I Want to Be a Teacher Essay

Introduction Throughout this semester, I have explored many different career options in the FCHD field. However, as I have taken classes in and out of FCHD, I have realized that I don’t want to get a degree in FCHD. Instead, I have learned that the career I truly want to pursue is teaching choir and French in high school. This paper will focus on the career details, my journey to proficiency, and my career plan. 2. Career Details The education needed for high school teachers is a bachelor’s…

question, and the teacher hears attentive to their concerns. The teacher uses educational activities where students participate by raising the fastest their hand. This makes it competitive between students because they all try to be the first one and win between one another. It is a competitive and healthy environment. The teacher during class gives…

Admission to the Teacher Education Program Please read and reflect on the following questions. Complete them by typing your response below each question. These questions will be used for Teacher Education Program admission decisions. 1. How would you describe yourself to someone who doesn 't know you? I think I would describe myself as very bubbly, outgoing, and not very shy. I see myself as a person who treats other’s the way they deserve. 2. Why have you chosen Mayville State University?…

All kids learn different ways. Some are visual learners, some hands on, and some can just read it and know it. All kids are unique in their own ways. This is why it is so important for teachers to teach all kids individually to their specific necessities. Speaking more toward elementary school age, kids need opportunities for breaks throughout their day. These breaks make it easier for them to concentrate when in the classroom. For anybody who has ever been in a first grade classroom during math…

Essentialism: Essentialism is one of the 5 philosophies that is teacher based rather than student based. Like the name states the purpose of essentialism is to teach students the basics and essentials of learning. It hangs onto the traditional subjects such as math, science, English, and history; which is referred to as the core curriculum (Sadker and Zittleman 251). As a teacher centered philosophy, the teacher's role is to decide what’s important for students to learn and they focus less on…

Career Project: Teaching Middle School Middle School teachers help to expand what students learned during elementary school into what they will need to know for high school. The grades you teach vary depending on which school district you work for. For example, some school districts will say that teaching middle school grades starting at fourth and ending at ninth, however the most common is grades six through eight. Just like how different school districts have different middle school grade…

thinks and also what he wants to see in a teacher when they apply at his school. He told us of a book that all teachers should read it’s called What Great Teachers Do Differently by Todd Whitaker and I’m excited to read the book I think that it will help me. Children are the best part about the job. He said that he has two things that he thinks makes a good teachers and they are do you want to make a connection and are you passionate about your job and I agree with both of those. I think that…

questions to yourself. You are sitting in your new desk, around your new friends, looking at a completely new environment from the previous school year; you get a very uneasy and tense feeling in your stomach. However, most importantly, what will your teacher this year be like this year? Yet again, another hurricane of questions rolls through your mind. What is her personality like? What type of environment will the classroom be based around? Relaxed yet motivational or stressful and confusing.…

On Friday, September 30th, I had the opportunity to observe at Oakdale High School. After observing at the high school level, I do not believe I would want to teach high-schoolers. If I decide to teach high-schoolers, the only class that I would be interested to teach would be child development, because I would still get the chance to work with young children. Overall, the high school level does not interest me as a future teacher. Oakdale’s classroom and school did not have many similarities…

When I was in the seventh grade I had an English teacher who was not bad at her job, but she was also not amazing. I do not remember her name as it has been years since she has been my teacher. The thought of her does bring back memories, though. English was my favorite subject, so I really enjoyed that class. My memories had nothing to do with the class, however. Often times I found myself in that class thinking about all of the ways that I could improve it. Instead of calling names by my…