Countless amounts of people do not know what they want to be when they grow up, and they may never know until they are there. I, however, do. I have known for a while now, actually. When I grow up I want to become an elementary school teacher. It takes a while to become a teacher. You need to move on to college, earn a degree, find and apply for a job, land the job, and keep the job. That can be challenging. That is why I have set goals to bring me there, thought about how I am right for the job, and even talked to my aunt, who has the job right now, to receive the inside scoop. This is my project on why becoming an elementary school teacher is the right job for me.
First of all, you can’t just become a teacher, you must earn a college
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I interviewed my Aunt Karen Hines. I asked her five questions that would give me an idea what it is like to be a teacher. The questions were, “What are the best parts of your job?”, “What are the hardest parts of your job?”, “Was it hard to find a job as a teacher at first?”, “What type/how many years of education did you go through to become a teacher?”, and finally, “Why did you become a teacher?”. Mrs. Hines thinks that the best parts of her job are when the students are successful, understanding, sociable, and excited about learning. She also said, “...for me personally, I enjoy the calendar year of my job…”. Her answer to the second question, about the hardest parts of her job, was motivating students, keeping up with the technology and education method changes, and finding a balance between school and family time. The third question I asked was, “Was it hard to find a job at first?”. Mrs. Hines said, “When I started looking for a job I was in my 40s and I felt that younger people were more desired.” So, she thought that since she was older, it would be harder to find a job, but luckily she found one quickly after she applied. When I asked what type of education, she went through, my aunt replied with, four years of college for education in Elementary Education K-9 and an “endorsement in Language Arts and another in Middle School education.” The final question was why she wanted to become a teacher. The fact that she played school while she was little and how much she loved teaching kids when she was in high school, was a main cause of her becoming a
Kathy’s involvement in teaching was inspired by her mom who was a 7th grade teacher at Pete Middle School in Cedar Falls. She also babysat so she already knew she liked kids. As Kathy entered into high school and then to college, she taught the Sunday School at her church. This only strengthened her desire to become a teacher. Kathy said in the interview that she just “seemed to connect with the age level of 7th grade.” All of these factors
While growing up and observing my teachers at school, I have learned that it isn’t always an easy job. Teachers do everything they can to teach their students’ academic, social and other formative skills. Plenty of my teachers have to deal with complications, most of them being minor, but it isn’t always an easy job helping children, teens and young adults. As a student myself, I know they can be stubborn, unwilling to learn, aggressive, and irresponsible. Sometimes, they simply don’t care. However, that is a teacher's purpose: to help and shape their students to become better learners, so that they have a clearer understanding regarding a variety of subject matters. Someday, I actually want to become an elementary art teacher, which is why I researched this career. I chose to gather more information of what skills it takes to be a teacher and what you need to do to successfully fulfill this career.
From the time a child enters preschool, teachers begin asking a common question, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” That dreaded query has always haunted me, mostly because the way it was redundantly asked put a ton of pressure on me and my peers. The question was like a rusty nail being hammered into our head’s by society. I continuously had the cliché answers of becoming a doctor, teacher, or a police officer, but with serious reservations. After years of not having a clue, I started to think about what I like to do after the stresses of work and school were gone at the end of the day.
Knowing what you want to be when you grow up is easy. The typical jobs are teacher, vet, or firefighter. As you grow up your preference changes and into your second year of high school is where you really start to contemplate what you want to be.
I have always known that I would be in the education field. Both my mom and aunt are retired teachers. I spent countless hours in their classrooms growing up, seeing first hand the passion and hard work that goes into teaching. Unlike my role models, I chose a different path as an undergraduate student. I chose to begin my educational career in the science field, which enabled me to work for a pharmaceutical laboratory. However this left me wanting more, knowing that my true passion was being in a classroom. After to moving to Florida for my husband to pursue his PhD, I too went back to school for my alternate certification and fell more in love with teaching than I thought was possible.
I believe elementary education is the perfect fit for me, and I truly believe that this decision will make me the happiest in life. My professional life, should also be something that makes me happy, and becoming a teacher in elementary education, will help me to accomplish my dreams. Most people would not be willing to hire a 16 year old to be in charge of a big group of children. That is why this job was such a large achievement for me. This job has allowed me to create my future goals, and I can not wait to continue to pursue them.
