Chapter III: Ethics and Professionalism

Section 3.2: Career Paths

1.1.2 Identify the scope of career opportunities and the requirements for education,

training, certification, licensure and experience.

For my chosen career path, I created a foot map that explains the path that I will

starting in high school all the way to being a successful teacher. Written on my career

path are the classes and steps I have taken in high school, as well as my future plans

such as, colleges I may apply to and why I have chosen those specific colleges. Finally,

I wrote my dream teaching job and where I would like to teach.

I included notes about different teachers’ career journeys. These notes are small

things that some interviewed teachers have noticed throughout the years and little tricks

they have learned that really make the classroom a successful place. When we filled out

teacher surveys (evidence 3.2.1), I interviewed Miss. Ubry, who told me how she got

started in teaching and what really makes her job enjoyable: teaching kids and seeing

them thrive.

During class we also took a self assessment. This self assessment consisted of 5

sections. The first section was analytical reasoning. In this section you had to place a

set of words into an order. This was to measure your concept of organization and ability

to break down complex ideas. The second was three of a kind. Here you had to choose

three of the five pictures. The three you chose were supposed to be related. This judged

your inductive reasoning. The third section was paper folding and it measured your

structural visualization. Section four was number series, you were given a set of
numbers and had to choose the next number. This measured numerical reasoning. The

last section is what comes to mind. Here you were given an abstract shape and had to

list as many ideas as to what it could be. This measured your foresight. The overall

purpose of the self assessment was to see what skills you succeeded in and the

careers that use those skills. (Evidence 3.2.2)

My class visited the Olentangy Local Schools central administration office

(evidence 3.2.3). We were able to speak with the superintendent, a school board

member and the Olentangy Teacher Association president. We learned about these

three jobs and why they are important to the success of our district. These three careers

other than teaching as well as guidance counselors, administrators and principals, are

careers in the educational field that one could pursue besides teaching. To become a

superintendent, you need a superintendent certificate. To become an administrator, you

need an administrator license. To be a teacher, you need a teaching license.

One document that we went over in class is a four-tiered teacher licensure

structure. This document goes over what the different requirements are for various

teaching professions. It contains a Residents Educator License which is a four year

renewable license. One of the requirements is a Bachelor’s degree. It also has the

Professional Educator License, a five year renewable license. You need to have a

Bachelor’s degree, and successfully complete the Ohio Residential Educator Program.

It also has the Senior Professional Educator License which is also a five year renewable

license. For the Senior Educator License, you need to have a Master’s degree or

higher, nine years experience under a standard teaching license and successfully

complete the Masters Teacher Portfolio. The last License on the document is the Lead
Professional Educator License, a five year renewable license. You need to have a

Master’s degree or higher, nine years experience under a standard teaching license or

a Senior Professional Educator License. You need to have earned a Teacher Leader

Endorsement, successfully completed the Master Teacher Portfolio or hold an active

National Board Certification. (Evidence 2.3.4)

Under college, I included that I will be visiting Bowling Green State University on

October 28th. I wish to attend either Asbury University or Bowling Green State

University, but I do not have a definite plan where I will go to college but these are two

of my options. I plan on majoring in education. I wrote that I will obtain a degree in high

school French education (evidence 3.2.5). Once I finish my college years I would like to

teach in a district similar to Olentangy.