In class we watched a movie about a teacher who incorporated a simulation game into the school year. The game was played by 4th graders but even high schoolers could play it. Some students were split up into different groups and those groups were countries. Other students had other jobs…
In class we read the book Why Don’t Students Like School? By Daniel T. Willingham. Throughout the reading we learned about many different learning concepts and ideas that can be helpful for teaching. I have went through my notes and found some concepts and ideas that I found very important.…
Spring Semester When reading over my teaching philosophy from last semester, I still believe that a lot of those rules and ideas are true today. Making sure that my classroom is a safe environment for my students, having respect for my students, and that all students learn in different ways…
The Village Project was a way to get inspiring teachers, like myself, out into a classroom. It was a way for us to interact with students, learn skills, and to be able to dip our toes into what working with kids will be like. I had the experience of working…
As a teacher, one should have a philosophy based around teaching. This involves different rules or ideas that you expect others and yourself to follow during the span of your career. My first and most important philosophy idea is that I believe that students should feel safe in my classroom,…
I think the biggest thing that I can do for the common good as an educator is to be an advocate. Be willing to speak up, speak out, and use my resources/skills to hopefully help with different issues in the education career. I think another big thing that I can…
When it comes to being a teacher I am excited about becoming a teacher because this has been a dream of mine since I was little. I have always wanted to be a teacher because when I was younger, I looked up to a lot of my teachers I had…
Interviewing my 4th grade teacher When I interviewed my 4th grade teacher, some of the questions were obvious while others were rather unexpected. The big picture behind interviewing a teacher is to understand what being an impactful teacher is all about. Every teacher is different, but what I got from…
What I learned from this project First, I found this project to be a bit difficult in terms of other projects that I have done in the past. For example, a lot of the information for things such as the building cost, supply cost and government financial aid, were very…
