My Philosophy Statement

The teacher must know how to set the tone for the classroom and ensure that it is a productive learning environment. The teacher wants to avoid anything that would provoke them negatively as well as the students. At the same time, they must know what is needed to reinforce good behavior.

TEACHING ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES: My role and responsibilities as a teacher are paramount for success and a clear understanding of what is required is important for the student’s

As a teacher, one of my main roles is to motivate my learners, to develop their ability to learn also to develop my learner’s aspiration to learn. When you train to teach you read about delivering training and how to facilitating learning, but in reality you do much more than that, your role as a teacher is not just about teaching your subject or preparing learners for assessment. The focus of your role as a teacher I feel relates very much to inspiring your learners to change and develop their personal, social and professional skills to the best of their

I believe that positive student/teacher interaction and family involvement are essential to the learning process. I believe that all students can succeed in education. It is my goal as a teacher to develop the intellect of all learners through a challenging curriculum. I hope to propose thought provoking questions that will prompt students to think and learn on their own. I will provide supervised practice to ensure the students in my classroom are learning. I believe problem-solving skills will be the most valuable skills students can learn. It is important for the class to be active in the community and active in life-changing events. Students learn best by doing. Emphasis will be placed on learning how to learn. Students will take an active role in helping decide what they learn and how they want to learn it. They will be responsible for helping to care for and maintain the learning environment, thus taking ownership of the class.

I feel children need guidance and support from the world around them.  That is why they have parents, family and teachers.  I believe, like Barbara Coloroso and others, that children are worth all the work teachers put into their job.  Children are not only worth it, but they deserve our very best.  Even the "troublesome" kid in the class, deserves to get an education and learn how to read so he/she can fill out a job application when he/she is eighteen.  As adults, who have gone through most of our schooling, we owe

I believe that children learn best when they are taught under certain conditions and in certain ways. Those include; How teachers teach for example; if the teacher does not ask you questions, and never answers the questions it can cause the children to have difficulties learning. If the teacher does ask questions, and interacts with the children it makes learning a lot easier. the environment of the classroom, and how children interact with others. A positive classroom with positive attitudes means that the children will learn more, and they will learn in a healthy environment. The way they interact with others also contributes to this because they will be doing this for the rest of their lives.

I strive for my classroom to be a place where children feel comfortable. In the classroom children should feel comfortable enough to express what is on their mind and how they are feeling when discussing different topics. I want to create a space where every idea is valued. I will do this by doing

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 believe that Martin Luther King Jr. captured the fundamentals of teaching when he said, “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically.” My goal as a teacher is to allow the students to apply what they learn in the classroom to the outside world. I personally believe that school should be a place for the students to come and not have to worry about feeling embarrassed/bullied. It should ultimately be a place of understanding and learning.

I think of teaching as a process of mutual learning. I feel strongly that students are best served by an educator who respects and builds on the diverse abilities they bring with them to the classroom. As a teacher, I am not the gate-keeper to knowledge, but a facilitator and participant in the learning process.

As a future teacher, I believe that the students in my classroom will need to be disciplined rather than controlled because I believe in their ability to develop self-discipline when given the chance to do so. I think that students are basically good, but there are students who may become disruptive when they are under or over-stimulated by the content, work, or even personal life. Based on this belief, I think that students need to be taught to handle situations where they are prone to misbehave, but most importantly they need support from the teacher in order to learn this behavior. I believe that all students are equal in a sense that they should all be treated equitably to meet each of their individual needs. There is no single student who is more important than their peers no matter how good of a student they are

The whole point of the teaching profession is to enrich the life of every student and provide a balanced, sustained, positive and contrasting learning environment. I believe that outstanding teachers motivate students to want to learn. I take my job and responsibilities very seriously and am always working to improve myself and renew the capacity in others. I aim to improve students’ interests in the process then the product. I strictly abide to the school initiatives so students can become self- directed, critical thinking, enduring, independent learners. My goal is to ensure that natural learning happens in conjunction with gaining deeper knowledge, and understanding. Team work, project based enquiry, peer observation sharing, collaborating

First, it is my responsibility to educate my children. I have the utmost respect for school teachers, but I know my children better than anyone. I know their interests. I thoroughly understand what techniques work best to teach them new skills. I also know their strengths, as well as weaknesses. I am able to give them the one-on-one attention they cannot always receive in a classroom setting. My children are with me all day, every day. I enjoy being involved in their learning experiences.

During my practicum experience, I saw my Associate Teacher establish a really good classroom culture and environment, that gave students a sense of belonging and acceptance. This Environment that my Associate Teacher created, allowed students to freely connect with and engage in their learning through discussion and written language, which provided them with a sense of safety and positivity needed in order to set them up for success (MOE, 2007). Students entered the classroom every morning with confidence and ease, knowing that they were in an environment where learning was key, and the equity of respect and support for others played just as important roles too. The conduct in classrooms as well as school rules and

For most parents, their kids are punished as a reaction to their child's actions thinking it will stop them from repeating