Personal Statement: A Career As A Kindergarten

I am a qualified Childcare Practitioner with 12 years’ experience, who would love the opportunity to embark on a career as a Primary Teacher. I am currently employed in a local authority pre-five nursery class within a Primary School. I aspire to become a teacher as I feel it will offer me new challenges and a chance to further develop my love of teaching. I am a dedicated worker and continually strive to provide high standards. I also promote confidence, respect and compassion to ensure all members of the nursery and school are respected.

“What do you want to be when you grow up?” As a child, we have all been asked this question; and as unrealistic children, we all had dreams of being a superhero, princess, cowboy, or astronaut. Later on in life, as time went by, and as we became more knowledgeable, our answers became more serious. Some of us wanted to be teachers, business owners, or a veterinarian. However, I have always wanted to be a doctor, but not just any doctor. For as long as I can remember, I have wanted to be a pediatrician. Now, half way through my junior year in high school, I have started to question the details of this career, and all the hard work it takes to become a part of the medical field.

Hello my name is Yolanda Brown, I'm a Pre -k Lead Teacher. I work with 4 and 5 year olds I have been working with children for 21 years. I'm looking for a change of career in starting my own Business working with high school and college student in some type of leadership and Entrepreneurship Program. I love working with youth people. I feel that our young people do not have anything to do but walk the streets they are our

I am a student at Florida Atlantic University studying early childhood education. I am enrolled in EEC 3214 class this semester; the class is called designing and implementing a blending curriculum: birth to age eight. I am required to complete a field experience assignment at a preschool. I will observe young children ranging from three to five years old. I assure you that I will keep all information confidential. In addition, I reassure you that I will not share the information collected outside of my course and that no identifying information will be shared. I will respect and follow all the school’s policies and procedures in a professional manner.

     Preschool is something very important for toddlers. Preschools were established in Europe around the late 1800’s. They were later introduced to the United States in the 1920’s. According to the Encyclopedia of careers and vocational guidance 9th edition “preschools expanded rapidly in the united states during the 1960’s”.

My initial interest was to work with children in a school which was a goal for me.I'm eager and have a good work ethic. I am keen to study Early Years Childhood Studies as I am curious to learn in more depth about the sociology, psychological and education theories. I would like pursue higher education to expand my theoretical and practical knowledge of children I gained from my course BTEC Level 3 Children's Play Leaning and Development to be used in practice.

I like to work with young children and I have skills that make me suitable for this type of work. Also, I gained experience of working with children in different places. Nowadays, many children engage in different types of activates to have some kind of support and self-confidence for themselves. However, that will be good for their development and personality. I love working with the children

As an early educator my professional goals and aspirations have change since I read the interview conducted by the author, Denise Scott. As I read this article, I been inspired to reach out to my community, families, students, and peers in order to become a better leader. To make a difference I desire to be a leader in my community. In my community, it is important to connect to students that are entering the childhood field, however to create an atmosphere that encourages mentoring and learning (Rodriguez, 2005). As early educator leaders, we have to promote students by being a positive role model, therefore this would allow them to see the character within us. To work with children, leaders should exhibit good qualities, passion, leadership abilities as well as understanding for others. We have to create an environment that leaders can thrive (Scott, p.1 2005). As educator, we should lead as well as follow to be an effective leader in the early childhood field, however this mean continuing growing. The prospective students need to be aware that this field has no ending. The field of childhood studies is always changing and we have to stay embrace for the future There are challenges and should know where your strengths are as well as your differences (Scott, 2005)

According to U.S. Department of Education, Early Education teacher means “any professional working in Early Learning and Development Programs, including but not limited to center-based and family child care providers, infant and toddler specialists, early administrators, Head Start teachers, Early Head Start teachers, preschool and other teachers, teacher assistants, family services staff, and health coordinators.” Some reason why people want to become an early education teacher persist of good education programs, wages/benefits, and the skills people need to have for the job.

As an early childhood educator I believe each child is an exceptional unique individual that needs to be provided a secure and loving environment in which they are able to grow emotionally, physically, socially and intellectually. My longing is to help each and every one of my students explore their creativity, understand their emotions and learn self-regulation along with social skills and the best of academics that I can possibly provide. The role I have as an educator is to guide my students while allowing them to explore their curiosities about the world around them and academics to blossom while teaching respect and caring for others.

So you want to be an elementary school teacher? It’s a challenging career, requiring patience and social skills, as you have to be able to wrangle a room filled with rambunctious children. Once you get through the tough stuff, the career is filled with immeasurable rewards. Being an elementary school teacher is not just going into a classroom and teaching kids how to add numbers, where something is on a map, or how to write. This career is far deeper than that, you will build a relationship with each and every student and ultimately build the foundation of the students’ future education. Elementary school teachers guide their students through a crucial period in their lives. This career is a good choice for people who want to make a

Date: 8/3/2015 Employee Name: Herleen V. Pickrom Education Credential: Master of Science Position Title: Early Childhood Development Teacher In accordance with Section 648A Staff Qualifications and Development of the Head Start Act, “each Head Start agency and program shall create, in consultation with each employee, a professional development plan. This plan shall include all employees who provide direct services to children and shall ensure that such plans are regularly evaluated for their impact on teacher and staff effectiveness.”

I can look into many different scholarships and bonus’ to get me where I want to be. After highschool my realistic dream is to go to a good college to where when I apply for a job they'd just be willing to hire me due to my place of education. The hard part is finding an occupation that I could wake up, go to and genuinely enjoy every day of work. I want to work hard enough and make enough money that after only a few year I have made a living. I refuse to spend my young days where i'm physically able to do whatever I want working. After I have made a living I will live somewhere with land not to far out from a big city. I will have my dream house with all the things my parents couldn't provide for me as a child. I wouldn't mind having a significant other although as long as I have a solid group of friends that is the least of my worries. I will have puppies and kittens to keep me company and great food which is frankly everything I need and more. The inside of my house will be clean, beautiful and candle lit. The outside will be just as beautiful, I will spend some of my free time learning how to play new instruments and traveling the world learning about new people and cultures. I would also love to be able to comfortably donate large sums of money to organizations in search of medical cures or helping people in

My expectations for Kindergarten is that the students would be treated like pre-k. I think the kids would have more play time such as centers and dramatic play. I think kindergarten would be more of the students having fun and playing. I think the students would do the same things I did when I was in Kindergarten. Some of the things I thought the students would do many projects in class, watch educational TV shows, and do a lot of work in centers. The social development of kindergarten students I think they will be friendly and want to play with any and everybody.

As a preschool teacher, I get many opportunities to contact with different directors and supervisors in the school environment. During six years of preschool teaching, through interacting with varied supervisors and working in several schools, I have experienced many positive and negative ones. I have also learned many valuable lessons from these experiences. As we know, everything is not always wonderful. Just as my experience, it is not always optimistic. In this journal, I would like to share my first supervisory experience with you, although it is not a happy one. I feel if I want to learn and improve myself, I need to talk about or reflect the experiences either positive or negative ones.