Any teachers here want to share their overall experience?

Question

I want to be a PE teacher but I am 23 and dont want to go back to school for very long. i went to College briefly after high school and never finnished cause i couldnt decide what I wanted to do. I dont know if the amount you have to pay for school is worth the money you will recieve in salery. I know that the experience is probably priceless but I make pretty good money doing what I am doing now(car parts), just not happy doing it. Any one want to share their experiences and advise to help me decide wether to pursue this dream? thanks

Answer 1

I am 22 years old and a senior early childhood major in college. I have dreamt about being a teacher since I was a little girl who played pretend school with my friends and stuff animals. Regardless of when you decided that you wanted to become a teacher, it's never too late to head to college and get your degree. How much college credit do you have? I know you have some questions regarding the cost of college weighing out to what kind of salary you may get teaching. I will tell you that starting out as a teacher, you won't be getting paid the big bucks. In reality, teachers never do make the real big bucks but I feel that are job pays us so much more. Making a difference with kids, having the oppotrunity to be creative and I know this is shallow, but we do get the summer's off (depending on where you live). If your current job isn't making you happy, you need to make a change. You are young and have the time to go after your dreams. Teaching is such a rewarding field to enter. The benefits are great and you will get paid through the smiles and hugs from your students.

Good luck in your decision.

Answer 2

When a kid comes back 10 years later and says "I learned so much from you" it means the world. When 5 years after they graduate you get a letter in the mail and they tell you that you made a difference in their life you feel like you have touched the world.
When you see a kid blossom and become someone and you know that you had a hand in it... words cannot even describe it.
If it is something that you dream about doing I think it is worth it. The money is really not that bad. The benefits are great. Many schools help pay tuition when you go back for a masters degree. You can also make extra money from coaching.
I would seriously consider it. I am really glad that I kept at it. I love my job.

Answer 3

The best and most overlooked way to improve classroom education of any kind is to introduce the use of board games. I have taught for over ten years all over the world, and only when I use board games do students voluntarily insist on extending their classes for two, three, even four hours. Not only that, but they then show the most rapid improvement.
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http://www.rpg.net/sites/edu/1-1.html

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http://www.gama.org/uploads/nS/XX/nSXX7lbqv9r-V1glq3UvQg/GinEBrochure1.pdf

Give it a try and you will be amazed. At least you will be helping to break the monopoly that the big textbook publishers have over the education industry.

Answer 4

I am in my fourth year teaching. I make $30048 a year, spend every weekday 7:15am until 4:30 or 5 pm at school, grade papers and do lesson plans, parent contacts, and paperwork on my evenings and weekends. I do NOT get summers off, I do summer school, have to pack up my classroom, and unpack and redo my classroom every summer. I cannot recycyle lesson plans, because every class/year is different.

I don't know your desire, but with all of that said, I can NOT imagine myself doing anything else. I love my students, call them my own kids, and love the joy I see on their faces when they finally get something! If that is your desire, do it. It is SO not about the money, I may never get my student loans paid off.

Teaching is about desire, if you've got it, do it.

Answer 5

helping children to help them selves is very rewarding even in pe a healthy body helps a healthy mind hope you luck in your job ,