I hope each of you had the opportunity to witness my ability to teach adults the fundamentals of accounting during your visit to my class. For the last year and a half, it has been a pleasure to work as a full-time accounting instructor at East Los Angeles College (ELAC). I look forward on continuing to make a difference in the lives of my students by working with others and continuously searching for ways to improve how I teach students. Overall, I believe students learn the most if I summarize the information from the chapter and applying what they learned to complete exercises from the textbook. In addition, I ask them to analyze the performance of a publicly traded organization such as Apple or Wal Mart and review how the information they learned is related to the organization. In conjunction with videos and current events, I think students enjoy my class because the learning process is interesting and engaging.
During the evaluation, I was informed that most of my student evaluations were positive and contained comments suggesting that they learned a lot by taking my class. Also, I was informed by the members of the committee that there were some areas of improvement. I hope the following remarks demonstrate my willingness to improve and or resolve the areas of improvement mentioned in the meeting.
1) Lecture = On average, I summarize the information from the textbook using Power Points (PPT) provided by the publisher of the textbook. Once my students are exposed to the terms and concepts from the textbook, I spend a significant amount of time going over exercises and problems from the text. The reason I introduce these topics before the application process is because many of my students may have limited experience in the concepts covered in an accounting class. After my presentation, I engage students further by asking them to work on exercises or problems from the book. In addition to reviewing the information from the book and guiding them through the questions and answers from the exercises, I enrich their academic experience by discussing current events, news articles, or videos related to the chapter. These teaching materials supplement my overall lecture and help students understand
The Auditor, an instructional novella written by James K. Loebbecke, tells the story of Jack Butler, a man from the San Francisco Bay area, who goes to college, majors in accounting, and goes to work for a large accounting firm referred to as “The Firm.” The story is loosely based upon the real world experiences of the author, and is written to give students a look into the world of public accounting that goes beyond a textbook. The Auditor not only gives students a chance to follow Jack Butler’s journey up the company ladder at The Firm, but also reiterates the relative importance of conventional lessons learned in school.
The goal in the life of a college student is graduating and getting the dream job in the career field that is chosen. To achieve this goal takes more than just having the knowledge and heart for the career; it also takes technical skills to be able to perform the tasks. The Auditor: An Instructional Novella stretches beyond the standard textbooks to reveal the principles and practices of auditing as they are in the real world. The book consists of a few key aspects such as: targets students’ natural curiosity about the field of accounting, supports traditional teaching tools, shapes the potential challenges that awaits public accountants.
In accounting there is much to be learned, about the financial aspects of a business. In the past five weeks I have learned the importance of financial reports and how they relate to the success of an establishment. These reports may include balance sheets and income statements, which help accountants and the public grasp the overall financial condition of a company. The information in these reports is really significant to, managers, owners, employees, and investors. Managers of a business can take and deduce financial
Auditor, an instructional novella written by James K. Loebbecke, tells the story of Jack Butler, a man from the San Francisco Bay area, who goes to college, majors in accounting, and goes to work for a large accounting firm referred to as “The Firm.” The story is loosely based upon the real world experiences of the author, and is written to give students a look into the world of public accounting that goes beyond a textbook. The Auditor not only gives students a chance to follow Jack Butler’s journey up the company ladder at The Firm, but also reiterates the relative importance of conventional lessons learned in school.
On Wednesday, February 24, 2016, I conducted an interview with Professor Clarissa Wilkerson, JD, CPA. As an accounting major, I am extremely interested in pursuing a career in accounting and am a student in Professor Wilkerson’s class. Her enthusiastic personality continues to inspire me to pursue a career in this field. After explaining my career goals and the details of this assignment, she gladly accepted when I asked if she would be willing to conduct an interview to help me complete this interview report. Professor Wilkerson received her Master’s degree in Taxation from Georgia State University. She is also a licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA), and has considerable experience in the field of accounting. A few of the topics we discussed were: the importance of teamwork, the way technology is changing accounting, the value of understanding finance and economics in relation to accounting, and the usefulness of receiving a degree in accounting and earning a CPA license.
Throughout this class we were introduced to a number of financial statements, many of which I never knew existed. It was nice to see that the formatting of these newly introduced financial statements were consistent and had many similarities to the traditional accounting statements for profit seeking businesses. These financial statements flowed together much like the accounting statements I have been used to seeing. This similarity in turn allowed me to smoothly
- I encourage you to comment on the assessment results and tell me your thought about them, such as if you agree with them or not. Also, if something doesn’t make sense to you, please ask me to clarify.
Identify and explain the fundamental concepts and principles in accounting, the components of the accounting equation, the primary financial accounting equation, and financial statements and reports.
To be able to give Accounting Technology students quick reference when it comes to Income Statements.
To over view the knowledge we learnt from accounting theory and practice, the main thing I can conclude that is the tendency of accounting will shift away from technical way to people’s behaviour way. By understanding what should do, we should ask why and how we could improve and change it into a better way. This essay aims to explain how the theoretical material that we learn in lectures can be developed under a real practical manner.
Feedback: A clear understanding of accounting terms and concepts is required of those who have a financial interest in an enterprise if they are to understand and communicate about the enterprise. Accounting
During my time at Accounting Firm X I learned many lessons that apply not only to accounting and the principles and practices associated with that subject, but also to life as a professional in a real world work setting. The purpose of this essay is to highlight my experiences at Accounting Firm X to shed light upon key learning experiences that can contribute to a holistic educational experience. In this essay I will first describe my goals and expectations. Next, I will go in to detail about my daily routine and how these exercises contributed toward the overall experience. I will then explore the overall lessons learned from my time spent at the firm.
This course like my entire first semester of university have provided me with both many challenges as well as taught me many lessons not only for my university career, but for the rest of my life. As I reflect back on the semester, I recall telling myself at least once a week that I wanted to drop out of school, followed by many breakdowns, crying fits and calling defeat. The past few months, haven’t been at all easy for me, I have thought many times I wasn’t intelligent enough to be in university, I was disappointed with some of the grades I received and I was constantly engulfed in a swarm of stress. Despite all these tough times, I have had many good one’s as well, I have made new friends which are now integral to my everyday life and I have enhanced my knowledge to a new degree. Some of the many lessons that I’ve already learned in my short university experience include how to manage my time, the importance of meeting deadlines as well as the continuous struggle of balancing the various different facets of life.
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Part A is a review of the individual and general feedback received for assignments in Semester 1: