Honor Society® member
Jessica Lewis
summer camp counselor at Volunteered as a one-on-one camp “mentor” to a child with cancer at Camp Quality Texas.
- Teaching: EC/6 and Special Education
- Class of 2022
- Copperas Cove, TX
Member since March 2022
About
My life philosophy is to rise by lifting up the people around me. I seek out opportunities to help others and often take on leadership roles among my peers. I am recognition-motivated and put my best effort into everything I do. If it's worth doing, it's worth doing well.
I didn't always want to be a teacher, but I was inspired when I saw children struggle to succeed in school and not receive the help they needed to reach their potential. Everyone deserves to have a teacher who truly cares about their success, and I intend to be that teacher for all of my students. I am an advocate for providing the needed educational supports for children with disabilities in public schools. Throughout my daughter's battle with cancer, her educational needs changed rapidly, and I learned a lot about the special education system at her school. I discovered that many children in special education programs were not receiving the supports they needed, and I made the decision to pursue a career helping children in special education.
Education
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Texas A&M University - Central Texas
Education EC-6 / All-level Special Education
2020 – 2022
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Central Texas College
Education
2018 – 2020
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Del Mar College
Art History and Restoration
2008 – 2010
Goals and interests
- Career goal
As a future K-12 Special Education teacher I would love to work as a life skills and transition teacher for 11th and 12 grade students.
- Graduate school interests
I plan to earn a Masters of Education with a Concentration in Educational Diagnostics and eventually become an educational diagnostician.
- Outside the classroom
Conducting science experiments
Reading historical fiction
Putting together large puzzles
Completing logic puzzles
Tutoring students
Life drawing
Experience
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summer camp counselor
Volunteered as a one-on-one camp “mentor” to a child with cancer at Camp Quality Texas.
Jun 2019
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Nanny
Full time nanny to two special needs preschool children.
May 2016 – Oct 2018
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Professional Private Tutor
Worked on site in students’ homes
Aug 2012 – Apr 2015
Volunteering
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Vice President of honor society
Kappa Delta Epsilon- Delta Lambda
Oct 2021 – May 2022
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Camp mentor for a child with cancer
Camp Quality Texas
Jun 2019
Languages
- English (US) Fluent
- English (Pirate) Intermediate
- Spanish Beginner
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