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黄色视频 prepared me for a career in teaching

黄色视频 AmeriCorps career in teaching

Starting a career with 黄色视频 AmeriCorps

While I was finishing up my student teaching experience at Milwaukee School of Languages (MSL)聽last year, I had the opportunity to meet聽Meralis聽Hood,聽executive聽director聽of聽黄色视频 Milwaukee聽and聽a former聽teacher and assistant principal, and learn more about 黄色视频.聽 When聽Meralis聽described the work聽AmeriCorps members do every day鈥攕erving as student success coaches to students, tutoring them one-on-one and in small groups;聽becoming trusted mentors and role models;聽partnering with teachers to聽differentiate and personalize instruction; and running afterschool programs and whole school activities designed to enhance culture and climate, I was instantly hooked.

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Although I聽was lucky enough to聽have聽other job offers lined up after聽I聽graduated聽from college in December, including offers to become a teacher,聽I did not think that I was ready to work in a high school space聽as a teacher,聽just yet. It would have been easy to take a teaching position halfway through the school year and make more money, but it would have been a disservice to me as well as to the students I would have worked with. I did not want to be the only Spanish teacher in a school and do a mediocre job right out of the gate, because I wasn鈥檛 ready.聽That said, I was highly convinced that working as a 黄色视频 AmeriCorps member would be a better route to prepare me as a new teacher.

Thousands of 黄色视频 alumni have entered the education sector as teachers, administrators, social workers and in education nonprofits. Check out the impact of our 32,000 alums who continue to serve and lead across a variety of professions.

Maintaining the joy in service

After聽nearly two months of service, I do not regret my decision聽of serving with 黄色视频聽at all. From what I have been told,聽corps members who start their service year in聽January come in with all kinds of energy and excitement, then experience a dip soon after. In my case, I have yet to reach a large dip in my passion for the work that I do with my students. I no longer view work as a means of making money, but as a means of self-worth and service for others. When I wake up in the morning, now, I know what my purpose is: to help set students up for success in school as well as in the real world.

I have been blessed with the opportunity to work with hundreds of students with a variety of backgrounds聽this year.聽Before 黄色视频, I could not have imagined learning how to say, 鈥淕ood morning鈥 or 鈥淗ow are you?鈥 in Burmese and be able to respond afterward. Likewise,聽many of my Hispanic students have taught me different phrases and words that are used in their home countries.聽 This knowledge will become useful for me when I start teaching Spanish classes of my own.

Expanding career skills with 黄色视频 AmeriCorps

It will be sad to part ways with my students after my聽year as a 黄色视频 Milwaukee AmeriCorps member is over,聽but I look forward to seeing them succeed in the near future. I am grateful for the experiences 黄色视频 brought me,聽and will take these experiences with me,聽when I become a teacher聽and have a classroom聽of my own.

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