College Admissions Essay: A Career As A Teacher

For as long as I can remember, I have wanted to be an elementary teacher. God placed the act of working with kids on my heart when I was very young, and I am thrilled to say that is still where I feel called. I went to a Union elementary school, Moore Elementary, until fifth grade, and the impact my teachers made on me there has shaped me into the person I am today. One of the most influential teachers in my life was my Pre-K teacher, Mrs. Greer. I had the amazing opportunity to go back to Moore and job shadow her. Being around her again made me remember all of the incredible things she taught me, and it was so surreal to see her in action impacting her current students. I am so happy that I got to job shadow her and to watch her from a different perspective than I had being her student. Through this new perspective, I learned so many new things about teaching.

My life has been an ongoing stuggle, but my hard work, determination, and enthusiasm for my education have enabled me to pursure my dreams. My academic plans are to major in pre-occupational therapy. After graduating and completing the prerequisite, I plan to obtain a license in Occupational Therapy by attending OT School. Success does not come from a pay check. For me, helping and assisting others acheive their goals is the purest form of success. I want to travel and eventually settle down in my hometown. My overall career goal is to give back to the community that shaped me into the person I am. I am a hardworking-dedicated student, who focuses on my work, yet I have always enjoyed being involved in extracirricular activities. As you can see from my application, I enjoy sports and clubs. In the following year, I plan to get deeper involved

The scorching oil splashed across my father’s forearm as he worked in a frantic hurry, ignoring the searing heat that ate away his flesh. He absorbed the trauma, swallowed the pain, and continued frying the chicken wings for his upcoming customers. Whenever he came home after toiling twelve hours a day in the cramped, hot kitchen, all I noticed was that permanent scar and the dark bags under his eyes. Noticing how closely I was watching him, my father held my face with his rough hands and reassured me, “I will make sure you will have a better life than mine.”

I am currently a student at Barton Peveril college studying: Biology , Psychology and Sociology. I chose these subjects because I enjoy science and I have a particular interest in child development and behaviour,due to these interests I am keen to pursue a career in education as a primary school teacher. I particularly enjoy psychology, so far we have investigated: child development and behaviour. Within this we learnt how children of different ages are able to learn different things at different stages. For example a child does not acquire the cognitive ability to conserve until over the age of seven. This is where they understand that something stays the same in quantity even though its appearance changes.I found this particularly interesting because younger children would think that the amount has changed because the appearance has changed.

“First finish your work, then you can play to your heart’s content” was the chiding I would always receive when my parents caught me messing around while I had work pending. They would say that studying was my primary job as a student and should be given the most attention, but participating in other activities outside of school and devoting a portion of my life to nurturing my faith were just as essential.

I love teaching. I love to walk into the class and letting my light shine bright for my students, because I know all people, regardless of race, creed, or shade, are attracted to light. I'm talking about the light of learning and the light of love. Students don't care how much you know till they know how much you care. And I do care: deeply. My heart breaks now because I know that I will have to leave this job unless our lawmakers make laws that lift up our children, instead lifting up their constituents. I say our children because they belong to all of us; and they will one day be our citizens. They will bake our bread, build our homes, fix our plumbing and electrical issues, engineer our communications, and save our world. If we don't raise them up right, when we have the chance, we doom ourselves. Our children need teachers: all we can muster. Yet the prospect of being a teacher is becoming more and

Nurturing during early years develop talents that enable children to overcome barrier and seek appropriate opportunities for a lifetime. School created stepping stones which has lasted for a lifetime. These successes relate to compassion, individualized learning, and facing the unknown. These wonderful traits allowed me to foster within an appreciation for changing power, to expect the best from individuals, while vesting in the person, and increasing expectations. Real life experiences for teaching in low income schools are not always in the classroom; therefore, the alignment of personal experiences such as flexibility, self-confidence, positive role modeling and problem solving illustrate true form in the teaching arena.

The career I have chosen is Early Childhood Education. This type of teaching is at the elementary level. I would be working with children in pre-kindergarten through the fifth grade. To become an Early Childhood Teacher, I will need a high school diploma and a Bachelor’s Degree. After I receive my undergraduate degree I will be awarded a teaching certificate and able to begin teaching immediately after.

Everyone know the saying “you reap what you sow”, but how does that apply to teaching? There are definitely challenges for every teacher however, the hard work and dedication the teacher puts in can make all the difference.

Many children would say that school is not their favorite place, but, when I was growing up, school is the only place I wanted to be. the world was at my fingertips. I could ask any question, and I knew there would be an answer. As I grew older, I found a desire to work with other students in my community. In my sophomore year of high school, I started volunteering at the middle school, working with the band. Through this experience, I discovered the passion I have to be a teacher. Many of the students I worked with had difficult home lives, and it often affected their academics. Working with these students, I wanted them to understand one thing: they matter. It had nothing to do with how well they could play. I simply wanted them to understand

I’ve encountered many challenges in education that began in Elementary School as I struggled with reading at a young age. Extra work at home in the early grades helped me overcome this issue; however, recently divorced parents split six kids across two states which was the beginning of a long and grueling custody battle. Real issues didn’t develop until Middle School as home life spiraled out of control I barely passed eighth grade after completing some last minute work to graduate to High School. High School was brief; I earned my GED while working full time and saving money for the future. On the day my classmates were graduating I packed my car and started my drive to Steamboat Springs, CO. It was there that my education truly began.

Many of us wonder what our life would be like in the future, many have elaborate dreams that they wish to accomplish. This is also one of the questions asked by the website. What would my life look like in ten years? I see myself working in the film industry. Hopefully working on big movies or TV shows.

As aspiring teachers, our overall objective is to be successful. This involves being effective in the way that we teach, knowledgeable in our areas of expertise and facilitators on our student’s educational journeys. As Fraser (2011) states “we are in the privileged position of contributing to the life chances of the young people we teach and have more knowledge than ever before as to what makes quality teaching” (p. 57). Quality teaching is established by a teacher’s ability to design and instruct lessons that take into considerations a multitude of factors including pupil and curriculum needs. This is no easy feat, which we discovered when working with the Kirkwood Intermediate students.

Eventually I would like to be a professor. This will allow me to continue my research but also allow me to pursue my other love, teaching.

Growing up I have always wanted to become a teacher. I don’t believe a specific person has ignited that desire but rather, all my teachers throughout school have had a positive impact on me. I have always aspired to support people, be able to teach, and aid children in discovering their skills and abilities. I connect with young children in a short period of time and they have been drawn to me. I enjoy teaching and helping younger children. A specific teacher who has stood out to me with their methods is my past Ancient History teacher. He would explain history using present day examples and involve activities that we would use in everyday life, this helped us understand the content, such as a scenario with money and housing to represent bartering and noble households. This was a suitable method considering it required us as a class to picture the past and the present day examples and comprehend them. Another example is my Math teacher. He would use visual pictures, videos, acronyms and diagrams to explain complex math problems and this made it easier to understand. He would take a question, which was complex and break it up into smaller steps so it was possible to understand. This way of explanation helped me to understand and over time I started to comprehend the complex problem. This is another method I take into account when explaining something to another student or child. Both these teachers simplified the content and made it easier to comprehend. This was a good