Wendy E.
About me
| Wendy E. | |
| Education | |
| Education | |
| Research Postgraduate | |
| Wentworth | |
| 2011 | |
| United States |
My employment
| Assistant Professor | |
| University of Minnesota, Morris | |
| United States | |
| Education | |
| 2012 |
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A day in the life of a Assistant Professor in the United States
Where I hope to be in 5 years
I hope to hear back from my students that they're enjoying their teaching jobs and seeing success in them. I'm pretty happy with things as they are for myself. I'm looking forward to seeing the results of the research and sharing those with others. Eventually I will probably take on department head duties in addition to my other roles, but it's not like that will make my job better :-)
My advice to students considering work
Provide equivalent university information and explain in your application letter any differences in systems between the two countries. Emphasize why you went to York and how it contributed positively to your development. What did that do for you that you could not have done in your own country?
My other advice is to take all the Skills Forge classes you can! Get someone to observe your teaching (Skills Forge class!) and use that feedback. Go to conferences both for practitioners and for researchers.
My advice about working in my industry
Take all the Skills Forge classes you can! Get someone to observe your teaching (Skills Forge class!) and use that feedback. Go to conferences both for practitioners and for researchers.
What I do
Every year I teach three different classes in literacy development to teacher candidates. I supervise them in their student teaching placements, and I serve as their advisor (and in a few cases, mentor for undergraduate research). I have several research projects in various stages of development at this time. And of course I have several service roles in education in general and at my university. I travel a bit both nationally and internationally in connection with my research.
Skills I use and how I developed them
Extracurricular skills:
Reading, writing, 'rithmatic, technology applications... seriously, everything I studied and most of what I do "for fun" somehow contributes to discussions and examples for teaching -- even the classes I took on Draft Horse Driving and Surfing.
Writing well is absolutely essential.
Practice, practice, practice...read lots. Dive into (almost) everything with enthusiasm!
What I like most
I enjoy helping students discover how really interesting and intellectually challenging teaching primary and secondary students is.
What I like least
Politics influences my job quite a lot - politics and big money - and in many cases it's misplaced and results in poor choices for primary and secondary students (like focusing on test scores and league tables).
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