When I was 18 I was hired at an accelerate learning program called SuperCamp. At SuperCamp I learned how to teach in a brain friendly environment, helping students learn faster. It was a great job that I worked every summer even now I plan on working for them as a teacher teaching speed reading and leadership techniques.
During my time at SuperCamp I had a few life changing experiences that opened my eyes to wanting to work in education for the rest of my life. I knew thats what I wanted to do, what made me feel like I was putting my skills to use. At 21 I applied to a local high school; El Cajon Valley High School, where I became the math tutor for the AVID department. I worked with the AVID of tutors and teachers where I learned how exciting and exhilarating it was to teach someone something. Never before had I felt something so strong as when I knew that I had taught a student something and they understood, it was the greatest feeling. After working in the school I started to realize how I not only wanted to work in education, I wanted to become a teacher. I loved teaching students math and history, I loved going to work, if I could do that for a living it would be great.
In my last year of my undergrad I went to the College of Education at SDSU and asked them the requirements to become a teacher. They printed off a list of things that must be completed before I could even apply, field work, grades, CBEST, CSET, Letters of Rec, Statement of Purpose, it was a lot. Eventually I had all the pieces and applied to the SDSU Credential program and was admitted to the Linked Learning Cohort for the 2013-2014 year.
I was placed at Clairemont High School in the Academy of Business where I was selected by the academy teachers as the sole student teacher for the academy that year. My master teacher’s name was Mark, we got along great. I was to student teach 3 period of US History a day. From day one of the school year I was teaching lessons and going, I loved it.
At the end of the first semester I was approached and asked to interview at a charter school called E3 Civic High. I applied and was hired for the second semester. During the second semester of my credential program I was a full time teacher with my own classroom, I learned more about teaching in 5 months then I thought possible. Due to some credentialing issues, I was unable to teach at E3 for lack of available jobs for the next year. I left on good terms and hope to return in August.
In the July of 2014, I interviewed for a new charter school called Thrive. I was hired and one of the founding teachers, teaching 6th grade in a project based learning atmosphere. Due to lack of enrollments I was on a 50% contract, along with being in my masters program and starting a business, I started to have complications. The CEO and I had a long talk and we decided that we should go our separate ways, I left on good terms from Thrive at the end of October.
Since November 2014 I have been subbing and working on my Masters in Ed. Leadership, going into a new classroom everyday has shown me more about what I should and should not do as a teacher. As a previous full-time teacher, I know what to look for and I see what styles of teaching work and don’t work. Subbing has taught me more about teaching then I thought I would ever learn as well.
One thing is constant through all my experiences, I love what I do. Everyday I am happy that I get to work with children and young adults trying to help educate and teach them, it is a noble profession.
During my time at SuperCamp I had a few life changing experiences that opened my eyes to wanting to work in education for the rest of my life. I knew thats what I wanted to do, what made me feel like I was putting my skills to use. At 21 I applied to a local high school; El Cajon Valley High School, where I became the math tutor for the AVID department. I worked with the AVID of tutors and teachers where I learned how exciting and exhilarating it was to teach someone something. Never before had I felt something so strong as when I knew that I had taught a student something and they understood, it was the greatest feeling. After working in the school I started to realize how I not only wanted to work in education, I wanted to become a teacher. I loved teaching students math and history, I loved going to work, if I could do that for a living it would be great.
In my last year of my undergrad I went to the College of Education at SDSU and asked them the requirements to become a teacher. They printed off a list of things that must be completed before I could even apply, field work, grades, CBEST, CSET, Letters of Rec, Statement of Purpose, it was a lot. Eventually I had all the pieces and applied to the SDSU Credential program and was admitted to the Linked Learning Cohort for the 2013-2014 year.
I was placed at Clairemont High School in the Academy of Business where I was selected by the academy teachers as the sole student teacher for the academy that year. My master teacher’s name was Mark, we got along great. I was to student teach 3 period of US History a day. From day one of the school year I was teaching lessons and going, I loved it.
At the end of the first semester I was approached and asked to interview at a charter school called E3 Civic High. I applied and was hired for the second semester. During the second semester of my credential program I was a full time teacher with my own classroom, I learned more about teaching in 5 months then I thought possible. Due to some credentialing issues, I was unable to teach at E3 for lack of available jobs for the next year. I left on good terms and hope to return in August.
In the July of 2014, I interviewed for a new charter school called Thrive. I was hired and one of the founding teachers, teaching 6th grade in a project based learning atmosphere. Due to lack of enrollments I was on a 50% contract, along with being in my masters program and starting a business, I started to have complications. The CEO and I had a long talk and we decided that we should go our separate ways, I left on good terms from Thrive at the end of October.
Since November 2014 I have been subbing and working on my Masters in Ed. Leadership, going into a new classroom everyday has shown me more about what I should and should not do as a teacher. As a previous full-time teacher, I know what to look for and I see what styles of teaching work and don’t work. Subbing has taught me more about teaching then I thought I would ever learn as well.
One thing is constant through all my experiences, I love what I do. Everyday I am happy that I get to work with children and young adults trying to help educate and teach them, it is a noble profession.