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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.
My teacher took the standard path to becoming a teacher. He was an English Major at Kean University, from where earned my Bachelor’s degree, and she then went to pursue a Master’s in Education from Rutgers University. Besides the obvious duty of providing an education teachers have extensive duties and responsibilities beyond just making lesson plans, and giving assessments. They are responsible for maintaining a safe teaching environment by maintain discipline in the classroom and also communicating with students and also with their parents about their progress. Many teachers also get involved in coaching sports teams, or sponsoring school clubs and activities.
As a future teacher, I strongly believe in a classroom that pursues learning based on the student as an individual. The student should be the center of any classroom, and a teacher's teaching style should be focused on a method of teaching that’s most helpful to their student's needs. In the classroom, I will engage with students from all walks of life and focus on their education based on their personal learning styles. There will be no discrimination, but rather a close-knit relationship that recognizes their personal issues and addresses them instead of pushing these issues aside. Differentiating instruction is a strategy that would be used and would allow the students to incorporate their interests, ways of learning, and background knowledge
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.
It’s another day of sitting through seven periods. Seven hours. Seven classes. You find yourself in a hard desk daydreaming about your future. You think to yourself, “how is chemistry going to help me with my future in graphic designing.”
I believe our children are our future and each of them has the potential to bring something unique and special to this civilised world. Teaching is an important and honourable occupation that demands passionate and commitment. There are dreaming, learning, settling, laughing, sharing and loving every day in classrooms. A teacher has the opportunity to impact on childrens’ lives in a positive way; this is a huge privilege that should be taken seriously.
Looking out into the crowd, I saw my mother and grandmother with smiling faces and tears running down their cheeks. This was the moment that we had been imagining and the moment I had been pushing myself to attain over the last for years in High School. As the announcer said my name I walked to the podium and accepted my diploma. This was the most meaningful moment of my life. Now I am one step closer to completing my goal as becoming a teacher.
I have never had problems in school. In fact, I would even say I enjoyed and loved school ever since I was a child. I cannot help, but say my cultural background has played a major role in shaping my educational path and expectations towards it. My personal background, my development, my education and the experiences as a student have shaped my attitude towards education and allowed me to choose to become a history teacher as a career. I have only been in the classroom for over three months.
After completing my first year of post-secondary school at Trent University, it is clearer than ever that I want to be a teacher. Being in the teacher education stream at Trent and majoring in sociology will help me make a difference in the future by allowing me to gain a better understanding of the world around me and give me the tools I need to pass my knowledge onto other students. I hope that by becoming a teacher I will be able to make a change in the world by changing the lives of my students and encouraging them to do their best and dream big. I believe that by becoming a teacher I will be able to make a difference in the future by helping others to make a change in the world by showing them the powers kindness and empathy can have.
I have always wanted to be a teacher. As a child I would play “teacher” with my younger brother showing him how to add, subtract, read, and write. I enjoy helping others understand new information and love to watch them grow and be able to accomplish what their hearts desire. Classroom environments are a special way teachers show people their differences. I lean towards a more hands on classroom helping everyone express their own opinions, while respecting others.
The reason why I am choosing a teaching profession is because I like working with kids and I feel like I have a calling on my life to teach kids. The first time I started working with kids in a classroom setting was my junior year of high school. I took a class called service learning. In that class, you chose to help a teacher in the elementary, intermediate or junior high. I choose to help a teacher in the elementary school.
When I was younger I always wanted to teach. I would play teacher with my younger brother and cousin in my mother’s den. I would give each one of them a piece of paper and a pencil and I would be the teacher. I chose to be a teacher because I enjoy helping children learn, I know I can make a difference in a child's life. I want to be a positive influence in their life both classroom and in the real world.
When I was asked to teach elementary school children, I wasn’t sure how should I deliver all the materials to them. Recalling my childhood, my early education was dull and discouraging. There is endless lecturing about hardcore science mechanisms without hands-on experiences. As time passed, I accepted the hidden curriculum in lecture halls: accept all the information given, there’s no need for passion (“Session 10 – School Food Systems: Hidden Curriculum | LFS 250,” n.d.). I appreciate that I am given a second chance to become a member in an elementary school, to teach kids about vermicomposting, and to experience different teaching and learning approaches, which regained my passion for pursuing new knowledge.
My desire to teach originates from my own personal academic experience. At a young age, I was inspired by my teachers to learn as much as I can, and to use that knowledge to pursue my dreams. Similarly, I would like to ignite children’s desire to learn and encourage them to pursue their own dreams. The teachers who had the most positive impact on my academic and personal life were approachable, natural nurturers, passionate about teaching, and had a genuine interest in the lives of their students. These qualities I myself hope to develop as I pursue my dream in becoming an elementary teacher.
This Semester has gone by very fast and there has been a lot of interesting topics that were discussed that were important for a future teacher to know and have more knowledge of what is to come in the future with how life as a teacher works. Many of these topics were very eye opening to me because you get more in depth with what is happening today and how the schools and teachers work together in order to bring a well balanced education to students. From technology in classrooms to diversity being embraced in schools, it just makes me see that a teacher has a lot on her plate and that they are just as hardworking as another other person in their career. The two discussion that we discussed in class that altered my initial perceptions of teaching
