Chapter 13: Improving Teachers and Schools, and School Reform

Before I graduate I would like to be able to add many things to my resume. One of the biggest things is more in the area of field experience. I would really like my resume to show that I am passionate about what I desire to do for my profession, and that I am dedicated to not just the job, but the children involved.
In my first five years of teaching something that I could do that would help make my resume to become stronger would be to get a National Board Certification. This would be another way of proving that I am a highly qualified teacher, and am capable of the job I am applying for. I would also really like to work in my content area. In The Joy of Teaching they say that "Expert teachers know their subject matter...not only the basic facts...they have in-depth understanding." I feel that this would make a teachers resume stronger just because of the fact that it proves you know your stuff, and you have proved it already in at least one place.
I hope that in the future I can acquire at least a bachelors degree in elementary education. This is something that I want to do because I would like the freedom of being able to teach any of the public school ages, but this would also look good on a resume when applying for a job. It would show the dedication that I have for the profession of teaching, and would reiterate the fact that I'm serious about what I do. Something that the school might have that would help me do this would be a program that would help their teachers get certain college classes at a discount price, with the school paying for part and myself paying part, or a program where as long as I work at the school I could take a certain number of college courses per year and they would pick up the tab.