I believe that a school needs to have a culture with high expectations for learning. It's not where you are at, but where your going. I believe a school environment needs to be a place where students not only feel safe, but an escape from their personal situations. School needs to be a place where students feel like their dreams can come true if they try their best. As educators we need to not just teach for not, but for the future. Students need to start off kindergarten with very high expectations to graduate college. College should always be the goal for students because this is where the path needs to lead in order for success. We know as educators not all of our students will go to college, but if we make this goal with the end in mind the odds and percentages will be a lot higher. If we feel sorry for students who come from bad backgrounds and don’t have high expectations for their learning they will always have low performing academics.
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When I first started college I was a 17 year old kid that didn’t know anything about life. I had no clue about what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. I started taking classes and I found out that I really enjoyed Psychology and I was also really good at it. I decided to get my Bachelor’s degree in Psychology. After College/First Job After college my first job was a Para-Professional working in a Special Education class room. I really enjoyed the whole class room. It was the first time in my life where I really felt like I was making a difference in my life. From this day forward I decided to become a Special Education teacher. First teaching Job I learned so much being a Para-Professional. I had on the job training for two years and I feel like this experience gave me the confidence to lead my own class room. It gave me a foundation. My first teaching job I felt very confident because of my path becoming a teacher. I just didn’t start day one not having a clue it took years and years of practice until I sharpened my tools to become a teacher. Finding my Style After learning about teaching I realized that every day is different and that every student is different. As a special education I am ready for anything. You have to roll with the punches. I have 14 students and each student has their own specific IEP so in a way I am running 14 different curriculums at one time. It can be chaotic at times, but in the end I love what I do and it’s very rewarding seeing my students succeed. Future Goals I have always wanted to be an administrator since I was young. Mr. Belding from Saved by the Bell is one of my hero’s growing up. All of the students looked up to him as a role model and they respected him. I always wanted to be that kind of educator. I feel as an administrator I can help the students more by creating more programs they will enjoy as well as being a voice for the students not the school board. I am very excited for this journey ahead. My personal story is probably pretty common. I group up in a very traditional family. Probably like most on television. I could compare my child hood to Leave it to Beaver. We never had a struggle. I never had to worry about anything growing up I was just a kid. School was always very easy for me I never really had to try and I would get good grades. My path was always set for me and I accepted it. Not going to college was not an option. It sounds great, but as I got older I realized that I was not an individual I was the mold of what my parents wanted me to be. I never took risks. I never traveled. I never appreciated life until I was an adult. This is very sad looking back on my child hood. I feel like many parents just like mine put a lot of pressure to "keep up with the Jones's" it surrounds us in all aspects of life. We have this ego or jealousy of others and we strive to be them instead of ourselves. It's kind of a sick vicious circle that consumes many. I am trying to help students not fall into this mold and to have passion in the things that are important to them. Life is too short to not find your passion and enjoy life.
My Personal Belief is that students need to find their passion. I believe we need to teach students about careers and fields they would like to do from a young age. I believe we teach kids to be too broad with their goals. Everyone’s goal is to go to college, but what about when you get there. Many freshmen are undecided in their degree declarations and then they pick a subject they don’t really like because their parents are making them choose a major because they are losing money. Students need to explore their interests from a young age and have a dream in developing these skills. There needs to be more electives in the elementary level to see the areas of interest a student has. These dreams of careers need to happen at an early age so there is passion about a career when they have it. |
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