My Career As A Teacher

vehemently drawn towards a career as a teacher. As we get older, we tend to change our career aspirations from what we dreamed of as a child. For me, the career of choice and indeed my passion continues to be teaching. I have always enjoyed being around children and especially younger ones. Combining my passion for teaching and enjoyment of the company of younger children leads me to the belief that I should be an elementary school teacher. “An elementary school teacher is a person trained to educate

“A teacher takes a hand, opens a mind, and touches a heart”. Education is one of the most substantial assets to live stably and comfortably today. Many people fail to realize the importance of education. Pursuing a career as a teacher is not an easy journey. However, it is one of the most awarding careers one can pursue. Becoming a key component in another individual’s life is a big step. As a future educator, you must know your role and importance to the adolescents that you will encounter. Many

Throughout most of my life I’ve always thought that being a teacher would be fun, especially teaching middle school students. I would get to interact with kids while I help them learn. The job title that I would have is an elementary school teacher. This means that I can teach elementary, but doesn't specify which grade (“How to Write a Teacher Job Description.” Jobs, ). “Middle school teachers educate students typically in sixth through eighth grade” (“Summary”). I chose this career because I think

myself as a teacher, I asked the question of what made me desire the career in the first place. To answer this, I will tell you a story of a young girl who was entranced by her parent’s careers as Nassau BOCES employees. She took in as much information as possible as she watched her mother, a Speech Pathologist, feed a child through a feeding tube, and her father, a Special Education Teacher, create a comfortable environment in his classroom. As one might guess, this girl was me, and my parents are

most students, I have changed my mind several times about which career to pursue. As a young child I imagined becoming a teacher. I loved helping others learn and discovering new ways to explain ideas. As a teenager I hoped to become a scientist so I could interpret new phenomena through research. The summer before my freshman year of college I bought an old psychology textbook at a bargain bookstore and knew I wanted to be a psychologist after reading the first chapter. My first semester I signed up

The teaching profession is a rewarding career that I enjoy every time I step into the role of an educator. My current employment requires that I wear many hats at a preschool, but I long for day when I have my own classroom. Following a reading lesson, I taught last Tuesday, I was overcome by two emotions, excitement and vulnerable. During the reading lesson, students were asked to read Thunder Cake with their reading partner while I pulled a small group to read of readers. When students finished

tools necessary for taking responsibility of their own learning. I began my career as a teacher at Aptos Academy, a private K-8 school in Aptos, California, where I taught fourth and second grade. While working at the Aptos Academy, I attended California State University Monterey Bay, where I received my Bachelor of Arts degree in Liberal Studies and completed a Multiple Subject Preparation Program. Following this, I received my Masters of Arts degree in Curriculum and Instruction through the University

Twenty-five years ago, as I sat at my desk at Stockard Middle School completely engulfed and overwhelmed with a sense of utter panic, I searched for an answer as to how to manage my students whose behavioral needs completely surpassed my knowledge and skill level as a teacher. It only took me two months to realize I was unprepared and unskilled, and if something did not change quickly, my career as a teacher would soon be over. Luckily, I was offered an opportunity to learn from a mentor, who during

I am a hardworking, sport loving, fifteen year old girl who values and respects my parents and their rules. The manner in which my parents were raised has tremendously impacted my life and how they raise me. They support, encourage, and assist me through all of my life decisions, good and bad, and they have put a sense of honesty, and a thorough understanding of right and wrong into my life. Growing up, my mom was a hardworking student, dancer and cheerleader. She constantly had the best grades

developed as a professional and who was a primary mentor in my life. It delves briefly into my past and explains how I came to be in the military, while also explaining how a certain person was able to contribute to my professional growth. This paper examines my life as I progress from high school student to a NCO (Non-Commissioned Officer) and a few of the challenges I had to endure. Developing a Professional What does being a mentor mean? In my opinion, it means teaching, guiding, and letting a person