Experience Shaped My Philosophy
Often hard times shape people and their beliefs. As a child, I immigrated across the ocean to America and had a terrible experience. I started preschool in America, my teachers were not sensitive or kind and I feel that pain to this day. They had trouble working with a child who was "different"; therefore, I had trouble learning and growing. It was a huge relief when my parents decided to go back to my country for a few years. Then, in 2nd grade, we moved back to America and I feared my future because of what I experienced in the past (luckily, the second time around was much, much better). As an early childhood teacher, I do not want that for any child. My classroom will be an empowering place where children encounter kindness and where they will gain the skills and knowledge they need to be successful.
Children need a safe, comfortable and secure environment where they can take risks in order to learn and grow. All children need to be encouraged academically but it is also my job to care for students socially and emotionally. In my classroom, I will teach caring and kindness by running a Responsive Classroom. This semester, I worked with one of my students, Emily*, who struggled academically. I have seen firsthand how much kindness and boosts of self-confidence can achieve. I am thrilled that Emily* has grown tremendously in academics and confidence.
All students have the capacity to succeed. Academically, I believe in short, engaging, authentic, relatable and flexible instruction with clearly expressed objectives. Teachers should analyze what individual students need and help them improve or push them further. I am dedicated to attending to all the needs of my students and I refuse to let anyone in my classroom fall behind. This is why I believe in constant formative assessment.
Although hard times can shape people and their beliefs, so can positive times. I want to become the teacher who provides classroom experiences that create students who are kind in addition to possessing academic skills that will carry them successfully into the 21st century.
*This name has been changed for confidentially purposes.
Often hard times shape people and their beliefs. As a child, I immigrated across the ocean to America and had a terrible experience. I started preschool in America, my teachers were not sensitive or kind and I feel that pain to this day. They had trouble working with a child who was "different"; therefore, I had trouble learning and growing. It was a huge relief when my parents decided to go back to my country for a few years. Then, in 2nd grade, we moved back to America and I feared my future because of what I experienced in the past (luckily, the second time around was much, much better). As an early childhood teacher, I do not want that for any child. My classroom will be an empowering place where children encounter kindness and where they will gain the skills and knowledge they need to be successful.
Children need a safe, comfortable and secure environment where they can take risks in order to learn and grow. All children need to be encouraged academically but it is also my job to care for students socially and emotionally. In my classroom, I will teach caring and kindness by running a Responsive Classroom. This semester, I worked with one of my students, Emily*, who struggled academically. I have seen firsthand how much kindness and boosts of self-confidence can achieve. I am thrilled that Emily* has grown tremendously in academics and confidence.
All students have the capacity to succeed. Academically, I believe in short, engaging, authentic, relatable and flexible instruction with clearly expressed objectives. Teachers should analyze what individual students need and help them improve or push them further. I am dedicated to attending to all the needs of my students and I refuse to let anyone in my classroom fall behind. This is why I believe in constant formative assessment.
Although hard times can shape people and their beliefs, so can positive times. I want to become the teacher who provides classroom experiences that create students who are kind in addition to possessing academic skills that will carry them successfully into the 21st century.
*This name has been changed for confidentially purposes.