My name is Kimberly Robinson and I am from Houston, Texas. I currently hold a Bachelors of Science degree in Interdisciplinary Studies. I also bi-majored, so I have a minor in Psychology as well. I graduated from University of Houston-Downtown and I know work in Early childhood as a pre-school teacher. I am currently finishing up my master’s in hope to become a principal or a counselor one day.
One of my professional goals that I hope to maintain is the love, dedication, time and patience I have for all children. I feel that all qualities are very important especially when working with children of any age. It also takes a very special person to deal with the even younger children, like early pre-school. The MAED program has helped me, in that it has taught me that no two children are alike and all children do not learn the same. It has also taught me that I have to keep pushing my students and take my time with them more. It has also taught me about the different lessons that can be used for different subjects and/or activities.
The challenge I often experienced was getting all too familiar with doing each and everything online. I had taken online classes before, but at the same time I took some classes on campus and had access to a lot of different resources. Technology has become a very big part of society today and can be used everywhere but the different assignments that needed to be done through different types of sites like (present.me, Voice thread, YouTube) was all new to me.
I quickly learned how to over come it and practice more. Although it still was a struggle I did manage to get the job done. I also had some help from my nieces to guide me through some of the online programs so that I would be able to navigate appropriately.
When I look at the standards, I don’t see a document that tells me what to teach or gives me a curriculum; rather, I see an underlying organization that gives us collective purpose. Sarah Brown Wessling, 2010 National Teacher of the Year and English teacher, Johnston High School