Edu 310 - Dream Job Dialogue

Dream Job Dialogue

Rachel Roderick

Lisa DeBow

EDU-310 Exploring Education as a Profession

October 9 2011

Abstract

Talk about what do you believe will be the future of American K-12 education, and how will you make an impact on it? What are the career possibilities you for in the field of education? What is your dream job in the world of education and why are you qualified for it?

I think that things are always changing and we have to be better than other people in the world. Like China does longer days and more testing so we have to do it to stay up with them. I think that the children are going to start just learning to pass to test which when I was in school I had to learn not take test all the time. I know that children have to learn more things at a younger age and curriculum is always changing every year. Which mean that us as teachers have to learn right with them the new thing to help them alone the way? In my opinion I feel that the NCLB Act has put a lot of pressure on both educators and on the students. I also feel that some of these assessments are not accurate and the children do need to take them I feel.

When you are a teacher, you are not only making an impact on your students, but you are also impacting the entire community. Teachers are supposed to be role-models and are therefore held to a higher standards when there out in the community. Teachers need to get their class involved in the community by volunteering after school at local charities and going on field trips as much as they can.

People are called to teach. "A teacher must know that they are not only teaching a subject, they are teaching children (Butisingh, 2007)." Some people really didn't know that they wanted to become a teacher at a very young age. Like most children they spend endless hours playing school, or would spend every dollar they had on buying decorations, supplies, and grade books for my pretend classroom. As people became older, they start to think about what they want to do for the rest of their lives. Some people start by working with just a couple of kids and realize that they want to work with kids the rest of their career. That's why I want to be a teacher.

Conclusion

There are many rewards to being a teacher. Not only is a teacher someone that students can look up to, but teachers are also positive impacts in communities. People decide to become a teacher because of