Teaching is one of the most important professions in this society. While the profession is not as highly regarded as doctors or engineers, teachers bear the responsibility to educate and inspire the next generation. Due to the experiences I had with my teachers, I was inspired to become an ELA teacher in order to promote inclusiveness in the classroom. My purpose here at UTRGV is to become a successful English teacher, and I have set a variety of professional goals in order to accomplish this. My…
Teaching is the only career I could ever dream of pursuing. The profession is beyond rewarding and the impact I will have on my students will be more than worth it. Henry Brooks once said “Teachers affect eternity; no one can tell where their influence stops” and that is why I want to teach. I want to be the teacher, my students come back to say hi too and get help from, even when I am no longer their teacher. My ideas of what a teacher does has grown, so much throughout my experiences in the schools…
these numbers are still statistically low. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 1972 the vast majority of women worked as nurses and the least amount of women worked as mechanics. Between 1972 and 2003, there was an increase of women pursuing a variety of jobs that were predominantly seen as male positions; however, women have only demonstrated substantial growth in some fields, whereas in other fields only slight growth has occurred. When looking at the data from U.S. Bureau of Labor…
This study investigated factors which motivated individuals to initially pursue careers in special education, factors which contributed toward their plans to remain or leave the field, and their perceptions of school districts' effective and ineffective recruitment and retention practices. The sample comprised of 15 individuals employed in public schools throughout north Texas who initially pursued careers in special education. Data were collected through the form of audio-recorded semi-structured…
until they become one themselves. Increasing the salary of a teacher will boost their incentives of their career, send a message to the youth that pursuing in the teaching field is a good idea, and it will strengthen our country 's education system as a whole. Contrary to this issue, it would seem ideal that teachers’ salaries should be increased others have different opinions. Teaching is a choice just like any other job. Most teachers are passionate about what they do so, it is ok for them…
Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) based careers. Many corporations have created programs to help generate more interest in women, especially at a young age. Learning the basics of STEM, demand for engineers, and programs for women have been essential to the development of keeping the attention from women. Consequently, the problem for a career in secondary education in math is the lack of interest from young women. Since there is a large demand for women in STEM careers, jobs in secondary education specializing…
be a teacher, and I truly believed that there wasn’t anything else I would enjoy doing as an adult. As I grew older, I believed more and more that teaching was my calling in life. I helped out in Sunday school at my church, I became a PAL in high school, and I tutored kids in my community. Everything I enjoyed doing seemed to somehow connect to teaching in one way or another. Growing up I also always loved math. It seemed to make more sense in my mind that any other subject and it always came easily…
One factor, however, that demands more substantial time to remedy is the deficiency of adequate mentorship for females pursuing engineer careers. According to Theresa Barger, a writer for The New York Times, “[H]aving a mentor who faced similar discrimination and figured out a way to be taken seriously makes all the difference” (Barger). While an effective mentor can be of either gender, an experienced female engineer is more likely than an experienced male engineer to experience struggles similar…
from the University of West Alabama with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and a Masters degree in Education. She is currently pursuing a Doctorate degree in Organizational Leadership with an emphasis in K-12 leadership from the Grand Canyon University. Mrs. Poellnitz envisions being a principal for a K-12 school after completing her degree and she plans on teaching at the junior college level. She is also employed with Alabama Southern Community College as a teacher with Upward Bound, which is…
Career Clusters & Advising One of the main attributions Achieve Texas contributes to advisors and counselors is that it breaks down potential class schedules in order to help a student be success in the career path they have chosen; it also goes on to help a student realize what expectations of the career field are, what kind of impact it has on the world, if the field is growing/shrinking, and ultimately, if it is the right fit. Achieve Texas does this through breaking career fields into clusters…