Ever since I was young, I always knew that I wanted to be a teacher. When I would stay the night with my aunt’s or at my grandmother’s house for the summer, I would always create math worksheets and roll calls for my cousins to fill out because they were my students. When I was in middle and high school, I began helping with the children’s church, always finding an interest in teaching new material to children and watching as their faces glowed when they finally understood something that was new to them. From my experience of being in the afterschool classroom of Apple Tree Prep, I have learned a lot of lasting advice to help better me as a future elementary school educator. Whether it is to deal with the loss of a pet to having to help prepare …show more content…
While I was completing my field experience, I was working in the afterschool room every other Tuesday and Thursday. The grades of the twenty-six students ranged from first grade to fourth grade and there were more females than males in this class. My two mentors, Kelly and Brooke, were awesome, showing me how to keep up with these older children while also keeping peace within the chaotic classroom. While these children were from Watkinsville, they really were not from a low SES background, but there were many instances that the children would get into arguments and bring up someone else’s family …show more content…
A lot of the children like to work on their homework at home, because they enjoy the comforts of their own space. Anna* and Grey* are two children that I always had to folders for. At Rocky Branch Elementary School (RBES), the teachers sent the students home with folders. These folders held important papers that need to be sent home to parents, graded papers, and their homework for the day. I always had to check Anna* and Grey’s* folders, because they dreaded doing their homework every day. When Grey* did his homework, he would become frustrated very quickly. When Grey would get angry while doing his homework, he normally would lash out and become extremely sharp-tongued. After a few minutes of calming him down, Grey would be fine and finish his homework with little to no help from me. Anna, however, reacted the opposite of Grey while doing her homework. Anna told me once that whenever she had reading assignments, her mother would tell her that she read too slow and would end up doing the homework for her. Anna is currently in fourth grade, and the second graders in the afterschool classroom can read a lot better than she can. When Anna told me of what her mother said, I responded with, “When you do homework with me, you will be reading your work and I will help you with any questions you have.” She was upset at first since she never really put effort
As writing is one of her dreams her teacher has crushed it, which the opposite of what you would expect. However
Other parents are able to help their children with homework, but without the foundation of knowledge or English proficiency, many Southeast Asian parents are not able to lend a helping hand. The students then must become independent from a young age and work harder than their peers to reach the same levels
This shows such naivety from Daisy, that a former teacher is not conscious of the things kids say to get out of doing their homework. It is ironic that as a former teacher, Daisy is failing
I couldn 't focus on her homework assignments – and she was not hesitant to call me out for not completing them on time- but it was the attention I was desiring, albeit negative, it was better than nothing at all. While she was explaining the causes of the French Revolution I would be off in another worlds fantasizing that the two of us were traveling to the Eiffel tower. As she was teaching us about the Russian Revolution she would be my
Bobby- As an art educator, my student teaching required both a K-6 and middle school (6,7,8) student teaching experience. I look back on this professional experience and realize how valuable this was to my career. The invaluable guidance of two strong teachers played a large role in the teacher I am today. Maybe the key to starting our teachers off on the right foot is to better educate our mentor teachers by providing them with the skills necessary to share their experience and knowledge with future educators by providing hands on experience.
Furthermore, she does not understand why, if she behaves in this manner consistently, today was different. The bell had not rung for class to start, yet her teacher removed her still. It was explained to her that STAAR prep would be administered and that the teacher did not wish to have any interruptions because it was such an important concept to learn. Why, then, kick out five students to teach the rest of the class such a vital lesson? If the subject was so valuable, then the students should not have been ushered out.
This job really taught me about the importance of children having a routine to follow as well as the impact teachers can have on a child’s life. After my first year in college, I realized that I wanted to gain more experience with children of all ages. Shortly after,
This past year as student-intern I have learned so many new things that will help me become the teacher that I hope to become one day. Not only have I learned things that relate to myself but such things that relate to how my students learn and what might need to be done to help accommodate them and their individual needs. Adolescents are going through an extremely important stage during their lives and as educators we need to provide them with the correct information in order to help succeed. They experience many changes physically, mentally, emotionally, and socially. All middle level students are going through the developmental process and they need to have a secure, caring, and stimulating atmosphere where they can grow intellectually, physically, socially, emotionally, and morally.
I'm already an assistant teacher, and I assistant the head teacher in our classroom with multiply things through out the day, this has given me an ideal what to expected as a head teacher, and has encouraged me to further my education in Early Childhood Education. I'm hoping to graduated college by 2019, were then I'll be able to move forward from as assisant teacher to an head teacher in my own classroom. Growing up I've had a passion for animals,
My teaching career began in Memphis, TN teaching a suburban kindergarten class of 25 students. Since that first group of students taught in 1986, I have taught various elementary grades across multiple states including an additional kindergarten class in TN; a first grade, a fifth grade, a fourth-fifth grade split, and a fifth-sixth grade split in Gastonia, NC; as well as two second grade classes in Columbia, SC. However, not only do I have experience in the suburban classroom, but also in the inner city classroom.
I have ten years of public school teaching experience in both general education, and special education, in addition to over six years of work experience in the academic environment as a preschool instructor teaching in a variety of settings with multiple age groups. I believe that my previous job experience, personal experience, and stellar education provide me with a strong foundation to help other educators create a learning environment that offer appropriate content, materials, and activities, while using research-based methodologies that are coordinated with a child’s level of development and for which the individual child is ready. My commitment to children has been illustrated by my perseverance and dedication to academic excellence.
I’ve known I wanted to be a teacher since I was 5, though, I had not expected myself to feel such a connection as a learning support teacher. It has always been a natural inclination for me to teach and support others. I grew up as a middle child in the suburban town, Horsham, Pennsylvania. I was a cheerleader who didn’t fit in with the stereotypical cheerleaders for the simple fact that I couldn’t be the “mean girl,” and cared less about my looks and more about learning even though I was just an average student.
When I graduate college, I aspire to instruct elementary school where I would mold young students to have strength, intelligence, and optimism akin to mine and embrace the world. I dream of evoking tenacious character traits out of each student to encourage him or her to succeed and progress far in life with elevated standards for him or herself. That was the entirety of my goal when I started college, however, my professional dream altered during my volunteering at Margaret Beeks Elementary School. Seeking to gain experience to further my dream of an educator, I reached out to this elementary school close to Virginia Tech.
This paper is a detailed outlook of the life of educators, specifically elementary educators. There are a few things that one must obtain before becoming an educator. Going into this field consists of the following: enjoying the presence of youth, making a difference in someone’s life, and helping others along the way. Elementary educators are at the base of the pyramid of success. They are responsible for educating future lawyers, doctors, scientists, and entrepreneurs.
'i understand you,' she interrupts you calmly,' but aren't we all busy? i gave you two weeks to finish it. two weeks seem enough to me.' 'yes, yes they are and i've started it, but i thought we had more time... ah.' you realise it's pointless to argue with the teacher.