A large group of students in the United States makeup a large population of English language learners. Students who are considered English language learners undergo many challenges in their education, and without the necessary support and resources from their educators it can make it hard for them to succeed. A teacher plays a significant role in the success of a child, and it is crucial for them to be able to provide the proper education to students whose first language is not English. It is also very important for teachers to understand the challenges that these students are facing. Having empathy towards the students allows for the teacher to create better connections and relationships to better help them.
The purpose for students to go through so many stages to reach their goal of becoming a teacher is to make them more informed and experienced about their career. The professional dispositions allow the students to know how to behave professionally, be ethically professional towards their students as well as colleagues, personally develop their skills as a preservice candidate, and successfully go through the all the stages to become a teacher. In my experiences from K-12, I have never considered a teacher to be unprofessional to my peers or myself. A teacher who comes to school dressed accordingly for work is considered professional.
What do you consider your greatest asset as a teacher? My greatest asset as a teacher is my passion to work with children, and my rich pedagogical and content knowledge in math. Describe how you are continuing to grow and develop as an educator.
What do you currently teach and where? I am a December graduate of the University of Charleston. I graduated magna cum laude. After graduation I began substituting. I substituted at a variety of schools in Kanawha County in a variety of grades.
It is with sincere interest that I am writing as an applicant for the online EdD in Curriculum and Instruction with a focus in Curriculum, Teaching, & Teacher Education within the School of Teaching and Learning. The following is my statement of purpose that I hope will give you a clear picture of my experiences, interests, and desires to become a doctoral student. Everything has come together for this moment in my life where I am ready to pursue my doctoral degree. My childhood dream of becoming a teacher has come to fruition, but there have been some influential events along the way that have gotten me to this point where I am ready to further my career and make a positive impact in the education field.
Staring the beginning of my career as a teacher, I'm moving towards having my own classroom. Being a head teacher you are in charge of what is begin taught in the classroom, and find ways to prepare the children for the next coming years. Working with children ages three too five is the beginning of the child's life, were its important age on who they are as an individual. The school I would like to work with would be public, a spot were all children are welcome, no matter the back ground or were their from. Children at this age are excited to go to school, and meet new friends this age is were their spirits beginning and their enthusiastic.
The purpose of academia is to provide a firm foundation for children in the areas of scholastics, self-awareness and community. As the educator, I will facilitate and provide opportunities for students to establish this foundation by instructing a student- centered curriculum as well as allowing the students to learn from other stimuli. I will strive to ensure that each student leaves my classroom with improvement in the three areas of schooling. I believe that teachers should have a passion toward their students' welfare including the students’ scholastic standings.
I myself am native speaker, and English is my second language, but if it would be me the kid who goes to school in America and everything I study at school is in english and not related to me in anyway, whether it is my language or my history then, of course I would need to learn my native language because I don’t live my homeland and this is my school now that will teach who I would be tomorrow, So yes I agree and support the school system that offers teaching kids their Native Language, because they are teaching kids who they are. I was doing observation at Minnesota Math and Science Academy “Charter School” for my other Education Class, and while I was observing their I realized that 80% of the students at the school belong to same ethnicity background, and I happen to the same question whether they teach kids their native language or
Reflecting on my preceding experiences in education, I acknowledge the immense impact that teachers cause on the lives of their students. I recognize that the knowledge and skills collected in the classroom, will be utilized by students throughout life. As a teacher, I aspire to be a role model that resonates with young people. My goal is to maintain an open mind, the ability and knowledge to view the world critically, and the confidence in my capacity to make positive contributions to our society. Bearing this goal in mind, I am applying for admission into the Graduate School of Education in Elementary and Special Education program.
In order for me as a teacher to know the needs of each and every learner in my class I need to fully engage all of them in my learning processes. Most of all I need to have open ears to hear out my learners grievances or issues that they are concerned about. Each and every learner in my class should be my first priority. I will always make sure that I recruit their interests in everything that I do or say in their class presence. In order for me to make them more interested in my teaching skills I will connect what am teaching with the happenings of real life to grab their interest.
I am currently a head start lead teacher in a preschool classroom. I teach children from three to five years old. I am currently working with the preschool curriculum high scope. As a teacher I would like to increase my best practice in mathematics in the classroom setting. When I plan for my lesson plans as a teacher I always plan for language and literacy and science.
As a girl, I would play school with my group of friends and I would always take the role of a teacher. And through my educational career, I continued to take roles revolving assisting students as a mentor, tutor, and teaching assistant. Through these roles and as a student, I had the privilege to be around teaching professionals that inspired and motivated students to pursue higher education to make a contribution to our society in a positive way. To me, those teachers are my superheroes and the reason to why I want to become a teacher, I first-hand experience the impact they have made through teaching.
In the process of becoming an elementary school teacher, it is obvious that you must be able to teach all subjects in order to get your degree and pass the state exam that allows you to become a teacher. Math is typically the biggest one beside reading because we absolutely have to use math throughout our lives. While there are some areas in math that I am great at there are also some that I am not so great in. However, I know that I can prepare myself in whatever way necessary in order to teach my students thoroughly and effectively. Below is a chart that I made to show some different topics in math and how well I feel that I would be able to teach them.
I believe teaching is a continuation of the learning process. As a teacher, I see myself as a student who has passed through the hardest part of acquiring new knowledge and mastered the concepts, and I am ready to pass the knowledge to the students who are going through the process. In this process, my responsibility is to help them get through the difficulties and build their confidence in the subject I am teaching. I am also responsible for helping them connect things in class to the real world.
As a teacher, I believe, teaching is simply a tool we use in order to help our students begin to discover, create, explore, and understand the world around them. I know that this is a process with the end goal being that my students will eventually be independent and ready to self-educate. The art of teaching begins with us striving to give students the basic skills and knowledge they need to survive from day to day. My hope is that the students, with time, will begin to expand on each skill, independently, and later use those skills to gain more enriching experiences and eventually cultivate their own knowledge. My ultimate goal with teaching is to open my student’s minds and welcome them to question everything.
