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Personal Experiences: What is one personal experience that has significantly influenced your approach to education or your field of study?

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Personal Experiences: What is one personal experience that has significantly influenced your approach to education or your field of study?

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Professional Goals or Aspirations: What is one professional goal you’re working towards, or an idea/quote that inspires you in your career?

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Professional Goals or Aspirations: What is one professional goal you’re working towards, or an idea/quote that inspires you in your career?

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I grew up surrounded by children because my mom owns a daycare that is in my child hood home. As I got older, helping the kids with homework and mentoring them felt like second nature to me. It pushed me to become a coach which ultimately led me to pursue teaching.

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One personal experience that has significantly influenced my approach to education is my work as a health coach. Through this experience, I learned the importance of meeting people where they are and the value of differentiated support. This reinforced my belief in the need for individualized instruction in the classroom. By understanding each student’s unique needs and learning styles, I aim to create an inclusive, supportive environment where every student can thrive, similar to how I support clients on their health journeys.

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One personal experience that has influenced me greatly in the world of education was my being enrolled in my high school AP US history teacher's class. She was a role-model and and inspiring teacher that helped shape my worldview of the teaching realm and created a spark that helped me realize my passion to teach.

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Personal Experiences: My approach to education changed during this semester working with my master teacher. His approach is different than I have experienced but also falls in line to some degree about what we are learning. He engages his students with thoughtful questions, points out his and the students biases, and even has multiple approaches to how students can complete assignments. Overall this has been a great experience and I am trying to model myself based on his style.

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A professional goal of mine as an ELA teacher is to work towards creating and writing curriculum that enhances students' literacy skills while fostering critical thinking and creativity. I aim to design engaging, inclusive lessons that cater to diverse learning styles, making literature and language arts accessible and exciting for all students. By focusing on curriculum development, I hope to contribute to a dynamic learning environment where students can thrive academically and develop a lifelong love for reading and writing.

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I always seen people struggle in math or say that it is too hard. I want to become a math teacher to make it easier for people to understand the importance of it. Another reason is after graduation, my math teacher told me that I should get my masters in education and teach math. He was a role model for me and inspired me to continue my education path.

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One professional goal of mine is to get hired at my old middle school. I am well connected with the faculty and I have worked on site, so going back to my roots would be a treat!

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One personal experience that has significantly influenced my approach to education was a math teacher I had. I still think she is the worst teacher I ever had. She was mean and condescending; she called on people a lot and wouldn't let it go if you didn't know the answer. She would just be like "What do you mean you don't know?" It was legitimately traumatizing for me. She also had us take a test (a test that I had to make up after school because I was absent) and then never graded it and did not put it in the gradebook. If I asked her a question she made me feel stupid; she also put three questions on the test that we only did one time in class and never for homework so I got a bad grade. Basically I don't want to be anything like her. I want to be respectful and encouraging to students when they need help or don't know an answer and I don't want to waste their time.

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My high school AP bio class was very memorable for me since we worked in science groups to do most things, from problem solving worksheets to labs. The labs were also very formative for me and are generally the way I remember what I learned in that class best. I saw that experience reflected in my fieldwork class as students did a lab and fully understood the process of science in a way that will stick with them.

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After I have at least a few years of experience in teaching, I would like to obtain my doctorate of education in curriculum and instruction. I want to work district-level and help train teachers and staff at a district on new curriculum goals, platforms, and standards for our students. I want to work alongside publishing companies to help students understand what they're learning and thrive within the classroom.

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I feel there were many times throughout my academic career that I felt like an imposter. This has always been my main motivation and focus in achieving my goals and becoming an educator. I was never sure on the grade level or the subject, but I knew I wanted to make a difference and impact students like me.

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A professional goal of mine is to move up to admin. No rush, I am definitely looking forward to my years as a teacher and being in the classroom. However, I've been curious to see how admin do things and to see what impact I can make at a higher position. I believe that I can use my experience in the classroom to influence my ideas and policies as an admin.

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I would like to be hired at a middle school for math and eventually make my way to the high school level.

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When I was in school, English was my least favorite subject. I did enjoy reading. However, that enjoyment went out the window the minute a book was assigned for me to read. As I've gone through life, I've rekindled my enjoyment for reading and have a new found appreciation for the potential a good ELA course can have. This along with my experience substitute teaching has significantly impacted my decision to switch over to a teaching career. I want to be the English teacher that makes reading and learning enjoyable because I ,too, once dreaded having to read Animal Farm.

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A professional goal of mine in the long term is to teach not just biology/natural science but to get to teach some applied sciences too, such as environmental science and anatomy/physiology.

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I want to be a middle school math teacher. I want to be comfortable in the work place and confident in my teaching.

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A personal experience that has significantly influenced my approach to education is related to my time working in Emergency medical Services. I realized the emotional psychological components to students that I had not realized had I not worked in that field. There was many times, I needed to respond to students having mental breakdowns. This has created an insight for me related to understanding the stress and emotional aspect of students. I can use this experience to become a teacher who is aware of students lives and how to make the classroom less stressful.

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The obvious professional goal I am working towards is to ultimately become an ELA teacher, preferably at the middle school level. I think my ultimate goal is to be an AVID teacher. A quote that inspires me in my pursuit of this career is "My teacher gave me the best gift of all....believing in me."

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A professional goal of mine is to retire as a teacher. I know things might change in the future but at the current point in my life. I would be happy to be 20+ years in and be a great teacher.

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I have gotten to meet a lot of great teachers recently. I've met teachers whose students love going into their classrooms because the teachers make learning fun. I would love to be that kind of teacher.