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College of Agricultural & Life Sciences at Texas A&M University preparing for a career as a
high school Agriculture Teacher. 2017-18 will complete the remainder of my agricultural
studies, and I am planning to student teach spring 2018. I recently received the Corps of Cadets
addition to my teaching certification, I will also have an Agronomy minor, and the ability to
many other activities. These include playing on both the Ladies Corps Intramural Basketball
Team and my unit's Co-Ed Intramural Basketball Team. I was the head of the decorating
committee for the annual "Holiday on the Quad," and have donated hand-made blankets for two
years to Project Linus through the C.O.A.L.S. "Build the Heck Out of Blankies" drive for
As a native Oregonian, I grew up in the greater Willamette Valley in many diverse rural
agricultural environments. While I never had the opportunity to reside on a working farm as did
numerous years in the Clackamas County 4-H program and Molalla FFA Chapter.
As a member of 4-H for nine years and FFA for four years, I competed in a varied array
of 4-H projects, FFA Career Development Events (CDEs), and Supervised Agriculture
Experiences (SAEs) activities at the county/district, sectional, state, and national level. I served
in several leadership and officer positions, and was a delegate at both National 4-H Congress and
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the FFA Washington Leadership Conference. My agricultural high school experience culminated
agriculture intern to help pay my way through college. Following student teaching in spring
2018, my plans are to become a high school Agriculture Education teacher and FFA advisor. My
goals are to educate high school students not only with the knowledge to help produce more food
in a changing global environment, but also how to be competitive in a global market place
utilizing FFAs career development and supervised agriculture experience programs. I do not
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Educational Profile
I interviewed my Concert Choir teacher, Mr. Friesen, so see what sort of student I was
back in high school. We each talked about how our lives were going and what success we had
accomplished since we last spoke. As I asked Mr. Friesen questions on the student I was in high
school, I started to reminisce over the experiences and life lessons I learned in high school. His
We discussed how I was incredibly hard working and how I never gave myself any down
time. That was expected considering I involved in FFA, 4-H, dance team, basketball team, and
his competition concert choir, in addition to my honors classes. I always wanted to be better.
That applied to both being better than myself and everyone else. This attitude made me very
competitive and passionate about my work, but didnt help me in making friends or very popular.
I was also very opinionated, direct, and stuck to my values. People came to me when they
wanted an honest answer, regardless if it was the answer they wanted to hear.
I would work so hard that I began setting standards for every other student and pushing
them to try more. Which again didnt make me very popular. I was stubborn but not a trouble
maker. I was more of a trouble finisher because I was not afraid to fight back when someone
pushed me too far. Everyone knew my voice was louder and carried more than anyone elses in
the school.
My favorite courses were physical education, choir, math, and of course all my
agriculture classes. In physical education I was able to take all my energy and apply it to make
actively improve my coordination, skills, and body. It was also to relieve any stress or frustration
that had built up during the day. Choir allowed me to explore my musical passions, while also
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helping me create relationships with people who shared similar opinions and values. I would
challenge my knowledge and patterning skills in math class. By senior year I was taking calculus
2 and was even able to count the class towards college credit. Lastly, my agriculture science
classes were my favorite of the day. In metals and construction, I found my passion for welding.
I loved being able to use my hands, creativity, and knowledge to design, cut, and build anything I
wanted. I would even skip lunch period to work in our agricultural mechanics laboratory. All
other agriculture science class took place off central campus at a facility called the land lab.
There we had two classrooms connected to a garage, three 50-foot green houses, two small barns
Ms. Blair taught all the classes out at the land lab and I took almost every single one. She
was the teacher I respected and connected with the most. She pushed her students to always be
better and assisted them if they needed it. She is the person who inspired me to become an
As I reflect on what I was like as a student, I realize that I want to be teacher that always
pushes her students to become a better version or themselves. I want to help guide them through
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Professional Profile
skills. Some of my strengths in the classroom are public speaking, problem solving, and
multitasking. All are very important skills to have in the classroom. Some skills I need to work
After taking the VARK Learning Styles questionnaire, my learning preference is equal
parts kinesthetic and visual. The kinesthetic part of myself take in information through all of my
sensessight, touch, taste, smell, and hear. Using hands on approaches that may involve
laboratories, field trips, and real-life applications. To learn deeper concepts I take the content, I
add examples or refer back to the experience that taught me the knowledge to begin with. The
visual side of me take in information best through the use of picture, videos, graphs, posters,
diagrams, and underlining with different colors. I have to take the content, replace words with
symbols or reconstruct images in different ways. For testing purposes, I recall images rather than
After taking the 16-personalities analysis, I found that I have an executive personality.
This didnt surprise me. To further brake down my profile I am 74 percent extraverted, 51
percent observant, 85 percent thinking, 54 percent judging, and 74 percent assertive. All of these
qualities describe me very well. I am aware of my surrounding and have a clear view of the
world based on previous knowledge I learned. I am constantly building teams and bring people
together. Sometimes standing up for what is right isnt always the popular vote, but I am not
afraid to do it. Some of my strengths are dedication, organized, strong-willed, honest, reliable,
and loyal. My weaknesses include difficulty expressing emotions and being relaxed, too focused,
judgmental of others, and being stubborn. I can address conflict head on, but this can make
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others uncomfortable because of my direct approach and such high self-confidence. Although
this quality is valued in the work place, it can make relationships with others more difficult.
After taking the Multiple Intelligences for Adult Literacy and Education assessment to
find my strengths, I found out that my top three intelligences are kinesthetic, naturalist, and
musical. My number one was kinesthetic. I have always been a very active person. I truly believe
in the quote I can sleep when Im dead. Having constant movement, challenges, and learning
gives me the thrill in my life. By incorporating movement into my learning process, I retain
information better. Naturalist was my second intelligence. Being outdoors allows me to feel
connected with the world. I think everything has a spirit and that we are all connected. My
naturalist side helps me stay grounded in my teachings and able to connect with my students.
Musical is my third intelligence. Singing helps me share my emotional side. It doesnt matter if
its a song on the radio or if I make it up myself. One way I like to incorporate music into my
lessons is I make up my own rhymes or even a rap. I also play classical music while I work and
As a prospective teacher I can use this knowledge about myself to fix my weaknesses,