Can you explain your roles and responsibilities in your current position?

“I was an English and ELL in a high school teaching grades 8 to 12. I worked in one classroom and the kids had to come to me except in the first years of teaching. Also, I was the English coordinator like a leader or head teacher for the other teachers. helping run the exams and helping with textbooks.”

What obstacles have you faced to get you where you are today?

” Finding a balance between work and home because with teaching there is lots of work inside of work and outside. Because there are lots of things to deal with like having to keep up with technology and programs and the different things to do. Also, phones are a big thing with kids nowadays so it’s hard to keep up with them. Also, you need to be able to manage with the students and care for them because they are still growing.”

What advice would you pass on to someone interested in what you’re doing?

” For a person that wants to be a teacher, they need passion because kids do care about that and they see and that is what keeps you going when having a hard time. You have to be able to work with lots of different people because you are working with kids teachers and parents. Also, you need to be caring because you need to care about the kids and their feelings. Also, be willing and open-minded and prepared to make mistakes and be adaptable and know it’s a hard job. You need to be ready because it’s hard at the begging especially in the first 5 years. After all, somepeople don’t last the first 5 years.”

Why are you passionate about your job or role?

“I love the subject that I’m teaching I love reading and writing and working with my colleagues and the kids. I got to meet lots of people and lots of intelligent and interesting kids. There are lots of things I have learned and got to teach some awesome things. One of the things I love is having kids work together and get together and have fun while learning. And all of that has given me hope and patience to keep going.”

If you would to do something different what would it be?

” It would have been nice to change place and try a different school because I stayed in the same school for 30 years without getting moved to another school also it would be nice if it’s close to home.”

Have you ever regretted being a teacher? why or why not?

” Yes sometimes just when the job becomes too much and too much out of the school like I’m working while I’m at the doctor, bus, weekends ect…  and it’s like I have always been working and I have regrated some time the work was overwhelming and sometimes the student and parents and people can be unreasonable when it comes to marks.”

What were your intentions first when becoming a teacher?

” I would say it’s funny because I’m an introvert and it’s a hard part for me to keep the kids engaged. My goal is to overcome that and be more fun so the kids are comfortable with me. And I have achieved that just when I got to know the kids and the people around me it became way more easier. And as a teacher, I have to get to know the kids and know that some kids are shy or need help.”

I intreveied a teacher her name is Ivanka Cotic this is her phone number 6049453674  we meet and I got to interviewed her.

I interviewed a teacher because I would like to be one someday but not a high school teacher I would like to teach little kids because I love kids and I think that I can take good care of them and I would be pretty happy if I could get to teach them and take care of them. I have learned lots of things while interviewing Ivanka because I thought it might be kind of easy to teach kids it is also hard because they have their own needs and they get mad when something is not working. and sometimes it might be hard for a teacher to be able to manage their time between work and home I also would love to have my own family and be able to take care of them and give them my love because a teacher can be busy sometimes which can be hard.