Erin Gruwell once said, “Be the kind of people that have enough passion to change the world. If we let ourselves be fire, thunder, or lightning, we could alter everything.” This quote taken from “Teach With Your Heart” was directed towards the students of class 203, but to me it describes my personal teaching philosophy perfectly. I believe that every one of my students will be capable of reaching great heights in life if I am the fire under them. It will be my job, as their teacher, to motivate them and show them all that they can accomplish, after all our students are our future. I realize that not every student in my classroom will be eager to learn and I might encounter students that challenge me to the point of questioning why I went …show more content…
To ensure Eduardo is receiving the best education, I can label my class, provide extra handouts, incorporate his cultural and linguistic background in lessons and assign him a “buddy”. Labeling the class with vocabulary words would be an easy way for Eduardo to check his spelling and recognize new words. Providing Eduardo with extra handouts if he needed could make a world of difference. If we were reading a book and he didn’t know a handful of the words I could provide a print off version of the book in his native language. This small task could benefit his reading abilities by a milestone and prevent him from falling behind. I think a way for Eduardo to feel special and more welcomed in my class would be to incorporate his cultural and linguistic background into lessons. Having a diverse classroom would not only benefit Eduardo but every student. In “Teach With Your Heart” Erin intermixed all of her ethnically different students and it created a community among them. Showing the class Eduardo’s differences would help the other children better understand him and could make him feel more accepted. Lastly, assigning him a “buddy” to complete work with would help Eduardo establish a friend and he would always have a peer to ask for help. According to our notes form chapter 3, ELL (English language learner) students now comprise 21% of school-aged children. Those same notes also state that, 70% of the students score below proficient by fourth grade (Gargiulo, 2009). ELL students often end up in special education programs because they don’t receive the proper education they need early on. Knowing these statistics it is crucial for me to do as much as I can to help Eduardo so in the future he can become anything he wants to without
He is a seven-year-old Hispanic first grader whose home language is Spanish. Student 1 comes from a low socioeconomic background with academic challenges in reading. He struggles to learn basic sight words and is weak in phonic and phonemic awareness. Student 1 receives after school tutoring and is at the RTI Tier 3 level, which gives him frequent intense instruction with the Reading Specialist during the school day. Another way to help the ELL student as noted by Vázquez-Montilla, Just, and Triscari (2014) is the availability of professional educator training to improve instruction for the growing diversity populations in the schools. Perhaps the practice of culturally responsive teaching would help Student 1 connect with literature through his experiences or information. This teaching method would involve using the language learner’s “funds of knowledge” as a springboard into language
The decision to become a teacher was one that I made when I was in the ninth grade. When I entered high school I worked at a summer camp every year with disadvantaged children. The children ages ranged from six years old to sixteen years old. The feeling that I received when I saw that I could make a difference in their lives was so rewarding that I knew I wanted to become a teacher. I grew up as the youngest of six children, finishing high school was very important to my brothers and sisters, but finishing college was never really stressed to them by my mother. Three of my siblings
Growing up, I have always known that I wanted to work in the education field. I believe helping students learn and grow is my purpose in life. I believe the purpose of education is to see students develop and grow. I believe the role of the student is to come to school and learn new information that they can apply to their lives. I believe the role of the paraprofessional is to be the assistant for the teacher and provide assistance to the students. I believe the community plays a major role in education, especially the parents and guardians. They are a part of their child 's education and provide support for them when they need it most. Education is not going away anytime soon, so we need to look at what education
The purpose of this paper is to identify/describe and discuss my personal philosophy teaching. As I describe my theory of learning I will talk about experiences that have affected me. As well as identifying areas of pedagogy that have influenced my personal philosophy. I will then describe how my philosophy teaching guides my teaching style.
To begin, we need to understand the nature of students. The nature of students varies between individuals. The majority of students are well-behaved and come to school ready to learn. Part of this is due to the way they have been raised, but most students are basically good. There is a small percent of students whose nature, it seems, is to make everyone miserable. I do not know if this is because of a difficult childhood at home or because the student just likes to be the center of attention. Either way, there are always students that will give their teachers a hard time. I guess this is their nature. Every individual is different, therefore, the nature of the students I will teach some day will be different depending on their background and other various things that may happen to them as they grow up. For example, a student that has lost a sibling due to an illness or accident, may become very bitter throughout life. The nature of this student’s behavior which is being shaped by this may make this student a cold-hearted and mean student. These are the students that teachers need to spend extra time with and try to make them feel loved, no matter how hard this may be. I, as a future teacher, need to look at students and try to help them out no matter how difficult that may be.
