Introductory Letter Assignment

Hi my name is Todd Harr and my major is English Education. I am going into secondary education hoping to not only teach high school but to also coach sports simultaneously. I may possibly minor in coaching depending on how the classes align with my education classes. When it comes to coursework and experience that is relevant to this class I find myself having minimal experiences. All of my experiences have been during my three years here at Eastern, along with running sports practices all the while. I believe that running sports practices has prepared me for this class because we are forced to create practice plans which are similar to writing plans when it comes to teaching and running the classroom. When it comes to strengths and weaknesses I feel that there are always things that need to be worked on along for both our strengths and especially our weaknesses. My strengths I believe are being open to new things, always striving to better myself while learning more to educate others, and being willing to listen to others to better my teaching methods. When it comes to my weaknesses I would say experience is a large weakness as I have not student taught or viewed any classes to this point. Other weaknesses would be that I get pretty nervous before public speaking, but I believe that will change as time goes on and I have more experience being in front of a classroom and delivering the material.  When it comes to what I want to accomplish in this course, I want to learn how to not only read a book, but to find the deeper meaning and be able to deliver that to the class as if I was the teacher. I also am looking forward to writing lesson plans as I have not had the opportunity to this point of making lesson plans. A major point where I look to learn a lot is from my fellow classmates in this class. I believe that many of my classmates have a lot more experience and familiarity with teaching and I can learn a lot from all of their knowledge. I look forward to a great quarter and all of the challenges that come with this class.