My Journey As A Teacher

As a future teacher I was very intrigued that I was able to go into the classroom and do hands on activities with the students. I was able to do my field placement hours at an elementary school that provided numerous opportunities for me to work with kids and gave me a chance to broaden my horizon with some new ideas for teaching. Overall I was able to focus on motivational skills, diversity, testing, I got the chance to work with children with learning disabilities, I was able to see the way the teacher interacted with her students, and much more. Although it seemed like 20 hours was a lot, I enjoyed being able to be in a classroom and prepare myself as a future teacher.

For students to thrive in the classroom, I must ensure that they have a positive space they can come to and feel comfortable. If students don’t feel safe in their classroom then learning will not happen. I must build a caring and supportive space for children so they can succeed and feel loved. This will help develop a sense of belonging to a school. I have to remember that it is not my classroom, it is the students! It is imperative that the students, parents, and coworkers in my school feel they can come to me for anything, especially as one of their

My capstone is about education and training. My assignment in front of you is what I want to become. I love working with young children. They always put a smile on my face and watching them grow is amazing. Freshman year I took Mrs. Lynn Davis’s Early Childhood class. Taking her class opened my eyes, when deciding what career I want. The first three years of this pathway involved learning basic educational needs of children of ages from birth to age ten. Now, as a senior at Calhoun High School, I'm still taking Mrs.Davis’s class. Examining Teacher Profession or ETP, teaches us how we should start off our teaching profession. I put into training my teaching skills by volunteering at the Boys and Girls Club in Adairsville every summer. Volunteering at the boys and girls

As a teacher, I want to provide protection and understanding to students so they feel free to discover and develop their skills in the classroom. I want to help students with their interest and desire to excel. The challenge for me to be a teacher involves me more than teaching is the commitment to take care of my behavior in and out of school and be a good example for

I want my students to know from Day 1 what my classroom is about and how they are expected to behave in my classroom. I will make sure to implement that mutual respect the moment they walk through my door. All of my students should feel like they belong and are welcome in my class. They should know they while they are in there they will be treated fairly and equally. I will also remind students of the expectations constantly.

Along with that, the classroom should be a welcoming environment for the students. Every student should feel as if they are welcomed in the classroom. This can be done easily through just giving out high fives and welcoming them by name as each student walks through the door. This just helps build a sense of being and can really make the classroom environment much more comforting for a lot of students. Pillar 4:

I hope to create an inviting classroom environment for my students by making sure that my classroom is bright and cheery. I plan on doing this by making sure that the decorations and visual aids that I use in my classroom change with the season, but also that they change in subject matter also. I will make sure that all of my students feel welcome and safe by talking to them and listening to what they say and what they don’t say. I hope to also create an atmosphere that parents will want to visit and enjoy being in so that they will in turn want volunteer and help out the students which will also back the students feel more relaxed in. I hope to be allowed to arrange the desk in such a way that the students will feel more free to interact with

Keeping positivity is a goal that should be in mind when entering any classroom from any guest. Establishing rules as early as possible is the best way to ensure classroom norms also, letting the students know exactly what is expected and demonstrating as the teacher how to illustrate them is important. Creating an environment that is clear to all individuals will ensure realistic classroom norms for all to follow. In most classrooms today there is an evident establishment of class norms and they are for all to physically see upon entering the classrooms, I feel as a future teacher this will be important to remember and make sure to abide by at all times. Establishing norms should be a process that teachers and students work on together and using that piece of collaboration and communication to

The expectation of my classroom climate includes treating all students consistently and fairly.  This means not identifying students who may present more challenges and “problem students”.  Other components of my classroom climate include creating a respectful, genuine and warm environment that my students can rely on.  The expectation of respectfulness included my behavior towards them, their behavior towards me and the student’s behavior towards one another.  If there is a lack of respect, the students will likely act out in rebellion of being controlled and disrespected by me or their fellow students.  Students will be encouraged to be interactive and ask questions as well as work in groups.  I plan on using positive directives and reminding students of what they should be doing rather than nagging at them pointing out what they shouldn’t be doing.  My expectations are more

