William Adcock

Hi, I am William. I’m a pre-service teacher studying at La Trobe University. I have a big interest in special education and helping students with learning challenges strive to do their best. I have always enjoyed working with others, helping them achieve their own goals and overcome challenges.

In high school, I had the opportunity to be part of the student council, and in doing so a helped run the reptile program at lunch times, allowing me to teach the younger students about the reptiles we had at school, which I found rewarding. The feeling of helping someone understand and get good at something they wanted to was very rewarding to me. This has helped motivate me to look at education and teaching as a career.

Helping others has been the biggest motivator in my choice to pursue a career in education, but I am really motivated to help students with learning difficulties like Dsylexia and dysgraphia thrive in school. Due to having dyslexia myself, I want to be able to give student that have the same difficulties as me achieve their best without feeling stupid or any different. I found that whenever I talk to someone about dyslexia, if they have dyslexia as well or are neurodivergent, they understand my needs better than someone who doesn’t. Because of this, I have a deeper lived understanding of the needs of neudivergent students, but their challenges as well.

When I am in the classroom, with the knowledge and experience that I have gained in my Certificate III and IV and my Bachelor of Education, my goal and aim is to provide a space where students can achieve their best and have adequate support to do so. This will be done with fun, engaging, yet relevant activities suitable for all different skill and age levels. I want to create a classroom that is a safe space to ask questions in without fear of feeling stupid. Moreover, I want the quote “there is no stupid question” to be engraved in students of all ages and academic levels so everyone can contribute to a safe, enjoyable, and accommodating classroom.

After I graduate from university, I aim to work in a specialist school using my specific set of skills to help those students achieve their goals and see them succeed in life. This goal stems from my own experience in my primary and secondary school, where I did not have the proper support for my own learning needs when I was at school. I want to be a teacher who can provide support, encouragement, and understanding to all students. I also want to help students recognise their own strengths and develop them so that they can achieve their learning goals at school and personal ones outside of school.

Being able to make a positive difference in the lives of students is what inspires me most about becoming a teacher.