My name is Emily Simpers
and I am a junior at Moravian College. I
grew
up in Haddonfield, which is a small historical town in South
Jersey. I
am a member of Kapa Delta Pi, KDP, which is an Educational
Society.
This past summer I had two great job opportunities that have helped
myself learn even more as an aspiring teacher. I worked at the
First
Presbyterian Preschool in Haddonfield, New Jersey, as an assistant
teacher for their summer session. Along with that opportunity, I
was the head of Haddonfield’s Summer Recreation Tot lot Program for
children going into Kindergarten. This was a six-week program
that I
designed more relaxed lesson plans for the children every day with a
different theme per day. This program helps students adapt to the
change from the preschool into the kindergarten classroom that they
will be a part of in the fall. I also have been a nanny
for a family in Haddonfield. I started out as a mother’s helper
for
them eight years ago, then was their babysitter, and now a part time
nanny during the breaks from semester to semester.
I always say that I was to teach
first or second graders, but I fell in love with the kindergarteners
and the fourth graders when I was doing my field experience with them
previous semesters. The experience I have had thus far has made
it hard for me to pinpoint which level I want to teach the most.
I am overly excited to be with the first graders at Moravian Academy
this semester. These field experiences truely helped me know that
I am on the right path in my life and that I was meant to be a teacher.
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