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Application Essay: A Career As An Educational Assistant

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I am a recent graduate from the University of Oregon with majors in psychology and sociology with a minor in business. While sitting in my child development class learning how a child’s brain is shaped and molded throughout its life, I had an epiphany. The education and support a child receives from school has a dramatic impact on their future. That moment ignited a passion to improve the support and education all children receive. I am applying for the Educational Assistant IB position to start my journey to make my passion into a reality. This position will allow me to make an immediate positive impact on the lives of students today while gaining experience and knowledge to impact the students of the future.

Mentoring and helping younger students with learning is incredibly rewarding. I volunteered for Vacation Bible School from 2006 thru 2008. I was in charge of six to eight kids ranging in ages from five to eight. While volunteering I had a great opportunity to help children develop their faith and themselves. I would engage them with various topics we were assigned and help them develop their own sense of faith.

I believe being taught life lessons from others is necessary to be successful in life. I learned many life lessons while I …show more content…

Working independently and collaborating with other employees was a daily occurrence. Complications within projects sprang up on an almost day-to-day basis. To address these situations, the involved departments would gather and coordinate a plan to tackle the problem. Coordinating within and between departments was a vital component so the plan would succeed. Everyone had their own part in the plan. Successfully completing your own duty was expected so that everything ran smoothly. This experience will translate well because I will be communicating with multiple educators and assisting them with their daily classroom

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