I was decided before I took this class that I was going to be a teacher and I think I am sticking with that decision. My dad was a teacher so it has always been an option for me. I wasn't always going to be a teacher but in my journey of finding out what I wanted to do, I circled back around to teaching and decided I loved it. Every experience I have in the teaching field just keeps reaffirming for me that it is what I want.
My chosen career path is teaching but I will say, I am not going to go into any administrative positions after teaching for a while. My dad did that with his career and I didn't much care for his job. Teaching and directly working with the kids is what I want. I get that being a teacher forever isn't always going to make me money but I believe it is fulfilling enough to make me happy.
The service learning didn't sway my opinion too much one way or the other. It was fun and I enjoyed getting time with the kids and the teacher but, I do everything I did in that class every day in my job as an instructional assistant. I had already decided through my regular job that I wanted this. I didn't need to do extra time in a classroom to figure that out.
My next steps are too finish my schooling at my own pace, so that when I am ready I can start my career with confidence. Im going to continue to work at Franklin Elementary until I can't manage it anymore with school. I plan to stay within Provo school district as well, even when I become a certified teacher. I have never been to a more supportive and hard working district as Provo's. I love it there and I plan to stay there with the people I've come to know and love for as long as I can.
