Personality Type

My personality type can be viewed at this site: http://mmdi.me/m/swqm/Pam+Hester/


My closest personality type is ESTP:

If your closest personality type is ESTP then you are an action oriented problem solver. You enjoy getting things done, and taking action to solve practical problems. You are in your element when there is a crisis requiring urgent action, which you are able to resolve. If you have any particular skills (e.g. sports, crafts or sales) then you enjoy applying those skills to reach a tangible goal (winning a game, making a sale, or building something tangible).


My second personality type is ESFP:

If your closest personality type is ESFP then you are an action-oriented people person. You seek to live life to the full, and enjoy applying your people-skills (and other practical skills) to achieve a tangible benefit for people. You have a strong sense of immediacy or urgency - realizing what needs to be done now - and are probably often urging your colleagues to stop talking and get on with doing something.


These personality types work well with my current teaching career. As a teacher I often need to solve problems quickly and I enjoy applying my skills to the goal of helping students to learn and become successful people. As a teacher, I also need to be action-oriented. I enjoy applying my people-skills to help my students. I am always looking for ways to DO what needs to be done WHEN it needs to be done. I often am urging my students to stop talking and get on with doing something.

I think that my personality plays a role in how I interact with my students.  I expect students to work quickly to get a lot done in a class period.  I also make an effort to solve any problems that come up and help students as best I can.  I always have a sense of urgency that things need to get accomplished.  I push students to constantly get a lot done every class period.  My students often tell me my class goes by quickly.  This is probably because we are so busy during the entire period.  Because I am always trying to get a lot done and working to help students the best I can, I do think that I end up lacking a bit in my personal relationships with my students.  I often feel that time spent getting to know students personally takes away from class time when work should be accomplished.  This is a hard balance for me to figure out, however, I do feel like I know students a bit better this year than last year.