Today I interviewed a former Fifth Grade teacher Mrs. Christy Grigg. She was a teacher then progressed to an Assistant Principal at a Middle School. Mrs. Grigg works at Louisa County Middle School. Also Mrs. Grigg has an outstanding list of education after graduating from High School, she went to SouthSide Community College to study Liberal Studies, then an Undergraduate at Longwood University, a Master in Teaching through Liberty University, an Educational Specialist and Leadership also through Liberty University, and lastly her current is Education Doctoral Curriculum with Capella University. 

Mrs. Grigg was inspired with a love for learning and teaching in this field. Her career path was teaching for 10 years. Within her 10 years of teaching she had various leadership roles, curriculum development, presented professional development on reading and writing instruction, classroom management, and trauma awareness care. Some of Mrs. Grigg role and responsibilities are supervising instructions, support teachers and other instructional staff, discipline students, collaborating with the students, parents, and staff. Mrs. Grigg most rewarding aspect about her job is building a relationship with parents, teachers, staff, and most importantly the students. With those relationships they will be positive and long-lasting. Mrs. Grigg said, “The most surprising aspect of my career is that everyday is different. Some days have more disciplinary actions and some are just cool, calm, and collective. Also I do not have the structure as a teacher does during the day or week.” What she means by that is how teachers have lessons plans on what he or she will teach by the day. The most challenging aspect of Mrs. Grigg career is how much time it takes away from her family. Also trying to balance everything at once. Like her family, work related things, and even other stuff that she has in her life. Mrs. Grigg gave me amazing advice about going into the teaching field. She said to me, “Be positive this is something you really want to do. Make sure you are in it for the right reasons. You have to be flexible and stick with it. It is hardly going to be easy. Remind yourself that you are teaching and caring for other people’s children and the future for the world. There will be so many things that you will not learn in college, student teaching, and even textbooks that you would have to learn on your own. You will not know everything and will not be prepared on the first day, but that is normal for a first year teacher. Being a first year teacher teaches you on how to be better in the future. In reality, you do not know everything, so do not be afraid to ask a coworker. Find a go to person that is willing to help you become better. After hearing everything that Mrs. Grigg had to say it has inspired me even more to major in Early Childhood Education.