letter of intent admissions

Charlene Taylor

2932 Bent Creek Run

Kennesaw , GA 30152

12 October 2007

Ms Shelia K . Jones

Program Administrator , Central Michigan University

2120 Powers Ferry Road , SE Suite 200

Atlanta , GA 30339

Ma 'am

I 'm Charlene Taylor , and I 'm penning this letter in hopes that my admission status at Central Michigan University (CMU ) will change to Conditional . The following statements will outline why my GPA is not enough basis for my wish to be accepted at your MA in Education program

My career in education began

when I was still majoring in nursing at the Queensboro community college : at that time , I also worked with special needs children as a paraprofessional with the New York Board of Education . When I got married and pregnant , I then decided that , as a soon-to-be new mother , teaching will be a better profession for me That 's why I changed majors - from nursing to education - in my last year . Armed with an associate degree (with most of my credits in biology and nursing plus some in education , I attended College of New Rochelle to get my B .A . After graduating , I earned for myself a provisional license to teach . This led me to landing a job as a 6th grade science teacher . When we moved to Atlanta , though , my license was not honored and I had to take a step backwards and do substitute teaching , which then made me become a paraprofessional . It may have been a forward move but the experience was well worth it and definitely gave me more knowledge . Atlanta provided me with lots more know-how : I took up courses in the art of teaching young children to read (at Marietta schools ) and in new teacher survival and differentiated instruction in the classroom (at Kennesaw State University . All these practice gained me a mastery of the delicate skill of classroom management and of planning plus implementing a lesson plan . I 'd like to say that I also gained perfection in the art of being a teacher and child advocate

But it is not just the skills and experiences that I can brag about . In the almost 12 years that I 've been teaching , I have been awarded twice once for having 95 attendance on all my classes , the other for having mastered control over students who have shown classroom disciplinary problems

In the future , I see myself as becoming a voice for parents and children of economically disadvantaged areas . I 'd like to be able to air their concerns regarding school policy making . But that is still far from my reach . For now , I 'd like to really be able to take the Georgia Assessments for the Certification of Educators (GACE ) test . This is the primary reason why I want to obtain my MAT at your University - MAT will better prepare me for GACE since I gave been out of school for quite some time now . But aside from GACE , there are other reasons for my wish to be accepted...