Palocophay of Caucaion Thave warted' be ateacher since | was alte girl. | wasthat ite girl who had her bedroom setup asa classroom and taughither sifed animals hour to read, write and do math, Evertually the sued arimals became my lite brathers as | helped hem with homework, ater | became a math titor in high school and then followed my dream in cllege, My passion for Teaching was inna, | was pasiondleaboit helping people and warled To pursue this through teaching shape young minds. Tbeteve this qute I once heard in aTedlak by . Stuart lon: “Kids do wel hey can notkids do wel ffhey wart fi, To me this means that as aeacher, | need fo provide my Siders withthe resources and grace to be ableTo do wl because, uuthodt our support they car‘ Infoday's world, being a responsive Trauma-informed teacher is crucial. To dothis, | must know. my suders ntjust as students but as people. | strivete have a classroom community where my suders fel comfortable oping upto me about angling, academically or socially. Building relationships isthe keyfo a safe and inclusive environmert Plays importartn having a developmertally appropriate classroom. We know that children develop cogivly physically and emotionally through play, | remember when | was in elemerfary school, play was such a big part ofthe school day however, qzing into my first-grade didertteaching placement, | soon discovered thatthe only ime for play was arecess While a classroom schedule is busy ith reading, uurting, mal, science, and socal dudes, eachers can sil incorporate play iro These core subject. As ateacher, | wanto include as much play as possible fer cognitive, physical, and ematinal routh, Duet the ack of playin chooks there shouldbe an emphasis on play oukide schoo. Her eight hours of being focused on academic, duders should be ableTo go home and play and spend ime uth heir fami, ntfocus on more academics inthe form of homework, lherefre,| plano limitthe amourt of homework tat] send home with my sider. Aan eductor [ve by the mat fair dos not mean equal fair means everyone gi: what they need fo be succes, Being a dual major in early cildhood and special education | realized tha some dtuderfs might beneft irom spect accommodations tht thers do nat need, [thnk tis imporlaro make suderts knowledgeable ofthis and teach hem about he diference biueen equalty and equity, During my observation in clege, | have seen various behavior management systems, some efecve and some inefectve, The most succesful behavior management sytem that] observed was a classroom economy, | belive in rewarding expected behaviors, notaking away for unexpected behaviors, and his Type of behavior managemert sytem suppor this When a sudert who i not doing desired behaviors sees andher dudertbeing rewarded, this matvtes them to follow the classroom rules, All ofthese ideas encompass my philosophy ofteaching, | creo flows my dreams with al fhe knowledge gained to make he younger me proud, | wart be the eacher that makes a postive mark on every sudert] encounter thatthey will remember for the ret oftheir lives,