Philosophy Statement: Integrating To The Classroom

I believe that with motivation and guidance, children of all backgrounds can harbor success in the educational world and receive the skills they need to have a successful and prosperous life. It is a teacher’s duty to encourage lifelong learning, consider individual learning styles and aptitudes, and self-reflect on how to improve. My experiences as an engineer, a person of color, a pre-service teacher, and a STEM advocate have culminated together to form my educational values and philosophy.

Because I was presented with a lesson plan (secondary literature lesson plan) that corresponds with my field of study (secondary English education), I was more enthusiastic to teach a lessons that held my interest. I also learned that I am more organized than I am prepared. Although I keep my documents and resources organized, it does not mean I am not completely prepared to teach the certain subjects. Additionally, I learn that I am (or will be) a professional. I should continuously strive to project that image at all times, even when I believe that no one is looking. Dressing for success maintain respect and establishes credibility and authority while looking comfortable and mature. Overall, I learned that I will be a teacher one

My classroom will be heavily decorated with my students work as well as the classroom meme rules, that will cover all available wall space to keep the environment student friendly. I will have inspirational sayings, poems, paintings and drawings by either students or from literary books being read in class. On the first day of school I will have the chairs in a circle to create a climate in which students can engage in group activities rather easily. Throughout the year I will ask opinions and thoughts on how the students would like the chairs set up and will try to accommodate what is best for the students as a whole. There will be computers set up next to the smart board in the front of the classroom for educational use.

My highschool English department was lackluster. It featured four full time teachers, who divided themselves between ELA 10-2 to 35 IB. Between the students, there was an ongoing joke that none of them were actually on the payroll, because half the time they wouldn’t be physically in a classroom, instead could be found wandering about aimlessly. I could never understand why they were all heralded as paragons in their field. They were never there. We once spent 3 days discussing the purpose of trees in Michael Ondaatje’s Running in the Family. From a student perspective there seemed to be very little organized planning, and most of it was student directed. Through, from a pre-service teacher perspective, I understand the absence of planning was probably due to us being in an IB advanced class, and part of curriculum design. I also realize now that it is impossible to plan every day out meticulously. There has to be some room for error, or rather room for relaxation. Planning is the heart of teaching (Milner, Milner, and Mitchell, 2012, p.426), but is a constantly changing process. There needs to be structure within the classroom, yet it has to be carefully moderated. There is going to be an indefinite amount of the uncertain and the unexpected. Planning a lesson is like doing a mad-libs. You make the general story, an overall standardized outline, and then

When someone is creating a lesson plan, the first thing they should do is specify concrete objectives. This gives you a starting point that you can build off of. Then you can come up with a good introduction to start the lesson along with learning activities. After that a teacher should make a conclusion, a way to discuss what was covered in the lesson. The sixth thing is making the timeline, getting everything you want into a certain timespan. Since there is so much to teach and so little time, teachers have to condense a lot of material. Another aspect that I learned is that nothing is perfect and you will learn from your mistakes. The good thing about a lesson plan is that if it does not work then you can adjust it for future

Education is defined as the lifelong process of acquiring knowledge, skills, and values through either formal means, such as schooling, or informal means, such as firsthand experiences or vicarious experiences gained through reading books or discussions. Every person that is or wants to be a teacher has his or her own educational philosophy. We all have our own views, methods, and curriculum that we were taught when growing up. A lot of people may have the same teachers in school, but all of them learn different things from that teacher.

