Favorite Parts of Working in the Education Industry as a Public High School Teacher
Vanessa, a public high school teacher, enjoys the current evolution in education, calling it a "really interesting time" due to new research impacting teaching practices; this allows Vanessa, in their mid-career stage, to both share expertise and continue learning from colleagues.
Education, Research, Problem-solving, Professional Development, Mentorship
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Vanessa Bobbitt
Teacher
Public High School
St. Mary’s College of California
Eastern Kentucky University, Educational Leadership
Psychology
Education
Education
Honors Student, Scholarship Recipient, Took Out Loans, First Generation College Student
Video Highlights
1. The education industry is evolving with new research on effective teaching methods, particularly in reading.
2. There's an opportunity to apply new research while also leveraging the experience of other professionals in the field.
3. It's a fulfilling career path for those passionate about continuous learning and professional growth.
Transcript
What do you enjoy most about being in your industry?
I love being in education right now. We are in a really interesting place where we're finally starting to have enough research to understand how to solve some of our biggest problems.
Recent research around how children read has debunked some past practices. I am a massive nerd and love to continue learning how to do this better. It's really fun and engaging to read new research and toggle through past and new practices to see how to make it work so that everyone is learning.
It's a really fun time to be a part of that. It's also a really interesting time in my personal career. I'm not a new teacher anymore, but I'm also nowhere near retirement. So it's fun to feel like I know something and to be a resource for people, but also know that I have all these incredibly thoughtful, experienced people around me to learn from. It's a really fun time.
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