Teaching changes a life forever

Whenever I reflect on who helped shape me into the person I am today, my answer

always includes my elementary teachers. Along with my teachers providing me a nurturing

environment and an engaging learning experience, they were able to teach me life lessons that I

will always remember. I have learned to problem-solve, give back to my community, see the

best and bring out the best in others, value teamwork, and persevere. In addition to providing

students with the education they deserve, becoming a teacher will allow me to positively change

a child’s life forever.

I believe all students can learn, just not in the same way. As a teacher, my practices will

include valuing students’ personal attributed, providing equitable access to the curriculum, and

creating opportunities for success. I will make an effort to create an experience for all of my

students to engage and learn from as I believe that experience is one of the best forms of

teaching. I also believe curiosity and mistakes are the best forms of learning. I would like

students to be curious to enrich their learning as I want them to look forward to finding their

answers in the learning process. Additionally, mistakes are one of the best forms of learning. In

addition, I believe learning from mistakes is a great teacher. I’ve experienced classrooms where

mistakes are viewed as failures. However, when I see students make a mistake, I always

emphasize that they should value them because it will only help them to become better.

I believe that students should be provided with a nurturing and welcoming learning

environment. At the end of every school day, I want everyone to find themselves wanting to

come back to school. Children will always bring diversity to the classroom. Thus, I want my

students to understand that although we are not all the same, we should always value each other

and try to bring out the best in others to bring out the best in ourselves.

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 My expectations for students are students should always strive to bring out the best in

themselves and the best in others. During my student teaching, I had my students reflect on their

behaviors throughout the school day to give them responsibility for their actions. I want them to

be honest with themselves to continuously improve so they can be the best students that they can

be. In addition, I want them to know that my expectations are the same for me as a teacher. I

strive to create the best learning environment possible so we can bring out the best in others to

bring out the best in ourselves.

I can continuously grow professionally by taking the initiative to always reflect on my

teaching. In the education field, teachers often reflect on how the school day went. They think

about what went well and what could’ve been better. Through the process, we learn that there is

always room for improvement. When we’re open to always improving, we are consistently

aiming to be the best that we possibly can. In the end, we can create a classroom environment

that isn’t only accommodating to us, but the students’ personal needs.