My teaching philosophy is to create an environment that stimulates learning so that students gain the necessary knowledge, skills and abilities to become proficient professionals. While teaching foundational knowledge is important, there are other essential skills and abilities that students must acquire in order to successfully transition from being a student to becoming a physical therapy professional. These skills and abilities include thinking critically as well as interacting and communicating effectively with patients and other health care practitioners. I emphasize to students that it is imperative to realize the impact of developing a therapeutic rapport with patients while providing quality, patient-centered care to optimize the healing process. Therefore, when deciding what to teach, I not only consider the content presented, but also how I can foster discussions with students so that they can apply information based on varying contextual factors. I also attempt to provide students a framework for how to achieve professional excellence, which I aim to model as I fulfill my roles and responsibilities as a teacher and provider of clinical instruction. This framework is rooted in five central tenets:

The main reason why I want to teach students with special needs is because I always wanted to be able to make a difference in people’s lives, most importantly, to provide our society with a deep and conscious understanding of how powerful, important and valuable people with disabilities are. Living in a society where people with disabilities are considered to be physically and intellectually inferior, had convince even more that teaching special education will enable me to bring this population the support and the patience they lack of from the rest of the society. Having relatives with special and witnessing the unequal treatment they receive from our society, encourages me ever more to want to persuade special education. Indeed, my optimal

I see students as the next generations’ heroes in so many fields. In my vision, I have to inspire students and prepare them with confidence, knowledge, experience and skills. Which means I encourage, communicate, guide, teach, and assess students in order to enrich their infrastructures.

I believe that education extends far beyond the classroom walls, and involves many more people than students and teachers. People should be learning wherever they go, and should continue learning long after they’ve graduated from high school or college. Education isn’t something that can be quantified with tests or report cards, but is instead something that people carry with them. It’s a survival pack for life, and some people are better equipped in certain areas than in others. People with a solid education are prepared for nearly anything, as they will be able to provide for their own physical, emotional, and aesthetic needs.

In reflection of the past eight week I have grown as educators and as a student. I have learned that teaching involves effective planning, instructional support and skilled teaching. I believe as an educator, you must be dedicated and willingly to think outside of the box. As a professional in any career I decide there will

In my classroom, a lesson plan will always be prepared for, for each day, with a theme to be focused on and learned. Some themes can be taught for a few days and

I consider and know that children are the future of our world; we have to know how to teach and educate them adequately so they could be prepared to lead future generations. I consider that each child has its own way of learning; there are multiple ways in which a person could be intelligent and capable of completing tasks. I want to be able to help children with everything they need. I want to motivate them to do and be the best in every task and area, everything that they dream and think about, to persuade their dreams and never give up no matter how hard they think it is or how difficult becomes trough the way. I don’t want to be the type of teacher that goes through the school year teaching what I have to and limit my capabilities to show them things and lessons useful for their lives, I want every child that goes to my classroom, leave it at the end of the year with instructions or lessons that make them better persons. Additionally, think that it’s important to have a good balance between discipline and kindness with students, it’s important to have a good relationship with the students because in that way is easier to communicate with them; if they have any problems or trouble learning a lesson or something in the content, if they have a good communication and relationship with you, it will be easier for them to tell you about what is causing them trouble. In some cases, when the educator is strong and teaches with hard discipline, the students tend to evade them and

Although it takes time to plan, it is always good to overplan. When planning and teaching, it is important to think outside the box, as a capacious understanding of the material is very vital. When preparing instruction, a teacher must look at common core standards, and prepare for unexpected events such as various student questions, etc. to occur. It's very important to make sure that the planning is thorough and that all lessons and materials are fully prepared. Even though a teacher may teach the same material to multiple classes, one class may adapt it more quickly than others. Week to week planning is also a very vital aspect of teaching. It's OK to not have all answers, because you have resources to find information such as the Internet. It is always possible for a teacher to look up the answers to questions, or save the discussion for the following day.

Teaching is among the most intricate, eternal and beautiful professions and as a visionary and cultural leader I know that education transcends time and place, deriving much from both social, cultural context and individual style. I am committed to continuously improve my practices with the desire that my leading example instills in my students and colleagues the passion and enthusiasm for learning and teaching. I am a dedicated, resourceful educational professional who consistently take part in training opportunities designed to strength and improve educator’s pedagogical skills, monitor policies and practices that promote a safe learning environment.