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August 8, 2013 Featured

Grad School Again, or Why I am Starting Over In My Career

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About Sarah Denham

Sarah has been a classroom teacher for eleven years and is certified in almost every subject area. She also holds a Bachelors and Masters in Social Studies and a Specialist in Instructional Tech. She is also an ed tech guru who loves blending current technologies into her literature classroom. When she is not teaching, Sarah loves books, writing, playing with her dogs, and going on adventures with her husband. Sarah loves to hear from readers and other fellow educators so feel free to contact her at @EdTechieSarah or sarah.denham416@gmail.com.
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  • Harper Lee's Impact on My World - February 19, 2016
  • Net Neutrality and Educational Technology - March 2, 2015
  • The Instructional Techie: Interview with James Sanders of the Ed Tech Team - February 26, 2015
  • The Instructional Techie at the Southern #GAFESummit in Atlanta: Day 1 Part 2 - February 5, 2015
  • The Instructional Techie at the Southern #GAFE Summit in Atlanta: Day 1 Part 1 - February 4, 2015
  • Why Should We Care About Virtual Education? - October 22, 2014
  • Why Robin Williams Helped Me Be a Teacher and an Adult - August 14, 2014

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In July 2010, I graduated with my Master's in Education. I was very happy. I accomplished something that I wasn't sure that I would ever do.  And then I said, "No more! I am done!"  Flash forward to Spring 2013,  and I was applying to grad school again.

There are a few reasons why I have decided to go back. I haven't had the greatest luck with teaching. Now, I have many things I am proud of as a teacher. I have helped a lot of students do better in school and raised test scores, but I have not been able to stay in one place. When I completed my Master's, I had just been laid off for the second time in two years. I have been in six schools in my six and a half-year career. I just don't seem to fit in at some places or the budget affects my position.  Either way, I have made a difference at those schools. I am a "Mary Poppins."

Anyway, I love teaching, but I feel my path is taking me to a different career in education. So what does that mean for my new foray into grad school? Well, I am going back to become a specialist in Instructional Technology. I love teaching in the classroom, but I am also very interested in the future of online education and curriculum design. I am excited to study this field and hopefully become more of an expert in it. I really want to help change education with my new degree. I know that I may not do it on a national or global scale, but I hope to help locally.

Face it. As professionals, we have to help our students and ourselves become fluent in the ever-changing world of technology. We cannot escape it. My program is 100% online. My husband is starting his Master's in Library Science online, and he wants to focus on libraries becoming more available on the internet. My baby sister had semi-flipped classes in high school and will definitely take classes that are either partially or fully online when she starts college in a few weeks. I want to be a part of the new world.

As of right now, I am unemployed. Believe me, I am actively looking for work, but I will start my program at the end of August. I hope to finish by the end of 2014 so we will see where this will take me. Until then, I will be online, researching the new uses of technology in education, and seeing how I can make it better.[/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]

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