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Lessons of a Childhood Graduate Childhood means something different to each person. For some, their youth meant family and community; for others, being a youth meant self-discovery and independence. Regardless, everyone has a few core values they have learned from their childhood. For me, the most important parts of my childhood was adventure, sports and family. Adventure encourages risk-taking and new experiences. It allows individuals to discover their passions and a zest for life. Sports…

attended for three years. After visiting the classroom a handful of times, I absolutely fell in love. I, then, found my passion and decided I wanted to be an elementary school teacher. 6 Finding the perfect school to attend for your career choice is the first of many important things you must do before being ready to start your career. In Oklahoma, plenty of colleges offer elementary school teaching programs. I have been contemplating for quite some time now, and because the options are so…

asked to work at the Provincial Office of Education in the province I had been teaching in. My main objective as the coordinator of the T.a.L.K program in the province was to be the voice for student teachers in their schools and districts. From the first day, I knew I would have to win the trust of past teacher and new income teachers in the province. It also meant I would have to win over 50 schools in the province that were a part of our program. The coordinator who had left the job to me…

classmates. All of my friends thought I was crazy and even I asked myself “Why be a teacher when you can be an engineer?” Eventually I gave up on my plans of getting a high paying degree and started to plan my future out as a teacher. The first decision I had to make was “What material would I teach?” The answer of course was math, it had always been my…

Key Assessment This summer I took both 2120 and 2130 simultaneously. I completed forty hours of field experience between the Next Generation site in Dawsonville, and the Summer Language Camp program in Hall County. I was only able to complete ten of my hours at the Next generation site, while I did the majority of my work in Hall County, so for the sake of clarity in this paper I will mostly reference and draw from my experience with the Summer Language Camp. Through my experiences this summer…

school because I feel that children are at that age where they are interested in everything. They want to know more than what they learned when they were in elementary school and that makes me excited for them. I remember when I was younger when I first told my parents that I wanted to become a teacher because my seventh grade math teacher had the greatest influence on me, and I remember them telling me that becoming a teacher would be a mistake because they didn’t make much money. To this very…

Teachers should have the right to talk about their students When people have a rough day, and they just want to express their feelings. There are many ways for people to express their feelings, they express through words or action. But out of the two, words are the best way to express peoples ' feelings, because the other way might end up hurting someone or themselves. When I said the words the best way to express the feeling I’m not talking about cursing or yelling, I’m talking about talking…

describe as a culture shock. However, my participation was overwhelmingly positive. For, I had many presumptions about what teaching looked like pragmatically in the classroom, but I was blown away by the many facets that I have learned about during my first stint as a student teacher. There are two overarching themes that were prominent during my practicum observations: diversity and inclusion and school culture. I will be referring to my placements as School A, an elementary school, and School…

This purpose of this article is to discuss the concept of “teacher radar” for use in class management, class control, and discipline. This article is to help teachers in understanding the concept of teacher radar and use specific strategies for enhancing teacher radar. In addition to comprehend the signals sent by students and know the meanings and ways to proactively react to the signals. To increase class management techniques by understanding and employing early intervention radar techniques…

thousand. Although for your first year salary on average is about thirty six thousand per year until you have worked yourself up in the occupation field. In order to be an elementary school teacher involves at least a bachelor’s degree in elementary education. Also some soon to be teachers take child psychology. In college soon to be teachers learn how to present information, prepare lessons, and they teach you teaching skills. All public teachers need to be licensed or certified, in order to…