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As a future special education teacher my philosophy of education may differ from those of my other peers. Special education focuses more on the life skills of our students, although with the No Child Left Behind Act, we are beginning to focus on academic goals as well. I will be working with my students in these seven domains: functional academics, communication, social and emotional, self care and independent living, recreation and leisure, vocational, and community access and motor skills. Students are working toward their IEP ( individualized education plan) goals, and each student is working toward different educational outcomes.

My job as a teacher will be to help my students become as independent as possible for their skill level and to help them meet their IEP goals. I will help facilitate my students to reach their full ability. I will write attainable and practical goals for my students. It will be my job as their teacher to integrate their goals into out daily schedule and make sure they are meeting their benchmarks. Independence will be the main goal in my classroom. I plan to work as closely to parents as I can and seek their input on any suggestions or goals that I might have.

To me teaching special education isn’t about disability it’s about ability. I agree with John Dewey when he stated: “I believe that the school must represent present life-life as real and vital to the child as that which he carries on in the home, in the neighborhood, or on the playground.” What my students learn in my classroom will cross over into all facets of their lives. They will learn the skills to help them function as “normal” as possible. School is life and it’s the classroom’s responsibility to educate students on how to survive. Every moment is a teachable moment and everyone one of those moments needs to be taken advantage of.

I love working with special education students and I feel that this is where I belong and where I can make the biggest difference in the world. These children need a teacher who is patient and understanding, yet someone who holds high expectations for them. They are just like any other child, they will reach for the highest bar if someone believes they can. I believe in my students and what they can achieve and I will be constantly there cheering them onto the next goal.

Being an elementary school teacher in the United States and in California, I would follow State standards. However, I’m learning that as teachers we have a lot of freedom as far as what our activities in the classroom are and what our lesson plans involve. I agree with the idea that we learn for life, not just to be educated. Like the philosophy of pragmatism, I want to guide my students to learn to be able to function in their society.

I also agree with the idea of the philosophy of realism in that the children’s thoughts are blank and they are filling those blank thoughts with ideas. In elementary school, they are constantly learning new things whether it is from their peers, family members or from school.

As an elementary school teacher I like how in the philosophy of idealism the teacher assists students in developing their fullest spiritual and intellectual growth. I think the students will be in high school before they start to reach some kind of self actualization. However, I believe, the students need some guidance from me as their teacher in elementary school (and from their junior high school teachers) as they strive to reach their own self-actualization.

I love that children have a mind of their own. I want to be there for them to guide them on their road of life’s education. I feel I can bring into the classroom understanding, patience, compassion, and respect. I also want to show my students that it’s okay to make errors, that’s how we learn. I also want to challenge them, but hope they are having fun while they are learning.

I hope to accomplish being a proficient guide for my students on their educational road. I hope to foster students to enjoy learning and hope they will look forward to their next step of their learning process. I hope to help build a society that is diverse. I agree with existentialism in that we define ourselves in that we make our own decisions.

One of the most important and rewarding jobs today is a teacher. There are many kinds of teachers in the world today. In my opinion anyone can go to school to become a teacher however, just because you are a teacher doesn’t mean you are a good one. My philosophy on teaching is you need to be a mentor and always think of your students need first. You should be patient and kind towards all your students even little Jimmy who is always testing you. Another thing that makes a good teacher is one who is organized and helps students prepare for the outside world.

Due to the fact that I have worked for the Pleasant Valley School District for the last six years I have seen many things that I would not do and many things I would do as a teacher. There are many teachers I have observed that are teaching for a pay check and not for the students. Some teachers may write their lesson plans and have great ideals but do not follow them. Also some teachers spend too much time on discipline problems rather than teaching. It is unfortunate that the children are suffering by being in classroom with these types of teachers. On the other hand I have worked with several teachers who design their lesson plans with hands on activity and still maintain teaching to the standard. Also encouraging the students to work in groups and discuss how and why this is the right answer. Learning should be enjoyable and fun rather than just sitting in a desk taking notes. I am extremely lucky to have had the opportunity to observe many different teaching styles. This has allowed me to pick and choose different ideals to implement in my classroom someday.

