Teaching Philosophy

        I believe that all students should be able to get an education and it is my job to make sure that I have all the skills and knowledge that I need so that I won’t let them down. I want to be the best teacher that I can be, and I want my students to enjoy coming to class every day. I want to have a welcoming environment and want them to all feel comfortable around their peers. I believe that all students have the potential to be great.

I want all students to leave my class feeling that they are the best and I can say that I helped to get them to gain confidence and knowledge. I want to be a kindergarten teacher and I know that is usually students first year in school, so I want to help build a strong foundation for all of my students.

As a teacher I want to encourage my students to voice and challenge their beliefs. I want to have story time once a week for the kids to tell their peers a story about whatever they want. I feel it will be an exciting time for the students to hear from their peers, and also time for me to bond with my students as well. I will include multicultural lessons so that all students will feel comfortable. I will remember that everyone does not learn the same information at the same pace. I will remember to utilize different ways of teaching to make sure that everyone understands the material. I want all students to be successful.  

Advice for future teachers: http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/voice/voice137.shtml

Getting Ready for the Exam

It is now time for me to start preparing for my certification exam. The education department now wants the students to have passed the exam before we start student teaching. Which now since I have an extra semester here I have more time to prepare myself. I won’t student teach until fall 2017. It is a lot I have to study before that time. Some of my classes we do study questions but we don’t do a lot of preparing in my classes because we have other things to do. So studying for the exam is basically something I have to do myself during my free time. I brought a book from Barnes and Noble to help me study. I have heard a lot of great things about the book from my peers. I’m excited to start reading through it and gaining more knowledge.  I want to start a study group with my peers for the exam. I feel if I don’t understand something, someone else might that can help me understand better. 

Here is a picture of the book:

Here is a link you can use for practice questions: 

https://quizlet.com/monica629/folders/ec-g-generalist-and-core-subject

Keep Pushing!

So frustrating getting closer and closer to graduation then BAM I find out something on my degree plan was not right. I took a class that I did not need. A mistake because I changed my major and I guess my advisor did not realize that mistake at the beginning. Now I have to take two extra courses that I really was hoping I did not have to take. Biology one subject I did not like in high school.  Another frustrating thing is they are requiring us to take a course that is not even offered anymore on campus. The education department wants us to go to a community college to take one class because it’s on our degree plan but not on campus anymore.  I heard that they will pay for the course at the community college but I still don’t like the idea. I don’t think that is fair at all because you have some students who don’t even have transportation how are they going to get there? I just feel they should find a course on campus that we can take that can go in place of that course. 

I will be here an extra semester but its okay as long as i get it done.

  

A website you can go to for a little encouragement when you feel like giving up: 

http://www.keepinspiring.me/quotes-about-not-giving-up-staying-strong/