Career as Elementary School Teacher Essay

Throughout my high school career I have always managed to maintain a balanced schedule between academics, athletics and after school activities from participating in a wide variety of sports and clubs including: soccer, track, volleyball, tennis, theater, forensics, solo ensemble, poetry club and student ambassador club. Through my experiences from these organizations I have realized I have been able to become a better student athlete, public speaker, and classmate among my friends, teachers and…

who fought against social injustice toward the black people. At the time, of Muhammad Ali’s words, the law permitted segregated schools where blacks were placed in under resourced institutions and expected to learn at the same caliber as everyone else. Many African American males did not make it passed elementary education, let alone the completion of their high school years. In the modern day this same concept exist in a sense/ Slipping through the cracks as an African American male has never…

the teacher, but also the students and school. It was created to develop, maintain and distinguish accomplished teachers and to generate ongoing improvements in the schools (About Certifications). Lately, I have been in contact with three local physical education teachers that are all National Board Certified. I interviewed them through email about their teaching experiences and their thoughts about NBC. All three teachers responded with great insight and information. The first teacher is…

Broderick began her teaching career after graduating from The College of William and Mary with an undergraduate concentration in Government and Spanish Language. Coming from a family of educators, her mom is a retired high school Spanish teacher and her dad is a retired university professor, Julie did not initially want to become a teacher when she went off to college. However, upon graduation Julie knew that she wanted to use her language skills in her future career and thus applied to The…

started out my college career as a psychology major, but I plan to graduate with an education degree, and fulfill my dream of teaching children. Throughout this semester I have learned many different things about teaching that will stick with me my entire career. I learned about the teaching and learning process through the course work I was given, the time I spent in the classroom teaching lessons, as well as the times that I sat back and just observed the preschool and elementary classrooms. …

On the other hand, another career that I would not mind going into is teaching or education. If I do go into the teaching field, I would like to be a kindergarten teacher. For the past few years, I have been helping my kindergarten teacher in and out of her classroom. After spending some time inside the classroom, I have grown to have an interest in working with young children. This has led me to believe that being a kindergarten teacher would be a great fit for me. The on-the-job tasks of the…

As my high school years seem they are rapidly coming to an end, I am faced with the seemingly never-ending process of personal statements for college. As I sat down to write my first essay, I was faced with a question which deceivingly seemed all too easy to answer which was; What has brought me to this point, how did I get to be who I am today? Immediately following this question my mind races through a vast amount of memories beginning as early as preschool up until what time I decided to go…

importance of the teacher. It will emphasize the arduous journey to become an educator and the constant scrutiny that educators face day to day. The essay will emphasize the roles of Horace Mann and Thomas Jefferson and their impact on public education. It will reflect on teacher accountability. The essay will discuss infamous legislation such as the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). The essay will briefly describe how the Elementary and…

by excellent teacher preparation, great college or career instruction offered to students through training, and equal access to adequate resources. Surly such an aspiration can be accomplished but only by the application of an adequate system. Previous Problems and improvement Without delay, we need to change how teachers are prepared for their duties as well as how they are reprimanded in certain accords. For instance, many unqualified teachers are not meeting the “good teacher standards”…

all started in elementary school then later on in life I lost the love for it. I felt that it learning science wouldn’t be important in the future. Until my marine biology teacher in high school, Mr. Wilkie, helped me find my way into loving science again. My major is…