I can say I have always thought about what more I can do,
but always wondered, what can I do and what do I want to do? When I worked with autistic individuals my
goal was to open up my own version of Kennedy Krieger program. Kennedy Krieger Institute is a program that
accepts only the worst of the worst on behavioral individuals with
developmental disabilities. The program
has the individual for 24 hours 7 days a week for one year. The institute has a great track record with
modifying the maladaptive behaviors to acceptable behaviors. This is the type of program I thought I would
working for, but as time went on, assessment of me, changes in student
population, I started to modify my future.
Now I can see myself working to be a Director of Technology for a school
district. By not knowing who I am, it may
seem this is a huge difference in goals, but to me they are very similar. Let’s see why.
First I assessed if I had the right personality of being a
leader. While using the Myers-Briggs
Personality Assessment, I was able to see that I am Introvert, Sensing,
Thinking, and Perceiving. But as I also
mixed my personality assessment with 360- Degree Feedback System, I was able to
compare my assessment with others view of me.
Other viewed me as Extrovert, Sensing, Thinking, and Judging. Then I thought about my confidence
levels. When I worked with autistic
individuals, I was very confident that I would figure out the function of the
behavior, but when I changed districts and the population type my confidence
started to lower. I ended up second
guessing my actions. Then I thought what
if I mix education with technology which led to my formal education.
In Formal education I decided to enroll in the Masters of
Instructional & Design with a specialization of Training and Performance
Improvement. With my past experience in
technology, learning of the master’s degree and then merging with my student
population behaviors have gain me the confidence I was missing. My enjoyment with technology became the key
of building my confidence back. Now I
need to build on my work experience.
Enlarging my current job will show how me and others the
devotion I have on completing my goal. I
still need to learn more things before considering a job of the director of
technology. This past year I have been
training teachers on utilizing Moodle, on top of dealing with student’s
inappropriate behaviors, and tutoring students in Math. Definitely I will need to know how to write
coding and create web-servers and the infrastructure of network servers. I know these benchmarks will allow me to
continue to better myself and get ahead for the director position.
Taking Out the Negativity of Tenure Teachers
