I Want to Teach

One of my earliest memories is playing "school" with my younger siblings. Since I was the oldest, and obviously the most experienced, I would always be the teacher. School supplies would be equally divided between my sisters and brother. They would sit in makeshift desks and complete simple worksheets that I made for them. Sometimes, I would even go to the extremes of making lesson plans for lessons that I would teach to them. This was always a huge way that my time was spent while I was looking forward to going to school before I was old enough and the game went on even during summers.

One of my biggest passions in life is helping people. Whether it is simply opening a door for a stranger that has their hands full, or helping one of my closest friends to resolve a personal issue, I have always just liked helping people. I feel that as an learning disabilities teacher, I can help kids to achieve as much as they can in their lives. I have always enjoyed helping people with special needs and I think that I would like to help them for a career.



Blogs:

http://thekentuckyteacher.blogspot.com/



This is a blog written by a teacher who originally taught first and second grade and then went back to school for learning disabilities. I think that this may be the path that I want to take with my professional career. I think that by reading this blog, I can gain knowledge that she shares about the switch from a traditional classroom to a learning disabilities classroom. I like how she has articles that are applicable to any type of teachers and there are also articles that are more specific to learning disabilities teachers.



http://www.specialeducationteacher.me/



This is a website designed by a special education teacher who uses her blog to share resources with other special education teachers. She shares links, worksheets, activities, and other things that she has found helpful on her website. I really like that she utilizes the resources available to share with other educators the tools she finds helpful in her classroom.



http://teachersol.blogspot.com/



This website seems to be a combination of the previous two blogs. Not only does this teacher share resources and ideas with other special education teachers, it also seems like a place that parents can check in to see what is going on in their children’s classroom. I really like that this teacher had pictures of new things in the classroom. It seems as though it is a great way to keep parents up to date on what is going on in their children’s schooling.