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Working In Education Personal Statement

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I am a responsible, hard-working, ambitious and kind person who has a strong passion to attain a career in education. My ambition is to become a primary school teacher and I firmly believe that in order to work in education it is the desire to help and assist children in achieving their best. Working in education can be tough and challenging, which is one of the reasons that I really love about working in this profession. I am applying for this course because I feel that I have the potential to inspire and encourage children of all abilities and for them to reach their full potential.
Working in education has always been my passion and dream goal to be a primary school teacher since I was young. This became apparent when I did work experience …show more content…

During my education, I enjoy all subjects such as Physical education, History, Science and lots more which as a primary school teacher you teach all subjects to children, and this is another reason I am applying for the course as I like the variety and everyday is different. This course appealed to me as I feel this course will allow me to gain experience, increase confidence and study alongside working in my current primary school.
I feel that I have the great qualities for this course as I have always enjoyed working in education, helping children achieve their full potential and enjoy watching the children grow and develop. Whilst completing my teaching assistant qualification, I gained knowledge on children's development, teaching strategies and behaviour management. At my apprenticeship placement, I worked across all KS1 classes which this gave me the opportunity of different ways to communicate to the children, how to support children in their subjects and it increased my knowledge and confidence. Whilst studying for my teaching assistant qualification
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