Assignment 3

Three main strengths that stick out to me are resilience, being able to incorporate, and being self-motivated.

Resilience is being able to recover quickly. Being an educator Resiliency should be a vital strength. Being an educator and having the ability to recover from a bad day at school requires determination. Educators have to wear more than one hat in the classroom while trying to educate their students. Educators have to deal with more disciplinary problems in the classroom. Being able to recovery from dealing with a behavior issue and still maintain your classroom has become very challenging.

Incorporation- Children are learning in many different ways. It is the Educator’s role to incorporate and reach each student so that they can learn. One thing educators are now seeing a lot more of are, children with more learning disabilities. It has been more stressful for educators to research and learn different learning styles and find learning resources for their students.

Being Self-motivation sometimes is not as easy as we would like for it to be. Especially being a educator. I really do feel that educators can motivate each other, but at the same time educators are so tired that a lot of educators have to motivate themselves. I guess one way you can self- motivate is by reflecting on how you were able to reach that one student that was having a hard time, but he/she finally got it because the educator researched and found something that would help the student. Another way is by reaching out to a student that does not have any support from home but the educator sees the potential in the student.

Right now, I am not working in the education field. I am a Family Service Worker for the state of TN. My job is very stressful. Often times, I have found myself reflecting on how I could have handled a case or a teenage child with behavioral issues differently. One, strength, which I have noticed about myself, is the willingness not to give up. I have found myself willing to assist with the same teen with behavioral issues. I have to keep reminding myself that it is not the child’s fault. I have to keep reminding myself, what if this was my child. Working as a team member for the betterment of my team is way more helpful and appreciated that not being a team player.