Hi! I'm Courteney Daniels and I am junior at Texas State. I truly believe that the role of teaching is a calling. I feel like I have been teaching and exploring my whole life without realizing I could make a career out of it. From my earliest memories I remember being fascinated and having a great fondness for my teachers. If I had good teachers they made me better and inspired me and if I had bad ones I could really see the negative effects it had on my life. Teaching was not what I always wanted to but it always found me. I would constantly be put in situations where I was asked to lead or explain something to someone. By the time I was a senior in high school I realized that my love for children and my passion to be a light, encourage, and empower them was what I wanted to do with my life for the rest of my life.
When I decided that I wanted to teach I knew that I wanted to teach elementary school preferably kindergarten through second grade. At that age, children are more eager to learn and I will be teaching them subjects and principles that they will use for the rest of the their lives such as reading, writing, and basic math. I have a strong passion for English and Social Studies although I know that I will have to teach many subjects throughout each given day. I would like to work for a school that focuses on children's wellbeing and life skills rather than just being test results-based.
