Becoming An Elementary Teacher

When being an elementary teacher, you are in general, feeding the children knowledge in a wide variety. Whether the knowledge is a set part of the curriculum or moral knowledge that would help the child benefit, you need still need to be well educated and acknowledgeable in all of the areas. Teaching elementary age children, they often find themselves looking up to you and you becoming their personal role model. Your abilities and knowledge tend to always amaze the children. Your confidence level is what could help encourage them, whether it is to work harder or the will and want to learn. Becoming an elementary teacher, first time teachers must realize most of the times you do not get to choose what you teach. From personal experience, my …show more content…
Growing up math has and probably always will be my not so high point, with the desire to get as much experience under my belt I signed up to internship under a lady that taught fourth grade math and science. From my personal experience and talks with my mentor, many teachers do not get to choice what they pick to teach. With the circumstances of not always being about to make the decision on what topic(s) you will teach, your confidence in knowledge need to be excellent in all areas. With outstanding confidence in all areas this is a treat that will make you a successful elementary teacher. This not only will benefit you and your career it benefits the children as well. It ensures that they will get the most of their education with an educator that provides the best and most accurate …show more content…
As everyone knows from their person experience, every child learns differently and at different paces. When having a classroom full of children that all learn differently creative is what helps those children personally. Being a creative person while in the education field is a huge benefit, the creativity can be used in several ways. No doubt about it, your knowledge is extremely important but being a successful teacher it takes different learning strategies combined with creativity to give the child the most of their education. While using a variety of learning styles it helps to ensure that each child is benefitting. When sticking to only one, you are risking a child not learning to the full ability. They may not be getting the same opportunities as the children that learn the way you teach, and that simply is not fair for the rest of the children that deserve a chance to learn. According to, Akkayunls and Saylu, “Learning styles form a students unique learning preference and help instructors in the planning of learning/teaching styles.” Learning styles is an important trait with being a successful teacher. Having creative learning strategies and styles help with keeping the children zoned in as they have lots of energy and the will to get up and move. As a study was taken, it has