Special Education Career Goal

teachers of ELLs and more importantly, higher outcomes for ELLs (p. 9). De Jong and Harper (2005) consider instruction that takes concern to, “explicit attention in linguistic and cultural needs of ELLs is lacking in most teacher preparation programs” (p. 101).

I completed my field experience at Cedar Crest High School in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. Since I serve the role of building principal, I am exposed to many different special education situations on a daily basis. Through this leadership field experience, I have learned a few additional things. It has taught me to stop and listen to what is occurring in our special education classrooms. By completing classroom observations, I was able to focus on the students, instead of rushing through a classroom observation on a teacher.

With the United States demographics changing rapidly, school systems are flooded with students from other countries. According to state and national guidelines, these students do not have the language skills necessary to be successful in general education classrooms. Teachers often face the dilemma of how to effectively reach these students. Traditional methods or strategies do not fully reach these students, so teachers question themselves as teachers or question the student’s intellectual ability. This frequently causes misconceptions about teaching ELL students. Knowing how a new language is acquired helps many teachers build success quickly, making learning and teaching

The time is now to become a Special Education Teacher. I believe the best fit for my academic and vocational goals is the UWM Exceptional Education Post-Baccalaureate Teacher Certification Program.

After a good deal of self-evaluation, I have decided to pursue graduate studies in Special Education (SE) leading to a doctorate. This decision followed naturally after careful consideration of my academic background, the areas of my interest, and my ultimate professional ambition. My objective for graduate studies in SE is to prepare myself for my long-term goal of becoming a university professor, where I would be able to conduct research as well as prepare and instruct students in Special Education and other related subjects. A PhD is just one step towards realizing this goal. As a statement of purpose of my doctoral study, I describe here my academic background, current position, research interests, and reasons for applying to the University

I was transitioned into another position at another school. I was currently working as a Special Education teacher. I had a close working relationship with the parents and staff members until a situation caused me to lose my job. One of my mentors called an IEP meeting and signed my name on the legal binding document. The parent called me requiring about the meeting while I was on sick leave. I wasn’t aware a meeting had taken place. She asked me, why would I signed this document and wasn’t present during the meeting. I told the parent that I would inquire about this situation after returning to school.

In the profession of a special education teacher, a person commits to helping children achieve their best and to help “students overcome their obstacles” while finding a way that the child can effectively learn (Hollingsworth). My mom’s career as special education teacher for twenty-two years, allows me insight and experience into the tougher aspects of this career, but also the rewards to the job. My mom helps me understand that a special education teacher guides a child to expand their strengths, develop strategies to overcome weakness, and to make best use of all available resources. Through helping her, and learning from her experiences, she taught me that a career in special education can not only challenge me, but may also become a

Please accept my apology for any frustration or confusion this issue may have caused. Included on your acceptance letter, is the sequence of courses required for the Special Education Certification program, as well as the 3 additional competencies/classes you must meet for certification. When students are admitted to the Special Educational Certification program, state law now requires a transcript audit to ensure 4 competencies have been met through prior coursework, based on your transcripts you have already met one of the requirements. For those students that had already met all 4 competencies, the certification program is 16 credit hours, for those that have not, Holy Family University is trying to find the best option to make

Suspense, excitement, and nervousness are all emotions that I have once embarked on as a student at some point in my academic career. This seems a bit ironic, that I am now experiencing the same emotions as I am now venturing on my path to becoming a special education teacher. My journey will include challenging students to critically think, while establishing positive teaching strategies with open communication, adhering to various creative projects to retain class concepts, and collaborating with other seasoned teachers to gain helpful information to improving my class.

After serving for a significant number of years in the mathematics area, I feel that I am ready now to be a special education

My career in Education started after graduating from Mississippi State University with a bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology, preparing for my dream job as a Physical Therapist (PT). While finishing up perquisites to enter into the PT program, I took on a job as a paraprofessional to s student diagnosed with Aspersers and Autism. Within a month of working, I feel in love and knew from then on what I wanted to pursue a career in. I completing Mississippi Alternate Path to Quality Teachers in 2011, I become officially licensed and certified to teach the Special Needs population. With only one year of experience, I enrolled into Nova Southeastern University, when I received a Master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction. Throughout my years in

The best degree for a career in special education research is one that prepares the graduate for state licensure while providing specialized training. Most special education programs train teachers to work in schools with students who have mental or physical disabilities, so the best degree will provide advanced training in both academic research and special education instruction.

I think that both knowing the subject and knowing the skills is important. In regards to special educator I believe it is more important to know skills because that is the area students in special education struggle with. As a secondary special educator I was assigned to teach science content with only have one course of science during college. I felt so lost when I first started, but when I focused on the unit I was teaching and how to teach it too my students things got easier. I collaborated with general science educators to help me learn the content and now in the middle of my second year I feel very confident teaching the material. It is more important for me to teach the skills of how to learn the material than it is to help the material

I have known about kids with special needs since a very young age. My cousin has Asperger’s so from the start I knew there were far more conditions than just one that would categorize someone to be a special needs person. But as the older I got the more I understood that their conditions didn’t define them and that just because they were specials needs doesn’t mean that they couldn’t do the same things that you and I do every day. My cousin and the people I have met over the past three years have motivated and helped me make the decision to pursue a teaching degree in special education.

Throughout my years of school, I have become intensely interested in all things academics and have strived to achieve academic prosperity. Due to this, I am very enthralled with the Duke Summer Program. Working hard for high grades, volunteering, and participating in many clubs to become the best student and person I can be has allowed me to yearn for more enrichment. Being involved in many clubs, such as National Honor Society, Partners Club (a club designed to help Special Education kids), and Student Council, has propelled me into a world of independent thinking that I believe will be further enhanced with this summer program. Although, there have been many hard times in my life, I have always grasped onto my education as a means of support and stability. My education and knowledge is everything to me. It always has been, and will be for a very long time. Because of this, doing everything I can to learn as much as possible is something I not only need to do, but want to do. Moreover, as a self proclaimed ¨political advocate¨, the courses you offer will allow me to gain the knowledge needed to jumpstart my goal career of being a politician.