The TEEMS program would allow me to merge the higher-level knowledge I acquired as part of my discipline-specific undergraduate degree with the type of education-related knowledge I would gain through the Masters in Teaching, Social Studies Education program at Georgia State University. I seek further education in such elements of teaching practice as classroom management, lesson planning, and deploying a wide variety of pedagogical techniques, designed to address student's unique learning styles while still meeting standardized assessment goals.

I believe that I could be an asset to the TEEMS program because of my enthusiasm for teaching and my passion for expanding high school student's financial literacy. Students today have seen the impact a lack of financial knowledge can have upon the world...

The recent recession that will continue to have an impact upon their future vocational lives.
I have lived in the Atlanta area all my life, near Georgia State, and TEEMS would also allow me to remain within the community, and hopefully give back to the community someday as a teacher. The program would provide me with a thorough grounding in teaching methodology quickly and efficiently, and enable me to begin my teaching career as soon as possible. I offer my youth and enthusiasm to the program, as well as my commitment to becoming a highly effective teacher.

Years from now, I hope that my students will say that I made economics fun, and that I taught them valuable lessons that they used in higher education, and more importantly in life.