"The most important thing I've learned about myself as a teacher in the past term/year is . . . "

The most important thing I've learned about myself as a teacher in the past term/year is that I am a teacher in every sense of the word. Since becoming a part of the Education industry, I have learned that when you become a eudcator, you to teach many things to many people. You are not only an educator to your students, you are an educator to their parents, to your colleagues and even to your administration. Being an educator is very powerful and with that authority comes a high level of responsibility. I once heard that it only takes one or two teachers to make or break a student. With that said, what you teach and how you teach plays a tremendous role in a child's development and the overall culture of the school. I have learned that I every opportunity I am with my studentsshould be made into a teaching moment.

Being a CTAE teacher you find that you create a great deal of teaching moments with many people in your school due to your area of study being techincal and industry specific. You find yourself educating colleagues through hallway conversations and educators through classroom observations. You also educate your students' parents on how their chldren are learning in your classroom and how it will aid their overall education career. Specifically this past semester, I have found myself educating many seniors, that are not in my classroom, on some very important college information. I have found myself in many more teachable moments as I and our student population become more comfortable co-existing in the same learningenvironment.