Substitute teacher

day I graduated from the University of Southern California. I had many great experiences as well as some dreadful ones. The experiences from my educational career will mold the teacher I will become in the future. My elementary schools years were spent at Kenter Canyon Elementary. I remember my very first teacher in Kindergarten, Mrs. G, she was very kind to all her students. Her compassion towards students who were scared to be away from their parents for the first time was extraordinary

I am excited by the prospect of teaching outside the United States and believe that I have the experience, skills and disposition to be a great international teacher. In addition to my professional teaching experience, I am currently a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, pursuing a Master’s degree in Secondary Education and English as a Second Language (ESL). My program features intensive coursework and student teaching experience, and is consistently ranked as one of the top

be a teacher. Selected to help a special needs classmate, I was hooked. I loved helping my friend and loved my teachers, so at even that young age it was a no-brainer, right? This feeling never changed, even up to the first day of my first student teaching experience. During faculty orientation, we watched a video on why teachers decide that the field wasn’t the right path for them and how so many were leaving. “That is crazy,” I remember thinking, “Why would anyone NOT want to be a teacher?” Fast

was able to recall many situations where students have demonstrated some of the explained behaviors. One typical behavior that I see not only in my classroom, but in my school, is students’ arguing loudly with teachers. According to Payne, students living in poverty may argue with the teacher due to a distrust in authority. This past week I was on bus duty which meant that I was waiting in the hallway with the elementary students calling out bus numbers. This is a very chaotic time due to parent dismissals

call it love. But love can be hard to decipher. ?The scholarly Afghan founder of an American university in Kabul calls it spiritual mentoring. A list of ?helpful tips when teaching? written by him for incoming faculty notes that ?In this culture, a teacher is considered a spiritual father to his students. It is important to establish that kind of relationship or a friendly one with students.? Spiritual? Father? Friendly? I?m baffled. I have been hired to teach a semester of journalism and English composition

technology to the school system. As the graph below shows how teachers used technologies in the classroom. Granted that, by the next academic year, mobile devices will be available for 1-to-1 computing for half the K-12 student and teacher population in the United States, according to Futuresource Consulting Ltd., a research and forecasting company based in the United Kingdom. In fact, by calendar year 2016, 54 percent of students and teachers will have access to a school-issued personal computing device

this week, I realize how hard, yet rewarding it was to work with your children. I did my week, and then I was hooked. I knew that even with both teachers and myself helping, it was not enough help. I decided to keep volunteering as much as I could. Fast forward a year later, my daughter was placed with an amazing, smart, caring kindergarten teacher. Every time I read about “Intentional Teaching” she is the first image that comes to my mind. I volunteered in her class every Monday, for the whole

I am currently living in San Antonio,Texas, but I was born in Wichita, Kansas. The city Wichita is a much smaller than San Antonio, so life was extremely different than here. The city was calm and quiet, not much really happened so I was allowed to venture out and explore.My elementary school was only walking distance from my home,meaning I could travel to and from school without any problems. While I walked home, my mom would always have something ready to eat the moment we walked in the door

How would it sound if school weeks were only four days long and, in doing that, it saved your school money at the same time? Well, for some rural schools across the nation, this has become a reality. Four day school weeks are becoming a necessity for some rural school districts that lack funding. It provides a realistic way for schools to remain open and also has added benefits beyond saving money. Four day school weeks may not be a realistic situation for all schools throughout the nation, but for

disengagement as soon as it appears to keep it localized to one student. Currently, I am the long-term substitute for a High School Math II class featuring mostly tenth graders. At times it’s difficult to hold the attention of a room filled with snarky teenagers. I use a variety of techniques to keep my students engaged drawling from high-quality instruction, classroom management skills, and our teacher/student relationship. Every day the lesson plan for my class is fast paced and as exciting as possible