We live in a world of choices and freewill. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions and ideals. Who can truly say what makes a perfect teacher or if one even exist. Because we are all unique we have different teaching styles and ideals. It is because of my passion and love for children that I want to become a teacher. Although, I work with special education students that I mainstreamed into regular classes, I want to teach in regular classes. I feel by being a regular ed. Teacher I can help all the students rather than just special ed. There are many students every year that fall threw the cracks because they do not qualify. I feel that as a teacher my students should feel safe and comfortable in their classroom. Also as a teacher I want to mentor and always be accessible to my students. There still are many things that I need to learn before I become a teacher but one thing I do know is that, every child learns differently some students may be audio learners and some might be more vision. It will be my job as a teacher to study my students learning styles so I can incorporate their needs within my lesson plans. I know that this sounds like a lot of work considering the no child left behind law but anything worth having takes hard work and determination.

My Personal Philosophy of Education

I love the Human Race. Old, young, or somewhere in the middle –I’m completely fascinated by people. Each and every body is a vessel, and the mind inhabiting that body is its captain. The captain not only has the power to steer the vessel in any direction, but also the capability to fill the vessel with anything they should choose. However, with great power comes great responsibility, and I believe that education is what trains the captain to be competent at their job. Through education captains of all ages can gain insight as to the best sort of cargo to carry, and can learn tips and tricks to keep their vessel in smooth sailing. As a future educator, my goal is to help young captains push out from the shore, and give them knowledge and encouragement that will allow them to be better prepared for the voyage ahead.

With the Sailing metaphor still in mind and expanding on my thesis, I wish to be a guide to young captains. As a future teacher I hope to share personal knowledge and experience with my students in addition to the textbook knowledge that the curriculum dictates. Although people never stop learning, I believe that the elementary years are especially important-- you are beginning to establish a sense of self in comparison to others. I expect to learn a lot from my future students as they gain learn about themselves and the larger world. I can then use the unique knowledge and experience they share with me to make myself a better educator.

As a future educator, I don’t want to just simply teach my students the curriculum material, I want to make it as fun, interesting and engaging as possible. I think the worst teachers are the ones who don’t care about conveying the material in ways students can relate to. If I can present information in a way that makes students say, “Wow, I really understand this”, then I will feel very accomplished. I don’t want my future students to have to struggle with school, I want it to be something they enjoy and look forward to. In my experience, many teachers lose sight of the fact students learn in many different ways, and they get stuck in a rut of teaching that appeals to only one learning style. I resolve to never be that teacher!

Some educators / future educators want to instruct a certain sort of student – they want to work in low-performance schools or with special education students –I just want to teach. I think it is incredible that some individuals choose to devote their time to one specific area, but I feel that my calling is to go wherever I am needed. I will teach any elementary grade (but only because that will be the extent of my legal teaching capabilities). Eventually I want to get a Masters in a single subject area so I may extend the range of grades I can instruct. The more students I have access to, the bigger the difference I can make.

As a future educator, I hope to help build a knowledgeable, creative, peaceful and diverse society. If I can help my students to become educated in many different areas (not only subjects such as History, English, and Math, but also subjects such as Art and Music), I believe that they will go on to share that knowledge with others, and help move the United States towards a better place. If I can positively impact the life of only one person, and they go on to do the same for someone else, it will be my dream come true.

An education should provide students with the right tools to become successful individuals by realizing their full potential. Children who realize their full potential are more likely to contribute positively to society. However, we have to be realistic and acknowledge that not all children will reach this level, on the other hand, a good educator will try her/his best to help all students. An educator should try their hardest to instruct their students through positive reinforcement, consistency, understanding, and fairness. It is extremely important to help students when they’re beginning their education because what they learn during the early years can shape their views of themselves and the world.

The job of the teacher should be to help her/his students understand the work presented to them. They can accomplish this by utilizing a hands-on approach, for example, through the use of games, music, artwork, films, books, and computers. For instance, they can teach their students to add and subtract by playing board games. This allows them to learn and have fun doing it.

As an educator I would perform my duties as best as I could, and of course I would follow all state standards required. Part of my job would be to plan, evaluate, and assign lessons as well as to maintain classroom discipline. Another important aspect of my job would be to involve all parents in their children’s education. This is easier said than done. Some parents are hardly involved in anything pertaining to their children, because they don’t have time or they don’t care. I would develop a curriculum that is interesting, fun, and educational.

