TDA 2.1

I have fondness for children and I appreciate the invaluable impact that teachers make on the lives of young people. I also realise that the skills and knowledge acquired in the classroom, will be used by young people throughout life. Therefore, as an aspiring teacher, I hope to be a role model that cultivates in young people, the knowledge and ability to look at the world critically, and the belief in ones capacity to make positive contributions to society. This is my key motivation for applying for this position.
Due to my love for helping and supporting others I chose to broaden my knowledge of teaching experience by becoming a Sunday school teacher in my church. I feel that my experiences as a mother of three and my encounter with young children both in educational and religious environments have been both personally satisfying and beneficial to the children I worked with.
In addition to my enthusiasm for investing in young lives, I have done some volunteering as a teaching assistant to get some hands-on classroom experience for formal teaching. My experience at the school allowed me to acquire a number of skills and also help enhance my weaker ones. The key skills and strength that I possess for success include my enthusiasm and dedication to my assigned duties and my ability to support and inspire young people through being a good listener to them and offering appropriate advice. I am also highly skilled in assisting the instructor in supervision of students’ arrival and departure time, performing clerical and record keeping tasks and maintaining discipline of the classroom in the absence of the instructor. One of my greatest strengths is helping maintain a well-disciplined learning environment, with minimal interruptions and maximum productivity. This is achieved by pulling misbehaving students aside, reinforcing positive behaviour, and implementing a reward system.
I am a graduate of Mass Communication from Institute of Management & Technology and had worked as a journalist from 2002 to 2004 in Enugu Nigeria before giving up the career to focus on family life. Presently I work as a volunteer reading helper for Save the Children.
I have many interests outside academia and spend my leisure time listening to a diverse range of music genres, going to cinemas, walking, reading around history and socializing with friends.
Most importantly, my ability to work well with others, motivate and inspire is a very significant contribution that I am confident I can bring to the job and into the classroom.