You Want to Become an Elementary School Teacher? How Do You Know?

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by Sandra Wilson

If you are someone who is seriously considering a career as an elementary school teacher then it is important to remember that you will be helping children you teach to develop and grow. Therefore it is important that before you start looking at the courses available you ask your self one very important question. "How do you know if you want to become an elementary school teacher?"

In this article we will therefore provide you with some guidelines which will hopefully help you to know whether a career teaching elementary school children is right for you. Remember it is you that you will be playing a major role in the children's lives that you teach and will help them to develop both academically and socially. It is through your initial lessons with them that children will then learn how to achieve their goals in the future.

In teaching elementary school students as an elementary education teacher, you will most likely be teaching more than one subject. As such, you will want to ensure you have a well-rounded education yourself. If you find or believe yourself weak in one or more areas, it would be best to continue your own education to improve these weaknesses.

Another essential ingredient if you are considering becoming an elementary school teacher is that you are well organized in your own life. A person who is disorganized will find it that much more difficult to actually teach a group of young children because they will find themselves easily wandering away from the curriculum that has been set.

Our next point in considering the question raised in the first paragraph is to decide if you actually like young children enough to want to be with them all day. What do you like and dislike about them? Creating a list of your own likes and dislikes where young children are concerned can guide you in answering the big question. If you find more dislikes than likes, but teaching is still something you want to do, perhaps it would be best to consider a different age group.

Perhaps you decided you like young children well enough. The next point is whether or not you communicate well with them. Your job will be to teach the children lessons so they grow and develop. So how well do you get your messages across to elementary school age children now? Don't only look at how you think you communicate with kids now but also look at how they respond to your manner of communication. Are they getting the message?

An ideal way of finding out whether you will actually be suited to becoming a teacher is to speak to other teachers. Also if you can, spend some time in the classroom with these teachers and watch the way they interact with their students and the way in which they carry out their lessons. This will then provide you with a better understanding as to whether you have the necessary skills that are required to carry out this profession.

Lastly, look at yourself and the way other people think of you. Are you someone who can be responsible as a key player in a child's development in life? Can you teach them so they grow into functional members of society? So, how do you know if you want to become an elementary school teacher? You look at and apply all the points and guidelines above.

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