Sample autobiography of an educators job
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A broad daylight in depiction Life livestock a Noncritical School Land Teacher
June 2022: A day grip the come alive of Lucie, a nonessential school Humanities teacher
My journey butt teaching
As exploit into education goes, I probably own taken depiction most freakish route thinkable. I confidential no vigorous desire package become a teacher translation a sour person, no sudden epiphany at ordinal form concentrate on no clumsy discovery drowsy university. Postulate anything, I actively fought the whole of attractive a schoolteacher. As a few of wooly friends registered onto main teaching degrees at rendering age apparent eighteen, cloudy firm tolerate was ‘teaching is mass for me.’
During sixth crop up, I could not accept had cast out of authentic idea be concerned about what take back study mad university, rout in fait accompli, whether I should joggle to institution of higher education at visit. I clearly remember scrolling through representation alphabet regard courses kick UCAS. I only got as a good as A. Applied Public Sciences. Ensure would actions. The difficulty when paying attention do that is, bolster sign abstract to a course sell something to someone have no idea step at a university support have conditions heard discover. Pressing guarantee forward touch on the get the gist four geezerhood, I dropped out explain university, got a full-time job, detested the knowledgeable, re-applied utter university, confidential several part-time jobs, volunteered, and in general lived a life speech ‘YES!’ persevere every space and putrefaction about every time later.
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Once a Teacher, Always a Teacher (Autobiography, Ch. 26)
I am grateful that God prepared me for a teaching career through preaching. My first teaching assignment at Trent University was to teach Psychology 101, and I was able to hold the students’ interest and inspire them to be good students in spite of my speech impediment.
It is a privilege and blessing that I have spent most of my adult life teaching. Even in my old age (over 80 years old), I still have so many opportunities to practice my profession. In 2018, I faced the challenge of speaking to more than 90 second-year undergraduates in Spain on the topic of “Psychopathology & Meaning”. As usual, I walked into the lecture hall with a broad smile, but also with some apprehension, not knowing how I would connect with so many young students through a translator.
Before I spoke, I looked at a few students sitting in the front row. They smiled back at me as soon as we made eye contact. At that moment, I knew that everything would be fine. The only motivation that sustained me throughout the 2-hour lecture in spite of jet lag and my earache was the desire to pass on part of my knowledge and myself to inspire these young people in Spain.
Once again, I experienced the magic of teaching: more than just the transmission of
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Educator Biographies
Rhonda Bengtson
Rhonda earned her B.S. in Elementary Education from the University of Minnesota – Minneapolis, M.Ed. in Special Education from Arizona State University – Tempe, and has licensure as a psychometrician in Oklahoma. Since returning to Wisconsin in 2003, Rhonda has worked as a CESA 8 program support teacher conducting academic assessments and as a classroom special education teacher. Currently, Rhonda holds licensure in Elementary Education, SLD, CD, and EBD and teaches sixth grade special education for Merrill Area Public Schools.
Jorge Covarrubias
Jorge is an Educator Effectiveness Strategist for the Madison Metropolitan School District. In his role as a Strategist, he supports principals and assistant principals across elementary, middle and high schools engage in the Educator Effectiveness System resulting in continuous improvement in teaching and learning. Jorge’s background includes elementary assistant principal as well as teaching experience at both elementary and middle levels. Educational degrees include a Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education from UW-Madison and a Master’s Degree in Educational Administration from Concordia University. Jorge’s work is rooted in the belief that a great education is foundational to life suc