A person must express many qualities to be a teacher. Determined, patient, supportive, and engaging are only a few. I see these qualities developing in myself every day, through working with children in school settings, at my job at the YMCA, and while I nanny back home. A person must be passionate about teaching students. They must want to be at school every morning to encourage students to want to learn. If someone is not happy to be in the classroom for 8 hours, 5 days a week and maybe more, they are not made out to be a teacher. I believe that I’ll become a successful teacher because of my past experiences, my influences, my goals, and the legacy I want to leave as a teacher.
Why do you want to become a teacher? I want to become a …show more content…
I want to be a 5th grade teacher so, I hope teachers and students remember me as a solid building block for the students who will be transitioning into Middle School the following year. I hope that my future students will want to continue to stay in contact with me when they leave my classroom and when I eventually leave the school. Not only do I want my teaching legacy to be remembered as one that was trusting and admiring, but I hope students enjoyed the hands-on and engaging teaching styles I used in my classroom. My past experiences, influences, goals, and the legacy I want to leave as a teacher are all factors that have built me into the person I am today. These factors have shaped and created qualities in myself that I never thought were possible. I observe myself growing and maturing as a teacher every day through my field experiences and my jobs I have at home. I see myself becoming more determined, motivated, and patient towards my goal of becoming a teacher. I am extremely passionate about wanting my goal and I cannot see myself pursuing any other career …show more content…
I know this because reflecting upon what I want to learn as a student, I realized I want to learn about the techniques and tools that will help me in my career path to become a teacher. So, for me, learning about the quadratic formula isn’t all that interesting when I’m studying to become an elementary school teacher. That is why the philosophy of experimentalism is extremely important for teachers to use in their classroom curriculum. According to Kenneth Howe, “A teacher who attends to what goes on in her students’ lives other than learning lessons and who is able to judge for herself how well general research findings fit her situation is most likely to exhibit timeliness” (Howe 317). This is similar to my belief that a teacher needs to know each student individually and get to know their personal lives before beginning to teach them. Experimentalism is a theory my high school teacher, Mrs. Ajemian, used very wisely throughout the school year. She sat each of her students down individually at the beginning of the year to learn about their experiences inside and outside of school. By doing this, she could relate lessons and discussions to their experiences, which creates a more positive and engaging environment for the students. Experimentalism is proven to benefit students test scores and level of eagerness to learn (Rosiek 166). One of my
Why do you want to become a teacher? I want to become a …show more content…
I want to be a 5th grade teacher so, I hope teachers and students remember me as a solid building block for the students who will be transitioning into Middle School the following year. I hope that my future students will want to continue to stay in contact with me when they leave my classroom and when I eventually leave the school. Not only do I want my teaching legacy to be remembered as one that was trusting and admiring, but I hope students enjoyed the hands-on and engaging teaching styles I used in my classroom. My past experiences, influences, goals, and the legacy I want to leave as a teacher are all factors that have built me into the person I am today. These factors have shaped and created qualities in myself that I never thought were possible. I observe myself growing and maturing as a teacher every day through my field experiences and my jobs I have at home. I see myself becoming more determined, motivated, and patient towards my goal of becoming a teacher. I am extremely passionate about wanting my goal and I cannot see myself pursuing any other career …show more content…
I know this because reflecting upon what I want to learn as a student, I realized I want to learn about the techniques and tools that will help me in my career path to become a teacher. So, for me, learning about the quadratic formula isn’t all that interesting when I’m studying to become an elementary school teacher. That is why the philosophy of experimentalism is extremely important for teachers to use in their classroom curriculum. According to Kenneth Howe, “A teacher who attends to what goes on in her students’ lives other than learning lessons and who is able to judge for herself how well general research findings fit her situation is most likely to exhibit timeliness” (Howe 317). This is similar to my belief that a teacher needs to know each student individually and get to know their personal lives before beginning to teach them. Experimentalism is a theory my high school teacher, Mrs. Ajemian, used very wisely throughout the school year. She sat each of her students down individually at the beginning of the year to learn about their experiences inside and outside of school. By doing this, she could relate lessons and discussions to their experiences, which creates a more positive and engaging environment for the students. Experimentalism is proven to benefit students test scores and level of eagerness to learn (Rosiek 166). One of my