Passion To Teach For America

I seek to join Teach for America to give back to low income communities I have always had a passion to serve my community, rather if it was by volunteering at the local Boys and Girls Club, visiting the elderly, or lending a helping hand at Habitat for Humanity. If given the opportunity to join Teach for America I would be able to not only serve a local community but also teach the future leaders of America. I believe that a quality education should not be upon the basis of race or family income, but from the quality of the educator that comes in contact with each child. It is as if the quality of the teacher can somehow have an everlasting effect on the students that he or she comes in contact with. It is an endless cycle of an unmotivated and uncaring teacher’s coming into school districts and helping to further hinder the students. The

In high school, I decided to take honors classes to help advance myself. I was a struggle bus at first, but I honestly felt like it was the end of the world. I may or may not have shedded a few tears. My mom kept telling me everything will be okay and I knew it would be eventually. However, I soon began to realize that I am Molly Luther, and I can do this. With lots of tears and late nights, I began to get the hang of this difficult reading. A teacher of mine helped me tremendously with getting back on track. She made me much more confident in my writing and reading. Reading was something that I actually enjoyed again. I was able to find my favorite genres and found out some of my favorite

Even with that as an obstacle, I was able to obtain distinguished honors the entirety of the school year. I have had Honor Roll grades since fifth grade, and I’m sure if there was a fourth grade honor roll in my past school, I would have been on it. All in all, I am a gifted test-taker and I am good at keep all of my work organized, and I believe I am able to teach my system of academics to others, so they can excel, as well.

My desire to teach has been a long time coming, with parents who have a background in education, it was bound to happen. Dulles FFA has presented numerous opportunities for me to better learn how to teach young adults. Not only has it taught me how to be a successful leader in my community, it has taught me the In’s and Out’s of the

I 'm currently serving as a 2013 Corps member for Teach For America. I joined teach for America because I believe in their mission that all students deserve an equal an excellent education. I also joined because they work with schools where students are growing up in poverty and low income communities; a resemblance of my past. You see, we become our worst critics and even the mir image of success vanishes when our thoughts become clouded with fantasies; imaginative thoughts of the impossible. I longed for success, making it clear that the riches were of no importance to me. To others it appeared that I yes she, is writing her own story; untold was the beginning.

I am a great teacher and am passionate about achieving my goals. I have several years of teaching experience and my enthusiasm for teaching children has only grown.

I would like to be part of Teach for America due to my love and ethical responsibility to teaching students. I have an ethical responsibility to teach because of my in-depth knowledge of student development in the areas of physical, social/emotional, and cognitive domains of children. Another aspect of my ethical responsibility that verifies why I would like to be a part of Teach for America is that, like Teach for America, I believe that every student deserves an education that is developmentally appropriate and meets their individual needs. I would be working alongside professionals whose main focus is on the concept of equity for all. Every student has the right to education no matter their race, gender, or economic background. Coming from

Another reason that Teach for America is a great program for upcoming teachers and education is that it strives for the improvement of student's work. Though this is another common goal among all teachers, it is the main concern for Teach for America. The amount of support each teacher has for the students by working with this program is significant because it shows the students that they are cared for. Learning and educating is a two-way process and bonds between the student and teacher. If the child knows that the educator is willing to put in the time for him or her, the child will reciprocate those same actions within their classwork. Furthermore, teachers must love and care about

I found an extremely inspiring article that discusses a young woman from Long Island, New York, who received acceptance correspondences from all eight Ivy League schools as well as several others. Augusta Uwamanzu-Nna, 18 has excelled in her academics throughout her childhood and adolescence. Her parents stressed the importance of education to her throughout her childhood since they were both college educated. Uwamanzu-Nna stated, that her school days lasted approximately 13 hours not including all of the extra tasks she had to accomplish such as homework.

I seek to join Teach For America because I would not be where I am today if it was not for caring teachers who pushed me into the right direction and validated the idea that I can be a successful student. Growing up my mother and grandmother were both teachers, and hearing their struggles of teaching, I had vowed to never become one. When high school came I was convinced that I was going to join the military and that college was never an option. That was until I met Ms. Mudron, my English teacher who planted a seed in me that grows till this day. My answers to questions that she asked regarding our readings were nothing like the other students, yet they were not wrong, she informed me that I thought outside of the box and that is why I should

Like many others from my graduating class, I left college and headed for the fast track world of law and finance. After two years crunching numbers, juggling real estate projects and emerging from Black Monday in October 1987 relatively unscathed, I realized I hated my job. Landing a teaching position at Fessenden School became a watershed event in my life. Looking back over the past years, I fully realize that teaching is an essential part of me. Michael Thompson, once said, "There are some teachers who are effective and know why, others who aren 't effective and don 't know why, and a third are effective, but aren 't quite sure why." After five years at Fessenden, I felt like the latter. Therefore, I decided to attend graduate school in order to become a more effective educator. Theory, practicum, and research aside, graduate school was an epiphany for me. It confirmed in me that leading a school was more than a choice; it was a calling.

1 I seek to join Teach for America, because I seek to continue to serve others in my community and my nation. I want to give others the opportunities that I have been afforded and inspire those who feel hopeless. Throughout my career, I have seen what transformational and servant leaders can accomplish in government and the private sectors. Why can't we have that in our classrooms? It's the place where we are investing into future communities.

My decision to be a teacher did not come easily to me. This choice was dependent on a reflection about what I was passionate about and how I could make a difference. I have chosen to become a teacher, as I believe teachers have the ability to provide future generations the stimulation for one of the most significant roles in life; to become a lifelong learner. Many teachers that I have had during my education have had a positive impact on my decision to grow and develop the skills that are fundamental to pursue a successful teaching career. My aim is to be a part of an honorable profession with the optimism that one day I will become an efficacious teacher who can provide future teachers with inspiration, as my teachers have provided for me. Through personal educational experiences and peer-reviewed academic literature, I am able to shape my approach to my pre-service teaching, as it will influence my future practice. As a teacher, there is not just one singular approach to educating students; there is a need for flexibility, diversity, adaptation and reflection.

I am attending Concord College to further my education. After graduating with an Elementary Education Degree, I would like to teach in an elementary school in Southern West Virginia. Preferably, I would like to teach in a kindergarten environment. While teaching I plan to further my career with a Master’s degree. I would like to be able to reach those children that aren’t as fortunate as others. As a teacher I will not only teach the children, but they in turn, will teach me. Education is one of the most important aspects to the success of the country. It is important for everyone to feel a part of that success; therefore, I feel strongly about teaching students to succeed.

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