Lindsay Woodcock

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February 23, 2017

Dr. Edney

Educational Profile

After interviewing one of my thigh cool english teachers, Jacquelyn Tupa, I learned quite

a bit about the type of student I was in high school. I learned about my high expectations for both

my teachers and my peers, as well as the respect. She told me that I also showed pride in all of

my work, something I believe will lead to being meticulous in choosing and creating my lesson

plans. I think what can help me the most as a teacher was the fact that she noted I was kind and

helpful to others. However, I can see where my perfectionism could easily make me too critical

of both my students and myself.

I enjoyed all of my courses in high school except for math. I struggled to understand

many concepts in math, leading to a poor foundation. My poor foundation of math skills have

always made challenges for me, even outside of the math classroom. If I had to chose a favor

subject, it would be history. I always thought that it was important to understand where we came

from so that we can move in a positive direction in the future. This love for history ay have come

from watching the History Channel with my dad when I was younger. I would like to bring

history into the agricultural classroom. Seeing where we came from in agriculture will help us

have a better future.

There are many opportunities to integrate other subjects into the agricultural science

classroom. History of mankind was steered in part by agriculture. English has several purposes.

First, it is important that students understand how to interpret technical writing that can be found
in writings such as a description of how to repair a piece of equipment, or a study about a

possible treatment for an infectious disease in cattle. Second, agriculture has been a large part of

American culture, as can be seen in literary works that students may be required to read for

another class. Science easily goes hand in hand with agriculture from heat combustion engines

studied in physics to reproduction studied in biology. Additionally, math plays a key part in every

day agricultural practices and can be used in application in the classroom, showing the students

the importance of what they are learning. By integrating the core subjects into agricultural

education, I can support what the students other teachers are providing them and encouraging

them with real life uses.

I graduated from high school with a 3.431 unweighted GPA ranked 30th in my class, and

as an honor graduate. I had 33 college credit hours to transfer into Texas A&M University. I took

the SAT once and received a score of 1590 , with a 500 on the math portion, a 570 on the reading

portion, and a 520 on the writing portion, a 55 on the content mastery, and a 6 on the essay. My

parents told me when I was young the importance of good grades and keeping up my GPA. I was

able to graduate in the top 10% of my class, allowing me easy access into Texas A&M

University, a dream I had since I was young.

I believe my experiences with an agricultural program that was not very engaging to

students will encourage me. I did not have an opportunity to explore everything agricultural

education and the FFA had to offer. I want to do my best to allow my students to participate in

agricultural education and FFA in whatever way they want. The more opportunities a student has

to explore, the more likely they are to become passionate about something, in my opinion.

Passion can motivate a student to work hard and keep themselves on track toward a career.
I would enjoy teaching:

Principles of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources

Equine Science

Wildlife, Fisheries, and Ecology Management

Horticultural Science

Two lesson plans I like are:

Defining the Fields of Agriculture for Principles of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources. I

especially like the time line activity. The activity assigns each group of students a food product

and requires them to make a time line from the beginning of growth (seed) to the kitchen table

with details. This engages students to realize where the food they eat comes from. I also like

that the lesson shows students what jobs are engaged when a food product is purchased.

Urban Deer Population Management for Wildlife, Fisheries, and Ecology Management. I like

how this lesson plan sparks a constructive discussion among students about a topic that they

will possibly have to face later in life. Requiring students to think beyond the unit exam is that

makes real change.