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Educational Goals And Philosophy

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I have never really placed any thought on how my teachers became who they are. Whether or not they were my favorite teacher or my favorite class, there was something that caused them to inspire me to learn. What inspired me to learn, you may ask? It was their characteristics and abilities was what made them give me the willingness to stay focus and actually learn something in their class. This has inspired me to help understand and teach kids. My personal characteristics and abilities that will make me an effective teacher are of the following having high expectations, having a good communication, being passionate, having discipline skills, being adaptable, having willingness to learn, being patient, being positive, organized and creative. …show more content…

Having high expectations can cause you to be more mature as an individual and causes you to build self confidence. With the help of having high expectations, you make yourself a better person day by day. I plan to use this in my classroom daily, by encouraging my students to do more than normal, I want them to think outside of the box and to push them in an academic way to achieve greater things. This can help them not only in the classroom but in everyday life. For my second ability i choose is having the ability to having good communication. I plan to use this in my classroom to not only inform the students about homework or daily activities we will be doing in class, but I will also inform the guardians of each student.I will create a day similar to Open House to address them about my class and the plans I have for their child. This will cause the students and the guardians to trust me and help them see that I am a professional, who is cares for any concern they may …show more content…

With the ability of discipline in a classroom setting will teach the students that there are rules placed for a reason. I plan to use this by having basic rules that the students must follow at all times. For example, CHAMPS, SLANT, etc. If a student does not follow the rules, I will have to punish them by either giving them a warning, calling their parents, or simply writing them up. It will provide a safe environment for the students to be in everyday. It can also help the students to develop manners because if a great number of kids are following the rules, the rest will follow. As for my fifth characteristic i choose being adaptable. I plan to use this characteristic in my classroom by adapting myself to any certain changes in lessons plans and having an open mind that not everything will flow and create backup plans. If a lesson plan is ruined, I will have another lesson plan already done so, the students will be active in my class and not just sit there and do

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