Alaina Askew ePortfolio

Career Goal Narrative

The career I have decided to pursue is teaching.

I have always loved working with children therefore inclining me to want to work with them in the future as well. 

As of last school year (2024-2025) my English teacher was amazing, she had inspired me to pursue teaching. 

I have taken the TAM ATEx class, which is the Teaching Academy class. 

I am in ATEx, which provides classes to help me reach my career goal. Next school year I plan to take the TAM program. 

I learned a lot about how the brain develops, how different children learn, and a little bit about learning disabilities. 

I have learned leadership roles from cheerleading. 

I haven’t done much outside of school to help me reach this goal other than babysitting my younger siblings. 

After I graduate high school I plan to attend a cosmetology school, then decide whether or not to go to college to become a teacher or continue in cosmetology. 

I plan to become a good teacher that students will look forward to seeing rather than dreading coming to class.

I hope to make students feel comfortable. 

I want to do more than teaching, I would hope to learn about my students and show them I care to motivate them to work. 

I would like to inspire students to want to teach as an old teacher of mine did to me.