I am a classroom teacher with the Vancouver School District.\u00a0 I am currently teaching a grade 6\/7 split and have been at Southlands Elementary for the last 6 years.\u00a0 I was originally a primary teacher when I started my teaching career eight years ago, but have had my grade assignments gradually moved up over the years (not by choice, just sort of happened).\u00a0 Now I can’t even remember what it was like teaching primary.<\/p>\n
My journey into teaching started accidentally.\u00a0 I had no idea what I wanted to do as a profession while I was at UBC.\u00a0 I just took random courses until I found a major I liked which was psychology.\u00a0 But I had no intention of working in that field.\u00a0 I just enjoyed learning about it.\u00a0 Meanwhile, I always worked part time at a before and after school care.\u00a0 Anyways, my boss told me I should just go into teaching and here I am today.\u00a0 I owe a lot of my personal development to that job and the people I worked with.\u00a0 I actually only fully quit that job a couple years ago.<\/p>\n
In addition to teaching my class, I enjoy coaching extracurricular sports at my school.\u00a0 I find it is a good way to get to make connections with students who aren’t in my class.\u00a0 This year, I coached volleyball, basketball, and am currently coaching track and field.\u00a0 And as if teaching full time and taking this program wasn’t enough, I also have a second job teaching martial arts.<\/p>\n
This is my third course in the program and I am looking forward to continuing my learning journey with all of you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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