I Want to Be a Teacher Essay

two types of teachers: The really good teacher that made school interesting and fun and/or you remember the really “not so good” teacher, who was boring and talked in a monotone voice, the teacher that would make school so miserable that you would rather catch the flu to miss a few days of school, or the teacher who might have said something negative to you that has and will stick with you throughout your whole life. There are many of us that want to be remembered as the great teacher, however,…

daycare center and the privacy of the child, I use will the Pseudo Name of Joe. He is a four-year-old, that is average height (roughly about 3’5). He has brown/blackish curly hair and brown eye color. The reason being I picked Joe because right away he grabbed my attention, as soon as I walked into the classroom, I noticed right away that he is always smiling. Also he is very interactive, he tries his best to include all of his friends into play, which I think is very important when it comes to…

I had the privilege to observe in a Capital Area Head Start program pre-kindergarten classroom. This was quite an eye-opening, and valuable learning experience because of the level of diversity that goes on in one of these classrooms. Head Start is a federally funded program that aids low socioeconomic status families in giving their children a safe, learning environment up to two years before they go into the public school setting. Capital Area Head Start (1998) mission statement is “to…

This is a picture drawn by a child I work with. I love this picture because this was her way of saying thank you to me. What better way for a child to say thank you then with a picture in the likeness of yourself. I am sure you have a favorite teacher that you remember from school that influenced you in one way or another. According to the National Center for Education Statistics online at ed.gov. There are almost 55 million children enrolled in either public or private schools throughout the…

Before I took this class, I had a very bad idea of what assessment was, and in my head I kept going back to teachers that, in my opinion, didn’t have a good grasp of what assessment should be used for. In the first weeks this class, I really started to understand why assessment is so important. Assessment is important because the teacher can understand what students know and don’t know. Without assessment, it would be hard for a teacher to help students improve in their classroom because there…

overwhelming for students and can cause the student to shut down. This is something that no teacher wants his/her student to experience. A good online teacher is going to want to make sure that his/her student comes to class feeling confident about achieving his/her goals and knows that the teacher is there to support them throughout the entire process. In order to foster online engagement well, a teacher should start the class with clear expectations and easily achieved assignments to help…

year procedures are hard on teachers but not because of exams they have to get ready for standardized tests. The standardized tests in Virginia are called SOL’s. These tests aren’t given at the very end of the year but a couple weeks from the end. This means that all of the content for the year has to be finished earlier. About a week before the last day of school both lesson plan books and grade books have to be turned in. This leaves the last week of school for the teacher to complete an end…

In order to extend my teacher leadership outside the classroom, I might begin my working with other special education colleagues, grade level team or working with the other reading teacher in my building. I would start by possibly presenting my research plan at a PLC meeting and asking other teachers’ thoughts or seeing if they would like to help by either collaborating with me or being a critical friend as I work through the research. From there, when I complete the research I can present…

The issue of merit pay for teachers has been a long discussed and argued topic, with many people not involved in education favoring the concept. Since businesses have utilized performance or merit pay for their employees, many argue that it is only fair to use it for educators. Proponents of introducing merit pay, such as Peter Kent, vice-president of the Association of School and College Leaders, argues that this type of pay is much fairer than the old payment of automated progression…

Possibly the biggest factor in my decision to be a teacher was my fifth-grade teacher, Mr. Shaw. He was my teacher at such a critical point in my life. I was 11 years old learning how the world worked and trying to discover who I was. Mr. Shaw quickly became a mentor for all twenty-nine of us in the class and didn’t just teach us math or science but life lessons. I still can imagine his loud voice coming from the back of the classroom as he taught us to be successful in life or how words can…