Statement Of Purpose: Working As A NYC Teaching Fellow

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Working as a NYC Teaching Fellow would enable me to develop my abilities in facilitating student achievement. In the past I have held teaching positions which have both utilized and informed my overall teaching methods.
Like many of the education professionals I know, I have never stopped at my job description or ever given up based on the work environment. This tenacity was useful when I worked at a start-up environmental program for Spanish students aged 10-17. I was the first native English speaker the program had ever hired and the curriculum adapted around my abilities and suggestions. The job didn’t just require hard work in the conventional sense of long hours but required creative curriculum development and necessitated that I learn

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