Morgan McHale

Mmchale@auslchicago.org 330-224-7513(cell) 1122 N. Clark Street !t 2505

"hiloso!h# o$ %&ucatio'
(he !ur!ose o$ e&ucatio' is to &e)elo! a'& !ositi)el# mol& #ou'g mi'&s through
the $u'&ame'tal #ears. * am i'cre&i+l# !assio'ate a+out ,orki'g i' this $iel&- !rimaril# i'
ur+a' areas ,here hel! is 'ee&e& the most. s a !ro$essio'al- it is m# .o+ to +ri'g
commitme't- orga'i/atio'- a'& e'thusiasm i'to the classroom.
M# !hiloso!h# o$ e&ucatio' re)ol)es arou'& $acilitati'g a' e'gagi'g stu&e't-
ce'tere& lear'i'g e')iro'me't. *' agreeme't ,ith 0oh' 1e,e#- * $eel that stu&e'ts lear'
+est through e2!erie'ci'g a'& i'teracti'g ,ith the curriculum. "art'eri'g this ,ith the
e$$ecti)e use o$ tech'olog# a'& a' e'thusiastic !erso'a as a teacher- * $eel that * ca'
e$$ecti)el# $ul$ill m# .o+ as a !ro$essio'al to teach e)er# stu&e't. * $irml# +elie)e that
e)er# chil& has the a+ilit# to lear'- 'o matter ,hat the chil&3s home li$e- +ackgrou'&- or
!erso'al e2!erie'ces ma# +e. * take o' this res!o'si+ilit# ,ith !assio' a'& &etermi'atio'.
* ,ork as a teacher ,ho e2!resses a high amou't o$ e'erg# a'& i'terest i' her
stu&e'ts a'& su+.ect area. * teach ,ith the mi'&set that the stu&e'ts shoul& 'e)er +e
a$$ecte& +# m# !erso'al li$e. School shoul& +e a !lace ,here stu&e'ts $eel com$orta+le to
esca!e to a'& e'tre'ch themsel)es i' a su!!orti)e- lear'i'g e')iro'me't. s a teacher- it
is m# &ut# to &o ,hat is +est $or the stu&e'ts- creati'g a health# !art'ershi! !ro)i&i'g
com$ort a'& the resources $or stu&e'ts to succee&. * li)e m# li$e ,ith a !ositi)e mi'&set-
a'& co'sta'tl# ,ork to i'cor!orate this !ositi)e outlook i'to m# classroom
(hroughout &i$$ere't a!!roaches a'& &i$$ere'tiatio'- * ,ork to !ro)i&e success $or
each a'& e)er# o'e o$ m# stu&e'ts. 4# co'sta't assessme't a'& !rogress mo'itori'g-
stu&e'ts ca' +e i&e'ti$ie& a'& su!!orte& as 'ecessar# $or their i'&i)i&ual 'ee&s. Small
grou! i'ter)e'tio' is o$ high )alue- es!eciall# co'cer'i'g la'guage arts a'& math- a'& is
somethi'g that * !la' to regularl# i'cor!orate each &a#.
4# gui&i'g the classroom ,ith a lo)i'g iro' $ist- * allo, $or stu&e'ts to $eel
emotio'al su!!ort- #et also hol& the stu&e'ts to meet the high e2!ectatio's set +e$ore
them. * !la' m# classroom so that it is a lo)i'g- e'couragi'g e')iro'me't. 5o,e)er- *
ha)e high e2!ectatio's $or each a'& e)er# stu&e't- e2!ecti'g 'othi'g +ut the +est $rom
e)er# i'&i)i&ual. 4# hol&i'g stu&e'ts accou'ta+le a'& still su!!orti'g their emotio'al
'ee&s- * $eel that * as a !ro$essio'al ca' hel! each stu&e't reach his or her $ull !ote'tial. *
+elie)e i' ,orki'g har& a'& +ei'g 'ice. 4# !ossessi'g a !ositi)e attitu&e a'& re$lecti'g a
stro'g ,ork ethic- teachers ,ill o'l# e'ha'ce their stu&e'ts3 !ers!ecti)e a'& there$ore
aca&emic success.
(he e&ucatio' $iel& is somethi'g * )ie, as more tha' a !ro$essio'. * li)e m# li$e
,ith a !assio' $or e&ucatio'- ,hich is somethi'g that sim!l# &oes 'ot go a,a# ,he' the
school &a# e'&s. %&ucatio' is a co'ti'uall# e)ol)i'g $iel&- a'& is o'e * am !assio'ate a'&
rea&# ,ith ,hich to e)ol)e. * am i'cre&i+l# e2cite& to +egi' maki'g a &i$$ere'ce $or
stu&e'ts as soo' as !ossi+le.