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“Teaching is not a profession; it’s a passion. Without passion for your subject and a desire for your students to learn and be the best in the world, then we have failed as a teacher and failure is not an option.” –John F. Podojil. In my opinion, this quotation is very true. If you do not have the passion to teach your students what is right in the world and what makes them be the best they can be, then you are not really teaching your students or you have failed and failure is not an option. I want to not only teach my students important subject manner but be an inspiration to my students as well. I want to be the teacher that students will come back to in ten or fifteen years and say, “You have inspired me in more ways than one. Not only did you inspire me to be a better person, but you inspired me to do better academically as well.” This is when I know for sure that I have made a difference in a child’s life.
I want to remember throughout my teaching career that students are children, not young adults that already know how to conduct themselves. Students are individuals with their own personalities and no two students are identical.
I feel that my eclectically blended views on teaching will make me a rare teacher in today’s world. I’m not afraid to make friends with my students and work with them person to person. Children need the time and extra concern from someone, and who better than their parent away from home, the teacher. I want to give my students chances that I didn’t have in school, the chance to get on track early in life. True, I had a truly inspirational teacher that cared and was concerned, but no one ever thought I could do it. I want my students to get this support, this drive, and this motivation early in life. I want my students to make all they can out of what they are given in life. As I stated previously, even if I reach just one student, one solitary student, then I have made my difference. I have changed the world.
“People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.” (Dale Carnegie) This quote best fits my views toward education. I feel that a majority of students, today, dread going to school and no longer look at it with a positive mentality. I believe this attitude toward schools is why overall grade performance has decreased and United States students rank lower when compared to students of foreign countries. I want to change all this, at least, in my classroom. I want to restore the positive energy and ambition that some students have lost in education. I want students in my classroom to thirst for new knowledge and have a productive and enjoyable time doing so. I personally believe that students, at all age levels, do their best work, and get more involved, when they are educated in an interesting, creative, and hands-on environment.
Teaching is a very complex profession. Many facets of education need to be taken in order to be successful as a teacher. Teaching is not solely about imparting the skills and knowledge. It is about love and relationships that not only allows learning to happen but encourages children 's development holistically and empowers them to work towards their dreams and becoming who they want to be.
My interest in teaching started at a young age. I used to watch my teachers in awe as they were able to find new ways to get their students involved and excited to learn. Their enthusiasm to teach was so inspiring. I would often find myself using that same fervor as I grasped each concept. I, then, was able to relay it to my fellow classmates as a peer tutor. To this day, becoming a teacher is a passion that flows through me. However, my enthusiasm and passion are not the only reasons I would be a good teacher. I aspire to see a student’s ability to grasp the knowledge they never before understood. I aspire to see a student succeed at something they never thought they ever could. I aspire to not only support students with academic skills, but also with life lessons about the value of community, pride in one’s own ethnicity, good citizenship, sportsmanship, and more. I aspire to play a fundamental role in ensuring that all students from all cultures and learning abilities have the opportunity to be guided in a positive learning
I remember as a child being fascinated by the notion that clergy came to their work because they were called to do so. With a brother-in-law in his thirty-fifth year of ministry, I see the necessity of that call as the commitment he has made to service has been extraordinary. Perhaps not to the same degree, but it certainly can be said that teaching is also a calling or a vocation. ************* As a graduate professional, I will strive to differentiate instruction, integrate technology, and share my knowledge and practices with others.
Teaching is a daunting task that I do not intend to take lightly. Becoming a teacher has been a dream of mine for several years. I always knew that teaching would be the career for me, especially when I began working in the school system as a substitute secretary. I loved working in the school environment; coming in contact with children everyday made me realize how much I would enjoy teaching a classroom full of students.
In today’s society, students seem to be different. As a future teacher, I realize that students today need more out of their education. I believe this is because of the vast home lives students come from and the various issues that students face today. Many of the students that I have worked with on my field experience come from dysfunctional homes or broken homes. This creates many problems; both emotional and behavioral. As a future teacher, it is important to keep this in mind when working with students. Teachers today evaluate the background of their students and use this information to better serve each and every student. In today’s world, teachers understand that not every student is the same and doesn’t come from the same place. Due to this fact, teachers make it very important that they get to know who their students are. Each day is a new day for a teacher and every child is a unique individual. Teaching has its many ups and downs. I believe that teaching is not just profession for livelihood but goes far beyond the essential human values. Teaching is not a profession; it's a passion. Without passion for your career and a desire for your students to learn, to help them be the best in the world, if not, we have failed as a future teacher and failure is not an option. A teacher has to be an inspirational and constant driving force to a student, and only then can they become somebody in life. Great teachers are remembered not for the subject they teach, but for inspiring their students and for unlocking their ability to dream. Teaching is an honorable profession and to be a teacher by choice is even nobler. Teachers are the guides to future leaders of history. Their effects are timeless and no one knows where their influe...