Informational InterviewMarie Wolf

Discovery Period 1December 6, 2013

Background Info

•Industry: Kindergarten Education

•Person Interviewed: Lisa Dimento

•Date of Interview: November 21

•Approximately 30 minutes long

Why?

•I picked Kindergarten teaching because I am interested in elementary education and children.

How?

•To find the teacher I was going to interview I went to the elementary school website and looked at the staff directory.

•I emailed Lisa and set up a time to meet.

About Lisa

•Lisa began subbing for Kindergarten and fell in love with children and teaching.

Questions

•Why did you decide to become a Kindergarten teacher?

•What is a typical day being a kindergarten teacher?

•What do you like best about your career?

Questions

•What do you like least about your career?

•What skills are useful to be successful in this career?

•What do you know about this career that you wish someone had told you before you became a teacher?

What I Learned

•I learned that Kindergarten is the base of literacy and further learning.

•Downfalls to the job are the minimal pay and learning about neglect and abuse of children in their homes.

•The ability to make relationships, kindness and patience are important skills to have.

Typical day

Small Group60%One on One

15%

Whole Group10%

Alone Time15%

Typical Day Structure

Small GroupOne on OneWhole GroupAlone Time

What I learned

Education

•A bachelors degree is required to become a kindergarten teacher.

•It is highly recommended that one gets a masters degree before becoming a kindergarten teacher to get better pay.

Is this the career for me?

•This is not a career that I think I want to pursue because I don’t have enough patience to be a teacher.

Further learning

•I was recommended to Tana Rinaldi to get more information and I will be attending Lisa’s Kindergarten class for a day to get more of a perspective.