I strongly believe that all good teachers are that good because they love to do what they do. The key to their success is that they don’t teach for a paycheck but to positively impact future generations. This takes a lot of hard work, commitment, and determination. That’s why it is extremely important that you become an educator for the right reasons (for the love of teaching youngsters). I hope to someday become a good teacher, one who impacts her students in a positive and meaningful way.

Education is part of our life, is the basis of everything, is all the knowledge and skills we acquire, since we have use of reason, which are needed to function in society. We learn how to prepare our selves in this society, so we are able to find solutions to various social problems. Also, institutions are available, which offer programs to children, adolescents and adults. Basically, we learn in these institutions skill as reading, math, and science. However, education is very important for the success of the individual.
As teachers, we are here to teach and the students to learn, is in here were education pay an important role in the school. School is our second home, were we spend half of our lives. I learn better the concepts of different philosophies, and I think we need or we already have a little of each one. But my philosophy that describes me is Realistic, because as humans we have the potential to learn and succeed.
As a teacher I have to be positive, to have a good curriculum for the class, make the class fun, so the student would have fun, by enjoying and learning at the class. A good teacher is the one that a student appreciates, respect because the teacher makes them feel comfortable in class. Is not only to give a class finish and get the pay check, it is to help the student to understand what we are teaching. This is what I learn from my teacher in Mexico, she was strict but positive.
As teachers, we are very important for the student because they usually followed the instruction we give them, we are a model for them. So it is important that a teacher has to have a good knowledge and the right tools to teach a student. I work before in elementary and junior high, each student has different ways to learn, not all of them learn the same way. As a teacher I view things differently, because my philosophy is to teach the student until they get it even if I have to stay after school.
After I become a teacher, I have to put my best effort to help the student, because they are our future, and as a teacher I will be there to help them. I love to help children, so as teacher I’ll be happy helping them.

My philosophy as a teacher. There are so many things in life that we value. But in my eyes education is the key foundation of our future. Weather we become doctors or lawyers. We get our education by teachers. They give us the proper education we need to become who are today.

An educator should be someone who has passion for what they do. An educator is someone who loves their students as individuals, and appreciates them. Takes time to get to know them, and is interested in what they want to become, and help them in the direction to get the correct education. Students should be able to learn how to be able to have the confidence in finding who they want to be. Students should learn to become self efficient, and make proper decisions to make their education a success. Students need a mentor, someone whom they can depend on, to lead them in the right direction. I feel a teacher, parent or any one they can trust, need to be there to help them, listen to them, and respect their choices.

I sit here and wonder what kind of teacher I would be. What education means to my future students and to myself. How as a teacher would I be in a classroom, how would I work the classroom. And I get excited and scared at the same time.
I know I would teach the students right from wrong, I want to give them the passion to want to learn, I would have them be as comfortable as they can be with one another, and learn from each other. Each student can teach another student. I want my students to respect me as a their teacher, but to also as a friend. Everything I have learned from my past teachers that I admire, I will be that to my students.

Children are the most wonderful people in the world. They are so innocent, and need direction in their lives. I have never worked in a classroom before, but I do have 6 nieces and nephews. And they are always around me. They know when I am serious with them, so they listen to me. But they know when they can have fun with me. I talk to them about what they want to be when they grow up, and what they love the most.
With them I have accomplished that they know education is important, and want to further their education.
My accomplishment is to lead each student in the right direction. Practice makes perfect, and I hope to learn every day what I can do to improve my imperfections. I believe that you become the teacher you want to be with help of your students. Students make the teacher, and the teacher makes the student.
In society today, I hope to become the best I can be. I hope to make a difference in an individuals life. I want to become an inspiration in a students life. I want to become that teacher whom a student respects, admires, and was led in the direction of success.

