I am a praraprofessional for the emotionally challenged students and have been working in this position for three years now in a large school district. Previous to my current position, I was a general education para mainly for the learning disabled student population for 12 years. I truly enjoy working with the students and find it very rewarding. This job also was convenient as it allowed me to meet the needs of my family. However, as time went on and my son grew up, I had this desire to increase my knowledge and improve my skills, and do something for myself. I enrolled in the Masters program in General Education K-8 and Special Education certification at a local university to educate myself further. This is totally different from my undergrad degree in Business Administration majoring in Accounting and Finance from Bombay University in India.
At this point I am not sure if I will teach, but I know that I am enjoying learning! However, my current course may cause me major anxiety as it is technology related and I am not a digital native! I do not consider myself totally inept in this area, but feel that there is so much to learn that I might be overwhelmed. Also, I feel that by the time I learn using the current technology it will change on me and I will be starting all over again! Lets see maybe down the road I might feel differently...I hope so and have my fingers crossed! Please join me on this quest as I surely could use your support and help to learn ways to integrate today's technology in teaching students in a class to maximize their learning.
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