Personal Narrative: My Career As A Special Education In Hartford, Connecticut

When I receive my bachelor’s degree in Special Education, I want to teach in elementary schools. I feel as though if you can start teaching the students in an inclusive classroom at a young age, everyone around will understand them more. I believe that if you can get the non-disabled kids to understand that the only thing that makes the disabled kids different from them is their disability, then they will start to associate with one another while their young. By them doing this, they are slowly becoming friends. Getting them to become friends at a young age is really important because it will limit the idea of the child that has a disability being bullied or teased by an individual that does not have a disability because he/she will understand them. While I

One of the reason people chose a career in special education is job satisfaction. Special education teacher perceived their job to be rewarding. They get personal fulfillment and gratification in teaching special need students. “It truly must be passion to continue working in special education because we all know it is a tough job.”(Participate 2010,”Motivational factor towards pursuing a career in special education”)They have the opportunity to make a positive difference in the students’ lives. When the student who is struggling in school graduate it brings great satisfaction to the educator. The most important part of this field is to help a child develop to their highest potential.

One of the most essential aspects of the educational process is to know how to motivate students for learning. A challenging part of being a teacher is to know and learn how to motivate students. First of all, a good definition for motivation is as Byrnes quote “Motivation is construct

In the profession of a special education teacher, a person commits to helping children achieve their best and to help “students overcome their obstacles” while finding a way that the child can effectively learn (Hollingsworth). My mom’s career as special education teacher for twenty-two years, allows me insight and experience into the tougher aspects of this career, but also the rewards to the job. My mom helps me understand that a special education teacher guides a child to expand their strengths, develop strategies to overcome weakness, and to make best use of all available resources. Through helping her, and learning from her experiences, she taught me that a career in special education can not only challenge me, but may also become a

My experience working as a COTA at the MS School for the Deaf has been one of my favorite!. In this setting I have encountered many experiences where my knowledge and appreciation of various cultures and diversity factors, has impacted my therapeutic relationships with my students, their teachers and their families. When I started working at the school I had little experience in the school setting in general, and very little experience with the deaf culture. I knew two things after my first day. I was very intrigued with the deaf culture and also, that I had a lot to learn! I took time to enroll in a beginner community sign language course, bought a beginner sign language book and browsed the internet for proper communication etiquette within

When my mom told me that a letter had to be written for me to be able to attend the LIFE Charter school in North Shore, I said I wanted to help. I feel that by me explaining, you may be able to understand better why I chose to switch. It may seem unusual that I chose to switch schools for my last year when I have been going to Richmond since I was four. Trust me, I understand this. I’ve been told enough times. There are a couple of main reasons as to why I wanted to switch from Richmond, to LIFE. When I have told them to you, maybe you will get a better idea of why this switch was something that I wanted to make happen.

Dawn Essig attended Mount Saint Mary College where she earned her BS in Political Science, Education, and Special Education. Dr. Essig also attended Marist College where she obtained a M.Ed. in Educational Psychology and then pursued her Doctorate in Teacher Leadership from Walden University. As an educator, Dr. Essig taught elementary through high school general and special education while serving as an adjunct professor at Marist College in the Education department. Dr. Essig’s extensive experience and knowledge in technology integration in school districts, certification as a Wilson Reading Specialist and use of MAP assessments and data to make instructional decisions led to being a well-qualified Professional Development Consultant for

In January of 2016, my life was going to be changed for the better, for my school work and the hope for myself too. Knowing that I was going to meet new people and now be able to graduate on time without having to worry. Little did I know coming to Metro West Learning Academy, changed my life forever and maybe not for the better. So how and why were the things that happened end up leading to one of the worst and best decisions of my life?

It is my pleasure to recommend Shayne Strickland for admission to the Master of Education in Special Education at Howard University. I remember meeting Shayne for the first time the day of his interview and thinking how original and calm he seemed. I have worked with Shayne in my position as Lead Teacher at Life Pieces to Masterpieces for a year. He is highly intelligent, honest, and creative and has demonstrated leadership potential inside and outside of the classroom. I enthusiastically supported his decision to pursue his graduate degree for the same reasons.

My over all experience from doing these informational interviews, is that I had a wonderful time and I really learned a lot. I had a great time getting to know each person, and getting to know more about their careers. I learned there are many careers you can go into with an education major. Dr. Jackson shared with me that some companies’ hirer education majors to train their new employers, so my career field is not that small as I though. I was even shock when more than half of my interviewees gave me another major to look into. Special education came up a lot during some of my interviews, and Nudell told me that more openings for teachers with special education majors. Special education teachers for elementary school make a thousand five

My educational experience at Bishop Noland Episcopal day school has greatly influenced me to be the person I am today . This school helped me shape my goals and aspirations. I was constantly surrounded by brilliant students and a supportive faculty . The knowledge I acquired at E.D.S thorough out middle school was legitimately significant to me for high school and my future .

1 in 45 people within the ages of 3 and 17 are diagnosed with autism. My brother and cousin are a few of the children that were. I love them very much and i will always be thankful for them because they made me who i am. They make me a better person in many ways and i will never be able the thank them, and my other family members enough for that. I love my family and friends and they make me who i am, but i was born with all of my characteristics and i would never change them.

Growing up my mother had a disability, yet I had no idea because that was all that I ever knew. I would become her ears, a translator, a dictionary, spell check, and even a therapist during her most frustrating moments. My mother is Deaf/Hard of Hearing. Having this background has taught me patience and understanding early on in my life, further forming the realization that teaching within the special education community was what I wanted to do. Advancing my knowledge I later received my bachelors degree in Urban Learning, thus having prepared me to teach in an environment with distinct challenges such as transience, overcrowding, shortages of materials, as well as opportunities that include the blending of cultures, artistic resources, and current technology, eventually becoming agents of change.

Getting your child out of special education. When you decide to take your child out of special ed. You have to have legitimate reasons on why

When I was asked to reflect on my experiences in EDSE 316 and the fieldwork, I had to think long and hard on how I would sum up four months of classes and fieldwork into four pages. I have learned so much about the various disabilities and how it has change the world of special education. I think a better term would be the “endless possibilities of education”. It wasn’t too long ago when children with disabilities would be stuck in a room in the back of school only to be seen in the beginning and end of the school day. They were the ones who rode the other buses and no one really talked about. This class has allowed me to speak of my own family and how special education impacted my life. I have a brother whose whole life was spent in the special education class, and my own sons with speech and learning disabilities who are now receiving special education services. It also allowed me to reflect on my own participation in the special education program in my early elementary years when I was struggling with my own speech disability. This class gave me the chance to see the timeline of special education, from its earliest beginnings to what it is now.