College Admissions Essay: A Career As A Teacher

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When I was young, I would take a number of responsibilities. Since I am the oldest in the household, I would be the one usually overlooking a number of tasks: watching over my siblings, being on house watch, and many more. I was a person that liked to make people happy. Whether it was to crack a joke or to help people and make their day. I knew that I wanted to impact people -- positively.

I had many jobs I wanted to do. I was not sure which one I should pick: pilot, teacher, crime scene investigator, orand a police officer. There were so many choices to choose from. All of these jobs meant that I could make an impact positively. There was just one that stood out to me the most: being a teacher. If I were to be a teacher, not only would I teach, but I would help the future workers and entrepreneurs of America. I would work hard to make an impact on the students to get them far.

For the past couple of years, I have been working closely with schools and the school district to help improve them. I have seen the impact that my input has been made. I have worked with parent teacher organizations, school site councils, student council, the Student Advisory Committee for FSUSD and the School Climate Committee for FSUSD. The most notable impact that I have seen was my participation in the School Climate Committee. One of the most important recommendations that was told to the FSUSD Governing Board was having counselors at all of the school sites. Now with the 2015-2016 school year, I saw that play into action. The Public Safety Academy and numerous other schools have full-time counselors. To this day, I am proud that I contributed to the School Climate Committee to research and implement methods to improve school climate. I am proud that it was important. After looking back on my contributions to schools and the school district, I would like to someday working with schools and the school district. Leadership is what I would like to focus more in. That being said, to get where I want to be, I would need to work hard and not lose my focus. If I lose my focus, I will not know where I will end up. Being in charge of making sure that students are successful is something that I would like to do. That ties back to my contributions in schools and the school district. Stepping on the grounds of
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I would like to someday be the principal of a school, to make an impact as a school and to the community. That is a big goal of mine. In order to do that, I will first need to be a teacher, for at least three years. I still do not know if I should get a Single Subject or a Multi-Subject Teaching Credential. They both work great and would provide the experience in order to move up to being a principal.

I would like to carry the characteristics and skills that I had built over the last couple of years into the career. Working with schools and students, that will help with being a teacher. Working with schools, students, dignitaries, and the school district, that will help with being an educational administrator. Everything that I help worked on will play a role in the future. In the end, I will look back and say, “Wow, I’m glad I did that.” I am a person with goals to meet. Relating back, accomplishing my goals will mean impacting people

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