My Beliefs
I believe that teaching is more than just standing at the front of the room ranting off information. To me, teaching is being hands on and creative. I think its hard to always be perfect but as a teacher one must try, and try hard. I intend to allow open minded, unique, individual thinking, and integrate more creative ways of teaching into my classroom. To become a successful teacher, a person should work hard, display patience and have a very kind heart.
Let kids play, let them look, feel and explore. Let them be involved in the learning proccess. I can look at a map of central america for hours and ask me where a city is, I will probably forget. Once I go travelling, I get lost and have to figure out where I'm going now and where I'm going next. What city were those gorgeous falls in? Ask me where cities are now and I'll show you, I'll even tell you a bit about the history. I think its important to think of that within the classroom. Rather than have children read about the war, how about let them act them out, give them character names. Let them become involved in their learning. That in my opinion is one of the keys to success.
Working together and growing within a comfortable enviornment is also very important to me. Letting kids feel that they are in a safe place where they can be silly. Where learning can be fun and no child is left behind. I think there are so many resources to help teachers expand their knowledge and to continue to learn. Teaching will always be an everchanging job with new obstacles and new material. I think thats ones of the reasons teaching intrigues me most.
Working together and growing within a comfortable enviornment is also very important to me. Letting kids feel that they are in a safe place where they can be silly. Where learning can be fun and no child is left behind. I think there are so many resources to help teachers expand their knowledge and to continue to learn. Teaching will always be an everchanging job with new obstacles and new material. I think thats ones of the reasons teaching intrigues me most.
Goals
My goals as a future teacher, begin with finishing my education. I plan to enroll at the University of Alberta and start my practicum there. I have had the opportunity to observe a grade 6 classroom during my EDFX practicum. This has helped me gain real life experience into the complexities of teaching. While studying towards my bachelor of education I want to put my focus on incorporating technology into teaching as well as learning spanish as a second language. I believe this will be useful as I intend to teach internationally and further improve my skills.
Last updated Nov 30, 2011