My career as an educator began several years ago when I started working as a teacher's aid with children with special needs.
At the beginning it was just a part time job but soon, I discovered a deep passion for
teaching and helping these students. The 3.5 hrs. that I was spending at school
were not enough to accommodate their needs, and soon I saw myself spending more
time in the classroom with no personal interest just to assist them in their
studies and what ever else they needed, and loving every minute of it.
Lucky me, I worked with an outstanding teacher, Mrs. Cunniff, who treated me as partner rather than
her aid which allowed and helped me to develop my passion for education. She also inspired me and influenced me
to pursue a career in teaching.
During the years that I spent in her classroom, she taught me to have faith in our class. Through faith, I learned to believe in each one of
them as a separate entity with different types of intelligence and disabilities but capable to reach their
learning goals. With this in mind and believing that I could make a difference, I started attending college to become an educator.
Ten years have past since I started my second career, and today, I am five months away from
obtaining my Teaching Credential. I know the path that I have chosen is not easy because of the responsibility that I will
have in forming the citizens of the future. However, the years that I spent in that classroom assisting these children have been the happiest years of my life and the most rewarding experience; therefore, I do not see myself doing anything else than teaching.
At the beginning it was just a part time job but soon, I discovered a deep passion for
teaching and helping these students. The 3.5 hrs. that I was spending at school
were not enough to accommodate their needs, and soon I saw myself spending more
time in the classroom with no personal interest just to assist them in their
studies and what ever else they needed, and loving every minute of it.
Lucky me, I worked with an outstanding teacher, Mrs. Cunniff, who treated me as partner rather than
her aid which allowed and helped me to develop my passion for education. She also inspired me and influenced me
to pursue a career in teaching.
During the years that I spent in her classroom, she taught me to have faith in our class. Through faith, I learned to believe in each one of
them as a separate entity with different types of intelligence and disabilities but capable to reach their
learning goals. With this in mind and believing that I could make a difference, I started attending college to become an educator.
Ten years have past since I started my second career, and today, I am five months away from
obtaining my Teaching Credential. I know the path that I have chosen is not easy because of the responsibility that I will
have in forming the citizens of the future. However, the years that I spent in that classroom assisting these children have been the happiest years of my life and the most rewarding experience; therefore, I do not see myself doing anything else than teaching.