• Week 7: Educator Essay

Week 7:
Educator Essay

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The Educator Essay

As an educator, each of you is
responsible for the students’ safety, welfare, and learning. In addition, you
are accountable for additional administrative duties that reflect your position
as a professional educator. Throughout this course you will complete a learning
inventory, research educational ethics and philosophy, and participate in a
case study activity.

For
this assignment you will have two options: essay or PowerPoint (please select
one):

Using this knowledge, as well as your
experiences as a learner and educator, evaluate your commitment to education in
a 3- to 5-page,
APA-formatted essay (title page, abstract, introduction, body,
conclusion, and references) or an APA-referenced PowerPoint (see
example

Consider
the following as you explore your position:

1. Give a brief introduction of your
professional goal and explain why you have chosen a career in education.
Evaluate the long-term message you want to convey as an educator. What is your
strength as an educator? Consider your history in learning and determine how
these experiences impact your goals or outlook as an educator?

2. Formulate your philosophy of
education based on some of the research conducted in this course. Use
appropriately cited references to validate your philosophy. Consider Dewey and
other principal contributors to the field of education. Do you have a personal
mantra by which you live, learn, and teach?

3. Identify areas in which you may be
challenged ethically as a professional educator. How will you meet these
challenges? Using references from this course and some of your experiences,
synthesize the value of ethics in education. Consider your dedication to
diversity and meeting the needs of the children/learners in your school
community.

4. Summarize your position on education
and your commitment as a professional educator.

Rubric:

1. Includes a discussion his or her
professional goal and strengths as an educator (25 pts)

2. Identifies the student’s philosophy
as an educator (25 pts)

3. Discusses the potential ethical
challenges and his or her commitment to education (25 pts)

4. Paper meets the minimum page
requirement (minimum of 3-5 pages of written work-not including title and
reference page; presentation should include slides to address each issue);
includes outside resources to support points (please utilize your texts and
scholarly research); submitted in APA format (which includes title and
reference page); and is submitted on time (25 pts)