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Pursuing My Educational Goals
As a graduate student, I have a wide variety of goals that I would like to achieve. Achieving my educational goals has helped me to further my career and make a better life for my family and myself. I am a first-generation college student in my family to have earned a master’s degree. I received a North Carolina Professional Educator’s License for Birth to Kindergarten, Standard Professional II in 2017. My goal is to become an instructor at a college. I am a motivated, enthusiastic educator with 20+ years of experience who fosters a cohesive student learning atmosphere.
I am a lead teacher in a Pre-Kindergarten classroom with Head Start. With a Master’s Degree in Early Childhood Education, I plan to become an instructor at a college, teaching
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I will encourage others to have faith and believe in themselves to become a better leader in the community by obtaining more education. I will become more knowledgeable and grow intellectually in the subject matter that I enjoy. I plan to encourage families of becoming more involved with their child (ren)’s education. My goals to be more supportive with diversity in the community, to keep families inform of the changes in disabilities for children. I am provided with opportunities for effective leadership. I have become more knowledge and more skillful to advocacy, supervision, as well as mentoring …show more content…
I am able to introduce new learning methods to ensure total comprehension for all children. I am able to create new strategies for young children learning.
Some of my accomplishments are the following: In May of 2018 I will receive a Master’s in Curriculum and Instruction with a Concentration in Early Childhood Education, from Shaw University, in Raleigh, NC. I received my Birth to Kindergarten NC State License, in November of 2017. In May of 2015 I received a Bachelor of Science in Early Childhood Education, from Shaw University, Raleigh, NC. In 1992 I received an Associate of Applied Science Early Childhood Education, from Johnston Community College, in Smithfield, NC.
Some of my weaknesses are I am not as knowledgeable as I would like to be with teaching online classes as an instructor and I like to become fluent in Spanish. Therefore, I will become more knowledgeable about technology for the 21st Century as an online instructor. I will enroll in classes or go to workshops to gain more knowledge about teaching online classes. I will continue to study Spanish to assist me in my

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