As you probably read in the past that I work in a child care center. I'm a preschool teacher, but I don't count in the eyes of others. When some stores when they offer a teacher discount and I ask about it and they will ask me if I was a teacher and where I work. I told them that I work at the preschool at the local college, and then I get this look of that I don't qualify for the discount. I also had one person tell me that I was not a teacher.
I'm not a teacher? Just because I work with younger children does not me that I am not a teacher. I am teaching them how to interact with other children, to use their words, colors, abc's, 123's, and other things that they need to know before going into elementary school. But that is only one of the many hats that I wear.
Here are my other hats:
I'm a teacher
I'm a yard supervisor
I'm a nurse
I'm a first responder
I'm a gardener
I'm a part time mommy
I'm a chef
I'm a waiter
I'm a musician
I'm a singer
I'm a actoress
I'm a story teller
I'm a repair person
I'm a counselor
I'm a couch
I'm a pillow
I'm a tissue
I'm an art easel
I am a teacher and so much more!
Word advice:
Just because a person works with preschoolers and even younger doesn't mean that they are not teachers and that they are not teaching them something important. Preschool teachers wear many hats.
Restlessly Still
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Master Teacher
One of the Master Teachers at the center is deciding that she is going to be leaving to live with her husband in Las Vegas. I'm excited because I have everything ready to be a master teacher, and I have been waiting for this day to come! But I'm nervous because I'm not the only one that is going for this job. There is 15 people that are going to be applying for this position....15!!!! I don't know who is all going for it but I do know of five others that are going to go for it. I don't want to give out names, so I'm going to use first initial.
S is one of the afternoon teachers in the orange room. She is really good and has many ideas that are wonderful. She is also a member in many organizations like NAEYC. She is older than me and has been at the center about the same amount of time that I have been there.
A is in the morning pink room now and she is a very laid back, easy going people to work with. She has already been doing the job for this master teacher that is leaving. She is only slightly older than me and has a site supervisor permit. And started working at the center a year after I did.
S is the afternoon purple room teacher and she has been at that center for a very long time. She left out of the country to Korea for a little while and then return to us. She is also a very good teacher to work with and she is very good with the kids.
E is an afternoon teacher in the red room. She just started working with us last year, but she has worked in other centers and I think at one point she had her own home-daycare.
Lastly there is me. I've been at the center for almost five years, I have my associates degree and a master teacher permit. I'm pretty sure that I'm one of (if not the only one) youngest one going for the master teacher position. I've worked with the babies before and I've worked with almost every master teacher at that center. I'm asked for a bunch of people to write me a bunch of letters of recommendation (both parents and co-workers), and putting together my portfolio.
I'm going to apply and try for it and hope for the best. This isn't going to be easy, but who ever gets the position is going to be great! And the best of luck to anyone who gets it because we all worked hard for this moment. I'm still going to work on getting my B.S degree in Child Development, and if I don't get the master teacher job then it just means that I'm meant for something else and that I need to work on being a elementary school teacher.
Word of advice:
Even is something seems like it my be impossible to achieve, still go for it because who know the outcome and it would be a good learning experience
S is one of the afternoon teachers in the orange room. She is really good and has many ideas that are wonderful. She is also a member in many organizations like NAEYC. She is older than me and has been at the center about the same amount of time that I have been there.
A is in the morning pink room now and she is a very laid back, easy going people to work with. She has already been doing the job for this master teacher that is leaving. She is only slightly older than me and has a site supervisor permit. And started working at the center a year after I did.
S is the afternoon purple room teacher and she has been at that center for a very long time. She left out of the country to Korea for a little while and then return to us. She is also a very good teacher to work with and she is very good with the kids.
E is an afternoon teacher in the red room. She just started working with us last year, but she has worked in other centers and I think at one point she had her own home-daycare.
Lastly there is me. I've been at the center for almost five years, I have my associates degree and a master teacher permit. I'm pretty sure that I'm one of (if not the only one) youngest one going for the master teacher position. I've worked with the babies before and I've worked with almost every master teacher at that center. I'm asked for a bunch of people to write me a bunch of letters of recommendation (both parents and co-workers), and putting together my portfolio.
I'm going to apply and try for it and hope for the best. This isn't going to be easy, but who ever gets the position is going to be great! And the best of luck to anyone who gets it because we all worked hard for this moment. I'm still going to work on getting my B.S degree in Child Development, and if I don't get the master teacher job then it just means that I'm meant for something else and that I need to work on being a elementary school teacher.
Word of advice:
Even is something seems like it my be impossible to achieve, still go for it because who know the outcome and it would be a good learning experience
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