Graduation Speech : My Classroom With Life Skills And Tools

In my opinion, learning should be a way for students to relate with real life situations; to understand the dynamics of the world around them. For instance, if I am teaching proportions, students should first know that this concept is applied in everyday situations such as following a cooking recipe. By offering them the opportunity to follow a recipe and apply proportions, they can get a better understanding of this math concept and why it is important to learn. Due to this belief, my third professional goal is to provide lessons that are relevant to my students’ lives and real

Throughout my life, I feel as though I have had many encounters with special education. Growing up, my grandmothers close friend had a daughter that had down syndrome. She was extremely sweet and loved company. Her parents had six other children who were grown and lived on their own. However, she lived at home with her parents her whole life. In elementary school, I do not remember many encounters with special education students. I do remember some kids being taken out of my class for part of the day, but that was my only experience during that time.

Education is a very important aspect of our lives. It is our education that makes us who we are and determines what we become. Therefore, education is not something to be taken lightly. As a teacher, my goal will be to provide the best possible education for my students. Every student is unique. I must see students for who they are individually and respect their ideas and opinions. Each student has a different learning style. I must take this into consideration because I want to provide a constructive learning opportunity for every student. I believe that every student has the potential to learn.

I was welcomed to Southeast Elementary by Mrs. Becca ElsaMiller. The environment as you walked into her special education classroom felt very open. As soon as I walked in I could tell that the students felt accepted in this classroom. I enjoyed the way that the adults were referred to by their first names. I was referred to as Ms. Caroline and that made me feel like I wasn’t as far off from the students. I saw a lot of trust and good connections among Mrs. ElsaMiller and her students.

My personal objectives for teaching is to connect the dots for the students when they learn new things and find ways to integrate what they knew and continuing to learn (Moran, Burson & Conrad,

I mentioned something to you last week about continuing to mentor for next semester at Kennedy middle school and you told me that I needed to ask the school for permission. Who would I need to contact in order for me to continue to mentor next semester?

When looking at the different groups in our school and community the layers of variety that they provide create a surplus of educational expansion that could be used to forge deep and insightful conversations on the importance and contribution they provide, in not only our society, but in a national or international outlook as well. When listening to the voices and concerns when such conversations arise in a classroom setting one of two situations tend to occur: 1) the students do not create a setting where education is the main priority by not comparing and contrasting both opinions to decide on a conclusion alone or 2) the class finds the topic to be to argumentative to discuss, which is the most unvaried educational setting to have in such situation. Now while I do find that students try and develop an idea on a contentious subject they aren’t being deductive thinkers by comparing both opinions to make their own, they are defensive thinkers, that rely on the safety of what they already believe. The disadvantage of not probing discussions that allow for such comparison and judgment to be developed leads to a lack of misunderstanding and leads to no framework for students to analyze the differences that will arise in a societal context when they retire to the workforce or greater educational institution. This

instructor shows their passion for teaching by establishing high expectations for their students and provides

When I finished junior high school I enrolled in a training program to teach elementary students in some of the most remote regions of Mexico. I was excited about the prospect of teaching reading, writing, and mathematics to underprivileged students in areas of my country that needed education more than anything else to bring them into the modern era. I had seen the difference a few good teachers had made in my life. It was one of my earliest ideas to help the youth in my country rise above the limitations of their past and see the possibilities available to them with hard work in school.

Tonight since it was my last time working with Keily, I told keily that today she could pick the game that we played today, but I told her it had to be math related. Of coarse, the first couple games that she wanted to play were not math related at all, but the she asked if we could play a card game. After observing in a kindergarden classroom last semester and looking at Pintrest from time to time, I drew from my previous knowledge to think of a card game that we could play that would relate to math. The first game that popped into my head was the card game war, but this was a modified version of the game. Instead of the regular war game, we would play addition wars. I told keily that in this card game we would split the deck of cards between

How are you doing? This is Will, the tall black guy you would sometimes see in service. I'm writing to say goodbye. My project in Carson City came to an end and I've moved back to Texas. Thank you so much for making me feel at home at Hope. Your messages kept me going while I was in Reno. God used your words to truly bless me and also show me where I need to improve. Sorry I didn't get a chance to say goodbye in person, but everything happened so fast.

The Grace M. Davis Class of 2018 has been through much together. From the first day as a freshman realizing that high school is nothing like High School Musical to witnessing your first riot, #DavisRiots2014. We may have never thought about it but we all went through probably the most important part of our lives together. We may have lost friends, but we gained even better ones in return. Some of us found our best friend(s) in these past four years, or maybe you found your best friend before that and grew closer over these past four years, or maybe you’re like me and found your best friend but didn’t know it at first because you used to hate each other.

During this semester, I have had many opportunities to question my beliefs and consider other spectrums. I have had many moments of agreement, as well as moments of disagreement. Through this process, I have been able to understand why each topic we discussed in class will benefit me as a future teacher. However, I still need to broaden my beliefs, because I will be exposed to many students and parents who are not like me. Many will have completely different personal views, and I need to begin to understand differing views from my own. Doing so early on allows me to think critically and gives me the opportunity to consider my responses to situations that I would not think about otherwise. The topics that I caught my attention the most during the semester are socioeconomic status, race, and gender.

As result of creating and implementing this artifact, I realized that the most effective lesson plans are those which initiate with the final assessment in mind. So, I applied a pre-test at the very beginning of my lessons with every different group I would be teaching to measure a starting point or the amount of pre-existing knowledge on the topics to be taught. Based on this, I planned the instruction to deliver and how to differentiate it.

Congratulations on graduating from Cathedral High School! You have been put in so much effort, determination, and hard work into school these past four years. You are graduating with an excellent GPA while at the same time participating in many activities, church, and working your job at Target. Your demonstration of priorities has been very impressive to me and you certainly have found a good balance!