting better at it before I get into my own classroom. I’ve learned a lot already and will take and keep a lot of the things I learned here, as I hope the students have done from me as well!!”