Reflective Essay: A Career In Special Education

Aside from any required fieldwork I have previously completed, I have been in numerous positions that have allowed me to work with children. I have been teaching swim lessons to elementary school children for the past three years, and I have also volunteered as a camp councilor at a church camp where I would supervise my camp group and teach a bible lesson once per day. In addition to these examples, this summer I was hired to be a para-educator for special education summer school at BOCES where I worked with eleven middle school students for six weeks.

Currently, my confidence is level high as I have been doing well in all of my classes, in track, and I am lucky enough to receive support and be surrounded by positive friends, buy when it comes to public speaking I still can become nervous. I like to be very prepared for presentations, but even if I am, I still become apprehensive when speaking in front of my peers. However, my public speaking has drastically improved each year, and I have found that being a little nervous for anything just shows that I am taking a presentation seriously and that I …show more content…
As an athlete, I am constantly working alongside other people, and my interpersonal skills I have developed on the track carry over to school and my professional work.

In five years I hope to have graduated from college, obtained my masters, and be teaching in a public elementary school as a special education teacher with my own classroom. If I am able to, I would also like to be a track coach so I can share my passion with others who enjoy running. In ten years I hope to either still be teaching, or that I can work my way up to a higher position such as head of a special education department so I can ensure that all students with special needs in the school I work for will receive the quality education they