Becoming A High School Teacher

The first and main reason why I believe that I should be a teacher is that I like to work with young children. I would prefer to work in an elementary level grade. Considering myself as a creative person, that would be helpful to think up of multiple enjoyable as well as educational activities for the kids. I would dedicate a significant deal of time thinking of hands on activities for the kids.

The career I chose is a secondary education teacher. More commonly referred to as a highschool teacher. A highschool teacher teaches grades 9th-12th and generally focuses in one subject area. High school teachers help prepare students for life after graduation. They teach academic lessons and various skills that students will need to attend college and to enter the job market (“U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics”). I chose this career because I want to be able to make a difference in young people’s lives and help shape them into good people. “I know that I have a huge impact on my students not just now, but for the rest of their lives,” says Linda Shelly, a high school math teacher in Glendale, arizona. “Seeing them rise to the challenge gives me great pride.” (“Teaching For a Living: Career Outlook”).

Mr. Rose presents many descriptive vignettes of teaching professionals in his life who have influenced him both positively and negatively and whom he has retained for emulation or distinction. These characters in his life include teachers from grammar school throughout his college experience. All have in one way or another left a considerable imprint on his recollection of school and learning.

The career that I am going to research is teaching at the middle school level. Teachers educate students, they inspire students, they learn from the students, and they change the way they teach, to better help the children learn, as well as change the way the children learn and think.

This artifact consisted in developing an essay addressing the three key areas in the role of the teacher: effective communication with a variety of constituents; consistent application of the Code of Ethics and Principles of Professional Conduct in professional and personal conduct; and clear comprehension of the grounds and procedures for disciplinary actions that can be imposed by the Education Practices Commission (EPC).

Sneaking up on me, the end of my senior year is starting appearing, the most frequent question I get asked is,” What are you going to do after high school?” That question for me isn't a hard one--in fact, it is rather easy. At the age of 10, I knew I wanted to become some type of teacher, or someone in the medical field, I didn't know what exactly. At the age of 15 I was in an accident that helped me realize what I wanted to become.

Everyone has an idea of what they would like to be when they grow up. Some say they would like to be a Doctor or a Nurse or a Mechanic, there are many types of careers anyone can choose from. I chose to pursue a Language Arts Middle School teaching career. Many people say that a teaching career does not make a lot of money, but money is not the main thing in choosing a career, picking what you like and being what you like is the main goal. I chose to be a teacher because when I was in Middle School I had a Language Arts teacher named Mr. Tomov, I never really liked him as a teacher due to the fact that he never made class interesting. The school year went along and one day he called me to the side and asked me what my purpose was. I asked him

Becoming a high school teacher had always been the goal. As a young child and growing up with a multitude of siblings, children were my life. The aspiration stemmed from a desire to teach the next generation, to be a leader for the mind and guide them onto the next phase of their lives. I saw my favorite teachers do it with the kind of patience and discipline that only a teacher could have and after job shadowing Scott Hatfield, the social studies and current events teacher at Summit Academy North Muddle School, I realized that I am not fit for that lifestyle like I thought.

So you want to be an elementary school teacher? It’s a challenging career, requiring patience and social skills, as you have to be able to wrangle a room filled with rambunctious children. Once you get through the tough stuff, the career is filled with immeasurable rewards. Being an elementary school teacher is not just going into a classroom and teaching kids how to add numbers, where something is on a map, or how to write. This career is far deeper than that, you will build a relationship with each and every student and ultimately build the foundation of the students’ future education. Elementary school teachers guide their students through a crucial period in their lives. This career is a good choice for people who want to make a

As a Junior in High School, I am currently considering all of my career options. I am thinking of all the things that I can do in my life, and it is crazy to think of how big of a decision this is! During my childhood, I wanted to be a Physical Therapist. As I have grown older, my career thoughts are a little similar but have moved some. Currently, I want something to do with agriculture and/or nursing.

A Middle School teacher is responsible for instruction on different subjects including science, english, and math while working with their students in a classroom setting. To become a Middle School Teacher, there are a few requirements one must accomplish first. The minimum entry level education is a bachelor's degree, however, some employers require a masters degree within a set amount of time for professional teachers. You must also maintain a state issued license or certificate. The most common path students choose is to get a bachelor's degree with a major in the subject they wish to teach, a minor in education, practice classroom experience, and finally obtain a state license. You must also have a certain number of credit hours in the

As a teacher I should be able to teach a subject that involves and includes activities during every session. I should use proper and clear language at an appropriate level that every student can understand. I, as a teacher, have to be enthusiastic and show interest in the subject. If we talk about a teacher’s responsibilities that includes identifying needs, carrying out initial assessments, planning learning, making rules, keeping records, preparing assessment, preparing activities and quality assurance, evaluations and making a health and safety environment as well as a teacher’s responsibility. (Gravells, 2012).

In our classroom syllabus there are three important things to note which are classroom rules, and expectations, attendance and make up work, and is the way my grade will be determined in English II. Some of these things will don't be heavily affected on my grade it still plays a role during this high school year for me. These rules and expectations might not be the best, but it's what I think the most important things are. My goal in this paper is to explain in more depth about the three important things in our classroom syllabus, also to make you understand the concept of these three important things in the syllabus.

As I mentioned in my personal statement, I want to become a high school English teacher in my hometown after graduation, which is the first step of my career goal. Instead of being

Ideally, when I graduate, I would like to enter the credential program at Cal Poly Pomona. As an English Education major, I feel like this is the next logical step for me as I seek to move forward on my path of becoming a teacher. The opportunities that await me in the credential program truly excite me because I have always found my studies of English Education to be very rewarding and purposeful. I have found this to be especially true now because I am currently in the process of conducting observation hours at local high schools in Pomona as part of my English Education curriculum. When I am in the classroom, I immediately feel a sense of joy, purpose, and productivity. Outside of the classroom, I do have experience teaching as a leader for a club on campus; I am a Woman’s Bible Study Leader for Cal Poly Cru and I have found this experience of teaching college students to be the most exciting, challenging, and rewarding experience I have ever had the pleasure of being a part of. It can become overwhelming as doubts and deadlines tend to sneak in on me from time to time, but I know that being a teacher is worth every ounce of pressure because of the positive impact that a teacher has the ability to make on a student. There is an incredible statistic that states that “On average a teacher affects 3,000 children over the course of their career” (Bickley). This opportunity stirs my heart like nothing else because when I was in high school, I had an incredible teacher named