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Amanda's work combines: Education, Writing, and Teaching / Mentoring
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Day In The Life
Skills &
Education
Here's the path I took:
High School
Southeast Raleigh High School
Bachelor's Degree
Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education
Appalachian State University
Graduate Degree
Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education
East Carolina University
Doctorate
Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education
Texas Tech University
Here's the path I recommend for someone who wants to be an Education Teachers, Postsecondary:
Bachelor's Degree: Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education
Graduate Degree: Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education
Doctorate: Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education
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Defining Moments
How I responded to discouragement
THE NOISE
Messages from Society in general:
Education is not a field that you want to be in right now, it's difficult and they don't pay teachers enough.
How I responded:
One of the things that I had to remember along the way is that every profession starts with good teachers! Students are impacted daily by what happens in the classroom, both good and bad. As I got further in my teaching career, I realized that students need guidance to be college and career ready and that is where family and consumer sciences teachers and more broadly career and technical education teachers can help the most.