In two years I see myself teaching at a smaller school (maybe even rural), building a reputation as a knowledgeable and thorough mathematics teacher. I think that at the end of two years I can have a great deal of material already collected from teachers and a lot of the program of studies already compiled into coherent lessons for my students to access. This dream is already on its way with the addition of an online database for my material and a blog for personal reflections of my work. Professionally, I will be committed to completing my first semester of classes, getting involved with the school culture, and proving that I am up to the task of teaching students.

In five years I will have completed the lessons that I worked on so very hard. All my lessons will be ready to go by the first day of classes. This is not to say that I won’t be working on my lessons, just that a base lesson is ready for each day so that I can easily differentiate it based on the students I have in the classroom. I see myself working towards the differentiation of my classroom by this point. Talking with students about their learning preferences and showing an active interest in helping them learn the way they learn best. But it won’t be until after I compile all the material I need that I can begin to do this. The hard work that I put into the first several years of my career will help define my work in the later part of my career. By this time I think that I will have moved from a smaller rural school to a larger school with mathematics department already in place and will be actively contributing to the body of knowledge that they have in place. This is assuming that I don’t absolutely fall in love with the school that I first gain employment.