My personal educational philosophy is to help guide my students towards success. Success may not be the same for every student. Many students will see success as getting good grades while it could mean to simply be able to read aloud in class without stumbling over every word. Working in special education has taught me some fundamentals I would like to bring to my classroom. I think as teachers we need to be insightful, that might be difficult with over 20 students in a classroom…but no one ever said that teaching was easy!
As a child, success to me meant never being called on. I never wanted to be called on because I couldn’t read the chalkboard. I needed glasses and it wasn’t until my 6th grade teacher called my Mom and suggested that I needed glasses was my secret found out. I knew I couldn’t see but I didn’t want glasses. Once I did get glasses I could see everything, not only the chalkboard but leaves on trees. My 6th grade class had about 40 students. Mr. Luciano had insight…he noticed I couldn’t see and did something about it. As a teacher I will try to see each child as an individual, not lump them into a group. I hope to recognize strengths as well as weakness. I hope to provide a safe and nurturing environment for my children.
In closing, I would say that I believe philosophies change. People grow intellectually and spiritually. With more education I could pick up something I have never thought of before, different perspectives. There is always room for improvement.

Enjoyable, challenging, rewarding, these are some of the words teachers mention when describing their careers. As a person who would like to improve my community, I also would like to experience this profession. It would be a challenge to enter a classroom everyday and teach students who are energetic, eager to learn and fun to be around. Aside from my love to transfer knowledge to others, I also would enjoy the freedom of being my own supervisor in a classroom setting.

I believe education should be a basic human right to all children. Education ought to be an instrument of knowledge that allows the student to make decisions on how he or she should live for the rest of their lives. When students succeed in schoolwork, it gives them confidence to tackle more difficult tasks in their personal lives. The goal of education is to increase our knowledge in the fields of medicine, architecture and mathematics, among many others. Therefore, the primary purpose of education is to make our lives more comfortable.

Collaboration between instructor and students should be strongly encouraged. I also believe the teacher should serve as a guide who provides suggestions and direction. The teacher should permit the students to work in group projects and allow them to come to their own conclusions of how to approach and solve problems. At no point of the learning should the students feel alone or excluded. However, the instructor has more knowledge and experience and should be able to structure the curriculum according to the regulations of the State. Frequently, the school setting is viewed by students as a gathering place to socialize with friends. The school must be treated for what it is; a place of knowledge to be utilized to its full potential.

I want to blend with students who are eager to learn and open their eyes to a world of knowledge. I would like students to engage in conversations and inquire why the world behaves in a certain manner, and to seek possible ways of making it better. My goal as an instructor is for the student not only to be familiar with the set of courses, but also to have the personal skills to collaborate with students from different ethnicities, religions and cultures. It is important to have respect towards each other in order to move forward as a unit and improve our society.

I have admired Frank McCourt for years and as it happens, bought this book for my father for Christmas. His advice to the young substitute teacher is priceless. McCourt simply stating that you should “find what you love and do it” is even more inspirational.

Speaking strictly from the heart and on a purely emotional level, I adore children. When I was working as a teacher aid in kindergarten, it was then I decided how much I wanted to be a teacher. No matter how I was feeling or what was taking place in my life, when I walked onto that playground or into the classroom, I could think of nothing else then the task at hand. I also observed two entirely different styles of teaching the same curriculum and was most impressed by the teacher who used creative means to teach.

My teaching philosophy is simply to impact. While I know my responsibilities to follow curriculum and teach standards is going to be imposed, I want to do that in a manner that is most beneficial for the students. Education needs to compliment life and teachers hopefully will want to compliment their classroom and their charges for that school day. I feel very strongly about having control of the classroom. I believe that once you do there is much more latitude in the way you can present your material. The teacher, not unlike a parent, is there to be a guide for setting parameters and supplying the environment for personal growth and achievement.

As a teacher I hope to be part of the mosaic of my students’ lives. We need to realize that our time with them is so limited, so we are actually a smaller piece then we might imagine, but can make a huge difference also. I don’t have to be the most important person, but hopefully one who is interested in how and what they learn. As far as what students I hope to foster, all and any in need. Probably an insurmountable task, perhaps unrealistic, but I have to try. The most difficult part for me is accepting the fact as McCourt reminds us, they will leave the classroom and we may not know what we have done. But education is not about what our expectations are, it is about sharing, guiding and presenting what is needed for our students to experience some successes. And to always remember that as different as they are in height, gender and personality, they also differ in the way they learn. It is our job to determine how to cultivate their different styles and assist them. That is the member of society I hope to help shape.