In a society where kids must go to school up to the collegiate level, teaching is an impactful career choice. Teachers help contour the minds of future leaders of the world. Furthermore, teachers play a crucial role in guiding students to the knowledge, skills, and abilities they need to succeed in life, and teachers lead students to make informed decisions on any topic the meet in the future. As a teacher, a person must relinquish their knowledge onto students. Finally, they must prepare their students for all the obstacles they will face later in life.
Through my own experiences, and as enforced by others' opinions in the profession, I have found that teaching is one of the most rewarding careers. Not only are you placed in the position of instructing and guiding children and young adults through the life long learning process, but you are able to give back to the schools and communities which have supported your early education and experiences that opened you up to a bright future. In becoming an educator, I hope to someday share the knowledge and lend the helping, supportive hand that I was once given, allowing students to formulate their own perspectives of the multicultural society and world around them. Teaching is a career I have been interested in pursuing throughout high school, and as my experiences and study in the field expands, I feel that my desire to teach will grow stronger and develop more soundly.
The person of choice, for my conducted interview, was Kristen Hicks, of Cumberland Road Elementary. Currently, Mrs. Hicks holds the occupation of a library and media specialist. However, prior to receiving these positions, Mrs. Hicks engaged predominantly in teaching kindergarten through fourth grade. Overall, Mrs. Hicks has been apart of the Hamilton Southeastern School District, for the last fifteen consecutive years. Majority of this duration, has partaken at Cumberland Road Elementary. For Mrs. Hicks, the deciding factor, for choosing the teaching profession, comprises solely on the passion to work with children. Whether in the field of teaching, or a different career path, Mrs. Hicks reveals the ultimate goal was to seek a profession,
My life as a teacher started in the year of 2010. I enjoyed working with the younger age group the most. Always loving, caring, lot of cuddles and kisses. The more cuddles the happier I am. Every day is an experience and I learn new things that helps me to grow in this industry. I enjoyed the experience working with different levels as the years passed. In my journey as a teacher, I learned to believe myself in whatever I do. The strength to achieve success is to believe in myself and be a reflective teacher.
“I wanted to become a teacher to be able to make a positive difference on the future of children. For me, it is fulfilling challenge, stimulating the next generation to become lifelong learners. I have always been grateful to my mom (who is a retired teacher) for implanting values in me. I feel I should contribute what I have learned and experienced over the years. This way I will be paying back and at the same time can fulfill my desire of enhancing the education system.”
Becoming a teacher has been the ultimate aspiration for myself since the first day I walked into kindergarten. As a very timid student, it was a difficult task transitioning from being with my mother everyday, to being part of a classroom environment full of strangers. However, my kindergarten teacher helped me through this transition smoothly, and adequately. I very quickly learned to love school. Soon after, I knew I would aspire to become a teacher. I would spend countless hours at home with a blackboard, acting as a teacher to my imaginary students throughout my elementary school years.
I have not always wanted to be a teacher. I always knew that I wanted to work with children in some way, but I was pretty sure that teaching was not for me. I was well on my way in my junior year of college working toward a biology degree so that I could become a pediatric physician’s assistant. I still cannot explain what happened, but one week I was a biology major, and the next I knew that I have always been meant to teach children. I suppose I just took the longer route to get there than most people do. The two main reasons that I have chosen to become a teacher is that I believe that teaching is extremely personally rewarding in many ways and the fact that I can actively make a difference in someone’s life.
My motivation also extended from watching my parents, both my mother and father are employed as primary and secondary teachers in public schools, respectively. Also on my mother’s side her parents were both worked in secondary education. Whilst I didn’t realise the exact power of their influence until recently, I have come to note that it was probably their enthusiasm and love for their job, their constant desire to learn and make a difference in the world through education that has influenced me into choosing my career path. Their roles have also made me realise the importance of teachers and the power they have to help those in need and change lives.
“Teaching is often a difficult process, but the end result is very rewarding. Watching a child develop confidence and seeing a student progress in their studies is a very exciting process. Teaching young children is especially great because it is setting a foundation for life-long learning.”(Chronicle guidance publications). What is teaching? A teacher is a person who provides education for pupils (children), or students (adults) using lectures, audiovisual aids, demonstrations, and computers to present academic, social, and motor skills. Teachers can also teach foreign languages, art, kids with special needs, and P.E. Teaching has changed a lot compared to the traditional methods of just lectures and textbooks. Students now are encouraged to actively learn through groups or individual projects. They have learning games, debates, and experiments to help them through the learning process. Being a teacher would be a great career for anyone who wants to further themselves, to help people, and to have great benefits (chronicle guidance publications).