What I already know, will need to learn, and how I believe I will put it all together.

I already know a few things about teaching, most of which has been learned through my classes in the past couple of semesters as well as my own experience as a student and my experience through field work. I know that the career that I have chosen is one that will give me great reward and understanding, but at the same time will challenge me as an individual and as a teacher. The journey that I will embark on as a teacher will be one of the most difficult of my life, but I believe it will have a positive outcome.

However I will need to learn a few things before I go on this journey. I will need to build upon the teaching methods, which I am already familiar with as well as learn new strategies for keeping the interest of my students. I will need to learn how to cope with different problems I will be faced with as a beginning teacher, and also try to understand the demographics of the area I will be teaching in. Further more I will have to learn more about myself, as a teacher. It is a new identity for me and I want to make sure that I understand the role before I try to play the part.

Finally I will learn everything I need to know through out the rest of education here at Montclair State. I do not believe that the classes I will take can prepare me for what will actually happen but in the mean time I will try to take everything away from them that I can. I believe my real learning experience will come when I do my student teaching, and into my first year at a new job. I feel that everyday for me is a new learning experience that will somehow be able to help me when I enter the classroom.