Parents

As a future teacher, I always try to think of ways to enhance the learning experience. Through my experience as a student, I feel that parent involvement is a vital part of education. When I'm a teacher, I would love to have every parent to be involved and willing to help their children in this learning experience. But I know that this is not always possible in today's busy, fast paced world. Either way, I'm still going to encourage all of my students' parents to get involved. Sending home homework assignments that have to be signed by a parent is one way of doing this. Another could be to regularly call all of my parents, whether their child was behaving good or bad, and tell them how their children are doing in my class. These are just some of the ways that I'm going to try to get my students' parents involved.

History

As a student, history was always my favorite subject. Growing up, I've regularly watched the Discovery Channel and the History Channel. I just can't get enough History. On the other hand, I know that not everyone is as passionate about history as I am. So I've always thought that the only way to make a subject, that most people view as boring, exciting is to make it more involved. Standing in front of a bunch of bored kids and lecturing all day is not what most people view as exciting. Projects, oral reports, outside experiments, and other activities that involve the actual students are many ways to make it more fun and interesting. I think that a little creativity and a little extra work can make a history class much better.

Athletics

Growing up in the south means that I absolutely love the outdoors. I've played football, baseball, soccer, basketball, hunted, fished, and all sorts of other outdoor activities all of my life. So I feel that the outdoors and sports are an important part of a child's development. Sports are a great tool to teach kids teamwork and problem solving. It also gives students a certain work ethic that they might not get otherwise. As a future teacher, I also want to be a coach. Athletics are very important to me and I can't wait to share my passion of sports to students one day.

Classroom Tools

When working on a care engine, it's true that it take the right tools to get the job done right. The same can be applied to anything, including teaching. One of the best tools to use in education is technology. In my future classroom, I plan on utilizing technology in ways that I never got to experience when I was a student. Obviously power point presentations and slide shows are going to be a vital part of my teaching style, but I would also like to incorporate other media in my classroom. Podcast and videos from the Internet are some other great things to use, and with the advancements in technology, the possibilities are are endless.

My Teaching Philosophy

I have a very simple teaching philosophy. I feel that school should be a place that facilitates learning through fun and creative ways. I guess you could call me a progressive, but I'm not a huge fan of tests and I absolutely don't like class long lectures. So when I'm a teacher, I plan on have a more interactive classroom than what I had as a student. I like to assign projects and reports more than I like to assign busy work. I know that test, lectures, and busy work are an important part of the classroom, but I feel that you can supplement them with fun and interesting ways of teaching. Hopefully my future classroom with be a fun place to be, yet a place where students will learn.

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