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    Hello everyone and welcome to my presentation.

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    Hi my name is Mina and this is my journey of how I discovered

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    my love for teaching and how I got to where I am today.

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    So a little bit about me. I am korean american.

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    I am a daughter of two korean immigrants who came to America to start a new life.

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    I went to elementary middle school and high school all

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    in the same neighborhood in the suburb of L.

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    A. Which had predominantly white and hispanic communities.

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    And although I had a good group of friends I felt alienated from my peers.

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    Um Just because I felt different from the rest of the school community.

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    But I remember specifically in elementary school I

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    had a teacher in the fourth grade.

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    Her name was Miss Lee who was korean just like me.

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    And I was so shocked that she knew my

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    heritage and where it's coming from because it wasn't really

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    common to see someone like me around and she

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    made me feel comfortable and accepted in the classroom.

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    And it was then when I thought that I wanted to become someone like her.

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    Someone who would be able to make other people feel welcomed in the classroom.

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    So like I said earlier I had always had this idea of becoming a teacher in

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    mind but it wasn't until I went to college um where I went to U.

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    C. S. D. When I truly felt a strong desire to be in the education field.

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    I had applied to the shot to be a tutor at

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    an elementary school and hadn't put much thought into it.

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    But I thought it would be a good

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    experience considering I had plans to pursue education

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    there.

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    I met two students both of whom were asian immigrants learning to find a place um

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    at the school I spent a lot of my time at this job working one

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    on one with these two students and seeing the growth made me extremely happy.

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    And even though I didn't really know the best

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    strategies and practices they were always so excited to work

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    with me and my heart was just really full knowing

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    that I could be a source of support to them

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    being a part of the education studies minor.

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    I was also placed in two different schools.

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    Um One being san Diego cooperative preschool

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    and the other being Lafayette Elementary School.

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    And both of those experiences were completely different. I worked with um

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    very different communities but it also made

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    me realize how valuable teachers are and how

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    much I wanted to help build a community that is supportive of all students no

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    matter what background they come from or what challenges they may face and yeah I

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    just loved working with all the kids and wanted to be a positive impact.

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    After graduating I took a brief break and then I decided that I wanted to

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    um go back and get my Masters in education. So I decided to attend U. C. S. D.

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    Again and there I learned so much about

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    teaching and um just practices that I could

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    do and implement to create a restorative classroom.

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    So some things that I learned about attending U. C. S. C.

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    Um

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    were to have a student centered classroom and a culturally responsive classroom.

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    So student centered learning is

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    placing students at the center which as the name implies

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    is essentially having a student be involved in the who,

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    what, where, when and how of their learning.

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    Keeping content accessible,

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    available and relevant is extremely important

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    in creating a student centered classroom.

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    Having a culturally responsive classroom also means that students, cultures

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    and languages are included in the learning process.

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    And as educators we should aim to address and eliminate biases

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    by promoting acceptance and respect for all cultures and life experiences.

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    UcsD has also provided

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    me with many resources where I learned how to develop engaging lessons,

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    focus on student inquiry and ultimately just different

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    ways on how to best support my students.

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    So aside from that I also grew a lot and learned a lot through my experience.

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    Soon teaching at a third grade classroom at ivy Ranch

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    Elementary School which was a school in Oceanside there.

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    I taught my first whole class lesson

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    and I struggled through various behavioral and classroom management strategies

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    and learned of the importance of building relationships with students,

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    staff and parents,

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    getting to know my students was really one of the most rewarding

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    experiences and um the main reasons as to why I would still

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    as to why I still want to be a teacher today,

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    I learned so much,

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    and I was really able to build foundational teaching practices

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    through my experience here and learn from my um,

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    learn from my guide teacher.

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    And yeah,

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    so everything that I have learned up until this point has

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    shaped me to become who I am as an educator,

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    and I hope that I can be,

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    become the best teacher that I can be to my

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    students and support them in every and any way possible.

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    And with that said, I appreciate everyone here and thank you so much for listening.