My
Online Teaching Life Now
In December I completed my Online Teaching Certificate and
you can see my progress here and at my portfolio: https://sites.google.com/view/dawnportfolio/home.
It has been a great two years working on this program. I started by learning
ways to teach students and other things a teacher needs to learn, and it ended
with me designing a class. I saw so many changes in my life in those two years.
I started the program January 2018 angry at another department over the
severe abuse I encountered and went in assuming I would deal with the same
issues in this program. I couldn't be more wrong. I was treated with so much
respect and encouragement, including teachers asking for my expertise to help
my fellow classmates since I have a background in developing classes.
One of my greatest thrills was being selected to join Kappa
Delta Pi, which is a prestigious honor society for education. I now speak to
prospective students on how much I enjoyed this program. In 2019 I accomplished
two major feats, when I earned two certificates! I finished this program and
earned a certificate, but in September 2019 I passed the state exam to earn a
CADC, or Certificate in Alcohol and Other Drugs Counselor. So now I have two
major certificates (though have several other certificates I earned after
I finished several classes), and two masters: A Master of Arts in
Communications and Training and a Master of Health Science in Addictions
Counseling. I will probably return to school to work on a doctorate in a year
or two. If that's not enough, my next goal is to receive a certificate in
Spanish!
If you had told me that online
teaching would become more prevalent due to a virus, I would have said someone
was watching way too many movies. However, that's the world we live in. My
interviewing for a variety of jobs was going great until this pandemic and it
came to a screeching pause. How long will it take? Who knows but a strange
thing is occurring where people are contacting me to create classes. Not sure
what will happen with all of that, but it might prove my certificate was
perhaps the best career choice I made. I completed the program with a perfect
4.0 Grade Point Average. This blog is going to change a bit where instead of
talking about my online teaching program, I will be discussing online teaching
and many other issues. Those topics might include current events, or pop
culture. Stay tuned!
