On the Holland Code Quiz it told me i would be more successful at coaching, a fitness trainer, and a physical therapist. However, on the Who Am I test it just wanted to know my personality. It told me i’d be good at helping, teaching, treating, counseling or serving others thru personal interactions. I feel like the things both test told me are possibly correct. Because i love helping others and i also love to see people get better at what they’re doing. I also feel the right job can bring you complete happiness. DESCRIPTION OF CAREER A typical day as a coach/teacher is quite simple. I would probably wake up at about 5:30 or 6:00 am to get ready. After that, i will head to the school and wait till classes are in session. Until my athletic period i teach high school U.S History. When it's my athletic period i will work out the girls for most of the period and after the period is over we will stay another 2 hours for practice. Of course some things change around the year. For instants, when it is a sport that i do not coach i will only work out the girls who are in off season and after the period is over i will go home. …show more content…
the average teacher workday is much longer than that. In addition to a full day in front of the classroom (the graphic pegs the average school day at eight hours)”
The work it took us in two to three hours was more than what I had ever previously considered. While Americans have an outer view of teachers, and the education system; you only begin to understand once you have personally seen it from the inside. The salary teachers receive is observably low for such a demanding job. While some argue that they have the most vacation days of any job, they spend more time working annually than most other jobs . Statistically, teachers work 10 hours and 40 minutes a day on average. Which, when calculated means they work 53 hours weekly, this is 6 hours longer than the average work week . The changes that these teachers are requesting are not only realistic, but they would certainly improve education. If we brought back traditional teaching, teaching that didn’t come from a textbook. Then we would bring back a creative, intuitive
After taking the CHOICES Interest Inventory, my holland codes were social and investigative. Investigative individuals are frequently depicted as "thinker's" who are observing and appreciate learning and assessing new things/circumstances. Investigative individuals like the challenge of thinking of ways to figure out problems and also they prefer to work on their own. Social individuals are often dubbed as "aides" who appreciate helping individuals from multiple points of view and are constantly worried about the prosperity of others. Social individuals flourish when working in groups, and have exceptional verbal and communication skills.
Saturday July, 20th-21st,2013: Teachers and appropriate staff will be trained during appropriate office hours depending on the scheduling of breaks and lunch hours. We know that this can be difficult for some who need breaks during working hours. We strive to make our training sessions as enjoyable and as informative as possible for trainees. The teaching
Many students across the nation are attending schools that have seven classes during each school day as their schedule, one of them being Conroe High School. But behind the scenes, students are not exactly satisfied with these conditions, but they are forced to accept this brutal schedule as part of their everyday lives. That is why Conroe High School’s principal, Dr. Weatherly, should change the school’s schedule to have less, but longer, classes in a single day to create a less stressful environment for the students’ and teachers’ benefit.
Having more school days and shorter breaks means more teacher collaboration and planning time and also gives the students more opportunities which was proven by Boston's Clarence Edwards Middle School and Kuss Middle School. “Kuss has met its AYP improvement targets for two entire years. Edwards has reduced achievement gaps in ELA and science by 80 percent and 66 percent respectively. ”In Fall River, Kuss Middle School, students
A teacher who was part of a year round system recounts, “I found myself going through 3 school years without that opportunity for self-assessment and planning for the future of the educational program.” (“The Effect of Year Round Schools” 1999/22 February 2005). With a much shorter summer break, teachers will not have enough time to increase their education, which can benefit the learning of their students. For these reasons, year round schools are not as beneficial as the traditional school year.
The issue of teacher shortage today is continuing to grow. The effects of the achievement gap are reaching the teachers, not just the students: “...good administrators and teachers, who are doing their best under difficult circumstances, will be driven out of the profession…,” (Boyd-Zaharias 41). The achievement gap is part of the reason teachers feel they are underpaid, which happens to be one of the leading cause in teacher shortage considering, “Teachers were paid two percent less [than comparable workers] in 1994, but by 2015 the wage penalty rose to 17 percent,” (Long). Being a teacher requires passion in order to stay in the field, especially if the money in teaching is decreasing. Money is an important aspect for people when it comes to their careers, therefore, fewer people want to become teachers. This lack of teachers and the lack of college students studying to become a teacher leads to unqualified teachers and larger classroom sizes (Ostroff). Both of these causes are eventually affecting students’ learning environments. I chose this issue in education for my project because I have personally felt these effects, and I know others who have as well. As a future educator, I want to see better wages and better benefits, but this can only happen with qualified, passionate teachers. I plan on being one of them, and I plan on sparking a change. I am a future educator fighting to end teacher shortage.
In the United States, majority of teachers are public school teachers and they make over three millions in numbers. The number of pupils per teacher has recorded a decline for the last few decades and it continues to decline to date. The average class size presently is over 20 pupils for public elementary schools and 23.4 for public secondary schools. This can tell the reason as to why teachers leave teaching professions because of workload.
The Holland Code Assessment helped me to find my key interests. My top interest was in the conventional area. Before I took the assessment, I had a strong desire to have all the areas of my life structured. I find myself to be “by the book” at times, but I do exercise flexibility when it counts. When it comes to my work as a waitress for BJ’s Restaurants, I have to multitask, which can often be challenging. What makes my job easier is when I have the tables in my station served with a game plan. Whenever I am organized at work, it really
Every hour is meticulously planned out and scheduled so as to maximize its efficiency, and punishments are set in place as a result of disobeying the mandated schedule. Here the teacher was
They have to take work home,such as grading papers,lesson planning, and thinking of how to teach certain kids.Teachers average work 12-16 hours a week including work in school and out of
The idea of time, whether it be for over a period, such as 60 hours, or during a season, summer or fall, does not appear to be particularly significant when trying to address the discursive patterns of practicing teachers. Whether this is relevant to teachers using what is an accepted way to describe students’ mathematical performance, or just being unaware of their talk, spending more time in professional development did not seem to be an answer.
In contrast there are many reasons why teachers truly are underpaid. First, what these researchers fail to make public, is the fact that the hourly wage that they base a teachers pay is centered only on the hours that a teacher is present at school. They do not take into consideration the hours that teachers put in at home. On average a teacher will work 20% more Sundays than any other profession, these hours will not be paid or documented into a teachers pay schedule. The reasoning behind the large at home workload comes from the excessive amount of homework and assignments that they must grade or create for previous and following work days. Secondly, they are often forced to work at multiple locations, with early starting hours ranging from 6 to 7 am. Furthermore, some of these locations can be extremely far, costing the teacher an
Being a teacher is not an easy task as many people could think. To be a teacher does not only imply to know the subject to be taught, it also includes being willing to constantly improve oneself integrally, as much as updating the resources and materials one uses in teaching. Reflecting and analyzing over and over again the best way to teach to learn and how to make students to extend what has been learned. The many hours spend in the classroom will never be enough to plan lessons, prepare materials, review pupils tasks and exams, as well, all the administrative requirements one has to cover for whatever institution we work. Besides all this a good teacher, a professional one, will have to find the time to keep preparing to improve