Career Goals For Myself

Some teachers say that they have had the dream of being a teacher their entire life. I on the other hand would not strive for this dream until my second semester of college at the College of Southern Nevada, and I often ponder how different my life would have been if I would have had a teaching end goal from the beginning.

My short-term career goals are to complete my Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, become a Licensed Professional Counselor, and provide trauma counseling in either a private practice or community-based setting. As a graduate student, my primary goal is to learn a wide range of techniques so that I can develop a therapeutic style that is effective, meaningful, and empirically supported. Counseling approaches such as Person-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Gestalt Therapy were all compelling to me when I completed Theories of Counseling as part of my Psychology degree. Elective courses offered through the CMHC program such as Theory and Practice of Reality Therapy and Body/Mind seem fascinating and I would love to learn to incorporate these concepts into my future practice. Additionally, counseling techniques such as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy are areas I plan to learn more about as I progress through my education. Additionally, I am curious about learning to work with a therapy dog to help my future clients feel more comfortable

In my quest to find that “perfect or ideal” career I took the time to explore my thoughts on what I would like to take into the education world. In other words, what I would vision as my legacy. There are two outstanding purposes for my choosing to be an educator. The first of those reasons for selecting a career in education is the ability to be a positive influence. It is common knowledge that youth (children and teenagers) are affected greatly by the adults in their life. A teacher is one of those individuals.. I feel strongly that through this career I have the capability to influence another person in a direction to fulfill him or herself. This is attainable through actions or communication. The second reason I have for becoming an educator is the ability to share my love of subject. I hold a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology. At the present time I am seeking to expand it to one which includes General

My long-term goal with my college education is to complete my Bachelor's degree and eventually continue on to receive my Master’s degree in criminal justice. The first step to complete my long-term goal is receiving my Associate’s degree in criminal justice by May 2017. This goal is specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and timely.

Looking back at the experience I had in observing, I still have the determination to inspire others through a career in teaching. Teaching is a very diverse job that requires many skills and a lot of patience. It is important for a teacher to be able to maintain a healthy and professional relationship with their pupils, develop lesson plans that keep the attention of a majority of the students, make the atmosphere of the classroom inviting, and be a welcoming person capable of standing up in front of the class to

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For me, the decision to become a teacher is more of a way of life than a career. I have always loved school, practicing at being school marm from a young age, and voraciously devouring every shred of education offered me in my career as a student. If it were possible, I would be a student for the rest of my life. And then I still would not have learned enough. As a teacher, I hope to instill this appetite for knowledge in secondary students. They are, after all, the future leaders of the world, and what better place to expand the minds of the generations to come than here in Appalachia where education programs, especially the sciences, which I plan to teach, are poorly funded and children’s dreams

Going to college has been a dream of mine growing up. I am the first ever in my family to go to college but figuring out how to pay for it has been a challenge. I desire to achieve my academic and career goals and this scholarship can help me succeed in my journey.

I always thought I would be a teacher and I would make differences in lives and it would be the greatest experience in the world for me, yet being a teacher wasn’t enough, I had a need to expand my education. I decided that perhaps I needed a new career, however, I felt certain education remained my passion. I began to explore new areas of education and I realized I still want to be a member of a classroom, a school and curriculum. I aspire to guide those leading our classrooms.

My mother battled mental illness during her life. Unfortunately she lost her battle in September 2013. Since her surprising death I have soul-searched and researched ways to help others like my mother.That introspection has brought me to your program, Master of Science in Mental Health Counseling.

My academic goal is to graduate Argosy University with a bachelors degree in Forensic Psychology in three years time. Forensic Psychology is the study of the criminal mind, in a nutshell. The main motivation to achieve this goal would be intrinsic. I love asking questions and knowing the answers as to why people do what they do, and in a criminals case, what led them to committing the crime. This goal, however, may have some extrinsic motivation as well. Being knowledgeable about certain behaviors that criminals poses may help solve or even prevent a crime. In addition, having a degree will help open different paths in life, ones that may present me with greater job opportunities. My attitude toward the learning process will help my achievement of each goal because I am eager, determined and motivated. My greatest desire is to succeed in life, and obtaining an education is one thing I know will help me. I perhaps will need to make some adjustments along my journey. I do not know yet if I will find another educational path that intrigues me the most. For now, I do not feel that any adjustments need to be made.

At the onset of the semester in Curriculum Issues, CIED 5053, I was asked to identify what I wanted to accomplish this semester and to distinguish intellectual and professional goals for myself. At that time I had never had the opportunity to discover how history, special interest groups and, societal beliefs and situations, define and mold, not only curriculum, but also beliefs about the education system. I have enjoyed being able to widen my understandings and horizon through my studies, writings, interactions and collaborations that have been offered to me in this course.

I cannot think of a career path more fulfilling and important to society than becoming a teacher. As a patient, kind and nurturing person I believe I would be perfect for a job in teaching. I am grateful to the education system and for my past teachers who have molded me into the young woman I am today. My past teachers have left a lasting impression on me forever, and I would love to be able to inspire future generations the way that my teachers inspired me to never stop on the quest for knowledge. I believe that in order to be a good teacher you must kind, patient and understand. Teaching is far more complex than standing in front of a class writing on a whiteboard. Teaching is about nurturing your students, and encouraging them not to give up when a task becomes too hard. I was inspired to become a teacher over my 12 years of schooling. I had some teachers who came to school everyday with dread, and treated teaching as a simple job. When it is so much more than that. When you come to school everyday knowing that you are making a difference and molding children into the best version of themselves, you are making a worthwhile contribution to their lives which is never forgotten. I’ve had more teachers than I could count on both hands, yet I can remember all their names and the impact they had on my learning and overall growth as a person. I want to become a teacher to lead the next generation to a bright successful future, I wish to have a monumental impact on

There are several reasons why I want to become a teacher. Being a teacher, to me, means that you have a passion for something that is so great there is nothing you would rather than to share that same passion with someone else. I want to become a teacher because I love to share what I know with other people. When friends or family have any sort of question about a historical event that has already happened or is happening now, I am more than willing to share my knowledge with them; however, I do not just share facts. I offer them facts and separate ways of interpreting those facts so that they can make their own opinions based on the knowledge I gave them. I wish to carry on doing this but to a larger audience so I can share my knowledge and passion with as many people as I can. I also want to become a teacher because the feeling you get when you know you helped someone understand something they previously did not

So what do I want to be in life is probably one of the most asked question I have received so far in my childhood. Me finding a career that I would actually enjoy and actually be satisfied with is very hard. I dabbled in finding a career my whole childhood, I must have changed my career over a hundred times. But now I believe I have found the right one. The career I plan on being in is Teaching. This is a career I am pretty solid on and do not plan on changing for the next twenty years. I believe I would excel in this field.