Hello, my name is Shelby Ramirez. I am a post-baccalaureate
student at EWU currently enrolled in ENGL 493 Teaching Literature to
Adolescents. I am a teacher candidate and hoping to be part of the MIT cohort
at EWU in the summer. Currently, I have no official student teaching experience
in the classroom, but I have coached basketball at the high school and
collegiate levels for several years. It was from my experience coaching that
lead me into the world of teaching.
I received my undergraduate degree from the University of
Puget Sound in Business Administration. It turns out those classes are not very
helpful when you decide you want to become an English teacher. I began my
English endorsement work last semester at a different university, and now am a
full-time student at Eastern. I plan to finish my endorsement classes over the
next two quarters before entering the MIT program this summer. I also have a
M.Ed from the University of Washington, which was a great experience and
continued to help me learn my true passion for teaching.
One of my strengths as a potential teacher of English
Language Arts is my ability to make connections with students. Through
coaching, I was able to recognize that I had an ability to gain students’ trust
and they often sought me out for advice. Another strength I have is that I care
about the kids. I understand this doesn’t sound like a ”strength” in the
traditional use of the word, but I have found that far too often people who
become teachers really don’t care about the kids, or even like them. I do. The
ability to care about the kids and the fact I really do like kids, are huge
strengths that not all teacher candidates posses.
A weakness I would really like to overcome in this class is
being confident in my knowledge, and portraying that in a public setting. When
I am knowledgeable about a topic, I feel comfortable discussing it with many
people, but sometimes it takes me extra long to build that confidence required
for public speaking. That is my
main goal for this class, is to improve my delivery and how I present to a
larger group of people.
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