Career Roadmap
Brittany's work combines: Education, Numbers, and Helping People
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Day In The Life
Skills &
Education
Here's the path I took:
High School
Kaiserslautern American High School
Bachelor's Degree
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
Palo Alto College
Certification
Education, General
Texas A&M University-San Antonio
Graduate Degree
Curriculum and Instruction
Texas Tech University
Here's the path I recommend for someone who wants to be a Dual Language Teacher:
Bachelor's Degree: Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
Certification: Education, General
Graduate Degree: Curriculum and Instruction
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Life & Career Milestones
My path in life took a while to figure out
1.
Deciding if I wanted to go to culinary school or stay in Europe for a year.
2.
Failing out of community college while in Europe.
3.
Taking a break from education.
4.
Realizing that I needed direction in my life.
5.
Going back to community college.
6.
Transferring to a University.
7.
Graduating and landing my first education job.
8.
Continuing my education while my first year teaching and graduating with my Master's of Education in Curriculum and Instruction.
Defining Moments
How I responded to discouragement
THE NOISE
Messages from Society in general:
You'll never finish your degree if you took this long. You'll never make any money doing that. Why do you want to work in education when you're under appreciated?
How I responded:
Although my job is not financially rewarding compared to other routes I could have taken, it is rewarding in that I get to touch the lives of so many students, with kindness and understanding. I am the difference that I wanted to see in my teacher while growing up. It is rewarding in an entirely different way. Sometimes we are under appreciated however, most people will feel under appreciated in their job at one point or another. It's those who appreciate us that matter the most.
Experiences and challenges that shaped me