Tuesday, January 27, 2015

All About Me

My name is Camille Flores. I am 23 years old and a San Marcos native who has a dream of becoming an educator. I earned a Bachelor's degree in psychology at CSUSM and I look forward to teaching others about what I learned throughout my undergraduate studies. I am applying to CSUSM's single subject credentials with an emphasis in social science. I would love to be able to teach psychology as an elective for juniors and seniors in high school. I am currently working at an after school program for SMUSD called KOC at San Elijo Elementary. Although I currently work mainly with grade school students, I look forward to learning more about high school and all that it entails.

The first statement that stood out to me from the SoE mission is to “inspire reflective teaching and learning.” What I like about this statement is the first word mentioned: inspire. To inspire and impact at least one student means the most to me. Being able to teach others and to learn from others is an internal reward for me and what better place to do so than at school. I want to be able to give back to my community and hopefully will influence students the same way my teachers had an influence on me. I am taking this class as a prerequisite for CSUSM’s credential program that I am applying for to enter in the Fall ‘15 cohort.