“Why Teach?” Although this seems like a very complicated question, the answer to it is actually quite easy. Teachers have always been an intrical part of society, and they are the stepping stones that help students to succeed. According to a survey by Haselkorn and Harris in Those Who Can, Teach, sixty-two percent of people surveyed said the teaching profession provided the most benefits to society. This survey rated teaching first over physicians, nurses, and even lawyers. As a future teacher, I want to positively influence children's lives, impart knowledge within their lives and create a comfortable environment where they can learn.

I am a self-directed, enthusiastic educator with a passionate commitment to student growth, development and learning. I believe that education is a key to success for all students. As a teacher, I hope to motivate students to realize their inner strengths and abilities and to discover what truly inspires them. My aim is to provide a stimulating learning environment that encourages students to trust their own opinions, while creating confidence within themselves to insure that they grow to become intelligent, independent individuals who will become successful leaders of our future

I make sure to let the students know what is expected at the beginning of the year. As a class, we go over what is safe, responsible, and expected in the classroom. Throughout the year, I want all of the children to be safe and comfortable in the classroom. We as a class make rules for the room that everyone, including myself, will follow.

Ideally, when I graduate, I would like to enter the credential program at Cal Poly Pomona. As an English Education major, I feel like this is the next logical step for me as I seek to move forward on my path of becoming a teacher. The opportunities that await me in the credential program truly excite me because I have always found my studies of English Education to be very rewarding and purposeful. I have found this to be especially true now because I am currently in the process of conducting observation hours at local high schools in Pomona as part of my English Education curriculum. When I am in the classroom, I immediately feel a sense of joy, purpose, and productivity. Outside of the classroom, I do have experience teaching as a leader for a club on campus; I am a Woman’s Bible Study Leader for Cal Poly Cru and I have found this experience of teaching college students to be the most exciting, challenging, and rewarding experience I have ever had the pleasure of being a part of. It can become overwhelming as doubts and deadlines tend to sneak in on me from time to time, but I know that being a teacher is worth every ounce of pressure because of the positive impact that a teacher has the ability to make on a student. There is an incredible statistic that states that “On average a teacher affects 3,000 children over the course of their career” (Bickley). This opportunity stirs my heart like nothing else because when I was in high school, I had an incredible teacher named

The first step in classroom management is to create an environment where students feel cared for and valued. To do accomplish this, teachers need to build positive student-teacher relationships. Marazano (2003) reports in his book, Classroom Management That Works, which is cited in the Jones and Jones (2013) book, that “Positive teacher-student relationships were the foundation of effective classroom management” (p.56). I am committed to creating a safe learning environment that is organized, structured and conducive to student learning. While influencing a classroom of community learners, I strive to also build positive teacher-student relationship with all of my

My greatest contribution as an instructor has been the time I have spent off the podium. There are several subjects that I may not be familiar with or maybe seen as the tougher subjects or perhaps even boring. The time that is spent preparing outside of the classroom is extremely important. As an instructor first and foremost you have to spend countless hours researching a subject, analyze it, and anticipate questions. It is not a comfortable to be in front of students and not fully knowing the subject. Not only does the material have to make sense to you, you then have to take that material and think about how to explain it so that every different Soldier from every different background can make sense of it. Practicing teaching methods using different comparisons, developing training aids all takes a lot of time outside of the duty hours to deliver the best level of instruction possible. Then there is the time spent improving on the lesson plan. The lesson plans we receive are often times missing information, they order they are in doesn’t make sense and sometimes they are completely blank a give use nothing to go off of. That means dedicating the hours outside of the class room to improve or even completely build that lesson plan. Time must be spent to ensure that every piece of information the students need is included. This is not always possible we could easily spend an entire week breaking down the components of an automatic transmission and go into