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Application Essay For Niagara University

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Dear Admissions Team,
Teaching has always been my strongest suit and I pride myself on that. My career goal is to be a certified teacher in Ontario and develop the appropriate professional skills to do my best at my job while continuously learning, growing, and improving. Although I have been a High School Math teacher for 6 years now, having that instruction time from experienced professors to learn how to navigate teaching and all its particulars is both essential and valuable. Niagara University offers their students an understanding of the foundations of educational practice which is exactly what I am looking for. My main goal has always been to create a safe and nurturing environment for students to learn and grow and I could take that a step further by fulfilling the requirements of this program. I would like to not only practice the highest level of professional behaviour but understand it on a deeper level to be able to apply the appropriate strategies in different situations. …show more content…

It all started when I realized that I have the gift of delivering the material to others so it can be easily understood. My father is a math teacher, and I was always inspired by him and all the other math teachers who taught me. I used to help him create lesson plans when I was in grade 9. I started my journey in education when I worked as a tutor at Brock University for the calculus course MATH1P97 during my undergrad in Science. It was a rewarding experience in which I helped many students who previously failed the course, to not just pass but do much better. I then ventured into tutoring high school students through many tutoring companies in Toronto. I built a great reputation in the city and a lot of parents requested me specifically. I got recommended through a parent to meet with Carly Dougherty, who owns one of the biggest tutoring companies in Toronto that only hires certified teachers. Carly made

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