There are rewards and problems that often form part and parcel of the teaching profession. They can be classed as either intrinsic or extrinsic depending on their effect on a teacher. The former classification refers to those effects directly experienced by the teacher while the latter is external. My expected rewards will include improved status in the community, desire to interact with students, and flexible work schedule while challenges entail meeting parents’ and students’ long-term aims, multidimensional classroom issues, and simultaneous class events.
The desire to work with students is an automatic reward that I expect to reap from my role as a teacher. As a teacher, I will have the ability to share with learners directly everything about life and study materials. I love it when I change the lives of others. As a teacher, I expect to change the way the students think and alter the pessimistic ones to view life in a more optimistic manner. In my viewpoint, I often believe that if a person could change one life of a person, it is equivalent to changing lives of a thousand more persons. It is because that one person can have an effect on others and the chain continues. One of my principles is that everyone is equal before God and no student is better than the other. Therefore, everyone has the capacity to reap the benefits of education.
My status will change as a teacher since the community will entrust me with their children. In fact, I don’t expect, but it is something that will just come naturally if I do my work diligently. It is true that teachers spend the most time with students as opposed to parents. Therefore, as a teacher, the community entrusts teachers with the mandate to show their children the right way (Ryan, Cooper, " Bolic, 2016, p.5). It is something that I am prepared to do to the best of my ability. Therefore, the respect that a teacher reaps from the community is often immense and I expect to deliver the best ethics to students so that they can be responsible members of the society to earn equivalent respect among the school community.
As a teacher, the flexible work schedule is one of the most important rewards of teaching. I will have the capacity to control my lessons, determine which topics to tackle and at what time, and the ability to govern my lessons. Flexibility and self-control give the teacher to impact students’ lives positively (Ryan, Cooper, " Bolic, 2016, p. 6). Also, being able to share the lessons and work schedule with my friends and siblings at home will foster my status as a teacher.
Meeting the students achieve the long-term goals is one of the toughest challenges that I expect to get as a teacher. Students have lots of things going on in their lives and maintaining the focus is often quite difficult. However, I will keep communicating with my students constantly to keep them on the right track. Undoubtedly, some students cannot visualize the benefits they may get out of education in future, and this makes it hard to convince them to stay focused in class. The same case applies to parents. They often expect a lot from their children; therefore, they would expect instructors to achieve whatever they perceive.
Simultaneous class events may disrupt class activities. For example, a student may require special care while the lessons are ongoing, which may disrupt the class progress. I expect such things to occur, and some may even be more challenging to the best of my ability. In my years as a student, we had a student who was epileptic. Sometimes he would fall down when sick and this interrupted the lessons. Some students would switch off immediately while some would resume to normalcy after the incident. Also, I will be organizing students to work in groups in class, which is sometimes difficult to concurrently monitor. Therefore, such occurrences are natural, but they significantly upset class progress.
The multidimensional classroom is another challenge that I will expect; some students do need special attention to grasp concepts, some are nagging and are distractors, and any other associated issue. I will not need special skills to understand that students are diverse in terms of needs, study capacity, and concentration capability. There is no doubt that this is the most daunting problem that every teacher may face in a teaching profession (Ryan, Cooper, " Bolic, 2016). The concentration of other learners would still be jeopardized even if an instructor would try to solve them. Note that some scholars may even switch off completely in the presence of distraction in class while others may operate normally as before. It depends on the ability of a learner.
As much as I prepare for the teaching job as a profession, the rewards and challenges are conditions I anticipate. Apart from salaries and benefits, there are other merits that are fundamental. As a teacher, I will gain a noble status consigned by the community, desire to interact with students and change lives, and lastly, flexibility in work schedule. Besides mentioning advantages, I expect to encounter challenges while disseminating mu duties in class. They may include living up to students’ and parents’ expectations and goals, simultaneous class occurrences, and multi-dimensional classroom situation. Regardless of demerits associated with teaching as a profession, it is one of the most respectable jobs that one would find on the earth surface.
References
Ryan, K., Cooper, J., " Bolic, C.M. (2016). Those who can, teach (14th ed.). Boston, MA; Cengage.
