APA Personal Statement

I have developed a passion for working with children over the past few years. Even though my past work experience has not involved children I believe that I have a natural ability to connect with them. I am a very friendly person and passionate about helping others. Friends and family members trust me with their children and I have babysitted for them in the past. As a teacher’s assistant I’ll be able to play a hands-on role in child development. The role as a teacher assistant is important to me because I will be able to help the teachers and the children. As a person that likes to help others I will be able to take care of the smaller details, as the teacher dedicates their time on furthering the children’s education. I’ll also have the opportunity

I grew up alongside the wild Rocky Mountain Columbines, where the air is crisp and the winters are long. I spent my time engaging in the arts such as acting, writing, and creating. From a young age I was drawn to the world of imagination and found happiness through producing art. We all face and over come challenges within our lives and whenever I am faced with hardship I find comfort in visually expressing myself.

I plan to contribute to APU by using the knowledge and experiences that I learn from APU to bring fame to the university by letting other people know that the university,where I choose to study my bachelor’s degree, is a well-qualified institute. And by doing good things for the community and APU. I will put all of my afford in both activities and studying, and do everything with caring. I’m willing to do voluntary stuffs that I’m capable of as to be helpful.I’ll use me in introducing the university’s intentions and how great the university is to the next generations, to let them know and understand the university as well to be great graduated

Throughout my years as a childcare practitioner, I have accumulated a wide range of experience working with children aged 3 – 11. However, the majority of my experience is with children aged 3-5. Through

I have been dedicated to education throughout my academic life and in recent years have shown determination in pursuing a career as a primary school teacher. After gaining my HNC in Early Education and Childcare and SVQ level 4 in Children's Care Learning and Development, I returned to university to gain my BA degree in Childhood Practice. In addition, at present, I am working towards my higher English qualification in order to gain entry onto the PGDE

My placement is working with year 4 children who I engage with well and I get the general impression from their responses to my interaction with them that they enjoy working with me and that I assist their development.

Through working with 0-2 year olds it has provided me with opportunities and experience to acknowledge children’s needs by finding ways to communicate through body language. By having opportunities to extend by knowledge via different courses has allowed me to extend my knowledge. Although I have gained a

Whilst all of my previous work experience has been voluntary work, the skills I gained from them all is invaluable. Working within a school has helped develop my professional persona and strengthened my ability to remain calm and focused when working under pressure. Similar skills were gained from working for ChildLine, which also helped further my communication, problem-solving and team working skills. Meanwhile, working in the

I have been a qualified childcare worker since 1997 and thoroughly enjoy the work that I do, however I feel that it's only since October 2013 when I started my E100 The early years: Developing practice course that I have have truly developed as a practitioner. I have more knowledge and understanding about what I carry out with the children and the reasoning behind it. Throughout this EMA I plan to analyse the way in which I have developed as a practitioner during the past year. Currently, I work in an extended day care establishment in an urban area of Glasgow.

Whilst on my level 3 course I completed work experience at Rainbow Nursery and St Anns Primary School (Nursery/Year One).

My primary focus is childhood learning and education. Over the years, I’ve continue to explore, examine and assess, as well as, develop a passion towards the fundamentals of childhood learning and development. As a mature student returning to school, I sincerely believe studying and attaining my Bachelors’ Degree in an Interdisciplinary concentration between educational and cultural Studies will immeasurably enhance and strengthen my knowledge and understanding. With the guidance of my mentor, I am able to develop a degree program that will broaden and establish my skills and competence. My work history and knowledge entails over 25 years in various positions ranging from unskilled manufacturing, fitness instructor, manager and professional page designer for newspapers and magazines.

Growing up with disabilities has been an endless struggle, from years of intensive speech therapy to staying up late at night studying. I grew up with a stutter, an auditory processing disorder (APD), and learning disabilities. I always felt I was behind in terms of my academics because it took me longer to understand concepts and to complete coursework. In addition to my deficiencies in learning and speaking, I have had personal struggles. My mother was directly affected by the Great Recession in the late 2000s and early 2010s since she is a real estate agent.

Working with children has been my number one career prospect since leaving school, but at first was undecided of the age range. This lead me into attending Franklin College to study English and Psychology at A level. However, felt this was not the right choice for me. After being disheartened from my experience at college I decided to apply for Level 2 Childcare at my local sixth form. I became intrigued by the various approaches to working with children and learning how children develop.

We are ambitious for positive outcomes for all children and young people in Haringey - having a motivated and high performing workforce will be fundamental to achieving this. We know that our children’s workforce already makes a huge difference to the lives of the families that we work with; therefore, we want to make even more of a positive impact in the future by

From September 2011 to January 2014 I have worked both voluntarily and paid at many primary and secondary schools within Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. This has given me great experience on how to support the teaching and learning of children right from Key stage 1 through to key stage 3. During this time I worked very closely with many class teachers,