Motivation Interview (Kennedy)
Motivation Interview (Kennedy)
Motivation Interview (Kennedy)
Interviews:
Tell me about yourself: What is your name? What college did you attend? What was your
specified major? What kind of job experience do you have? What is your current job, if any?
A: My name is Carleen Rummer. I attended IUP my majored in art education. Before getting my
current job some job experience would be working retail throughout college, a camp counselor
and senior staff member at camp Cayuga, and manager of a bar and restaurant in Scotland and all
of my student teaching and Substituting for schools.
During your time in college, where did you picture yourself being in the following years to
come? I.e What kind of job did you picture yourself in?
A: I pictured myself being a high school art teacher, which i am. Right now i have a husband
and child which in college i was pretty sure I didn't want to have children, but obviously now i
am so grateful to have my son.
What steps did you take to help maximize your career success? Before, during, and after college?
A:Before- high school took classes for her field such as art and class working with children
During -I minored in three degrees: art history, religion, Asian studies. I took two different
languages, traveled and worded with kids.
After- I keep in touch with people in my field, as in talk to other teachers and communicate
ideas and lessons. I also try to stay current. I teach high school students so I try to stay in touch
with things and people their age like.
Do you believe that motivation had an impact on your career success? If so, why?
A: Yes, if not in wouldn't have a job. Paying off student loans was a big motivator, wanting a job
I was proud of also really motivated me. Being a teacher is something I’m proud to say I now
am. Not that the other jobs I had like working at a bat or in retail, just for me, teacher is a title
I’m happy to have. Also I met my now husband during college and he is from a different country.
This motivated me to go out look for places that were hiring all over the country and apply to
many schools in order to get a job, so him coming here to stay would be easier, as in the
government would allow him to stay.
A: I wish I studied abroad luckily I had the chance to travel afterword, and realized if I would
have went with my school it would have been a little cheaper, for what I was getting ,and
educational. …..
What were/are your career goals in life and, if you haven't already met those goals, how do you
plan to achieve these goals?...
A: my overall all goals has always been to make art, have something purely mine. So I am
currently have a plan to
make a clothing line. The plan includes getting my normal life under control, i do have a crazy
toddler running around, but for now I have sketches and eventual plan to sell on small online
shops, to start.