Professional Statements:
1. What is your vision of a standard-based classroom and how do you successfully implement into your daily lessons?
A standard-based classroom is one that is inviting, engaging, and rewarding to be in. When creating a standard-based classroom, I design my lessons with the necessary strategies and resources to meet and address the standard. One strategy I use is to create lessons that allows for meeting the needs of all learners through the use of small group instruction. This allows for differentiation of all types of learners in my classroom regardless of their ability levels. The next strategy that I bring into my classroom and lesson plans is bringing in materials that allow for comprehension connections to bridge the gap as well as make connections to real life situations. I also have students track their success in various programs through graphing and keeping a student lead conference note book. The last thing to keep in mind about a standard based classroom is that the standards are a guide line to follow. The standards do not inform you on how to teach, but instead on what to teach. The do not describe all that can or should be taught. They set grade specific but do not set intervention methods or materials necessary to support all students who are well below or well above grade level expectations.
2. How do you evaluate the success of your teaching?
In order to evaluate the success of one’s teaching, you need to look at the success of the students in the classroom. I feel that if the students are mastering the content then I have done my job successfully. If the students are not fully engaged, actively participating, and making progress, then I need to re-evaluate the way that I am teaching.
3. Why have you chosen teaching as a profession?
I have known that I wanted to teach since I was in second grade. I come from a family of teachers, which allowed me to see the passion a person has about being in this career. I wanted to have the same passion I saw in my family members eyes when they went to work each day. This passion started for me at a young age. I have been in the classroom helping out not only my family members who were teachers but also my teachers growing up since I can remember. If I completed my work early, I wanted to help tutor those who were having difficulties. I wanted to make sure everyone understood the content regardless the amount of time it may take. As I continued to help in classrooms, my love for this profession continued to grow.
A standard-based classroom is one that is inviting, engaging, and rewarding to be in. When creating a standard-based classroom, I design my lessons with the necessary strategies and resources to meet and address the standard. One strategy I use is to create lessons that allows for meeting the needs of all learners through the use of small group instruction. This allows for differentiation of all types of learners in my classroom regardless of their ability levels. The next strategy that I bring into my classroom and lesson plans is bringing in materials that allow for comprehension connections to bridge the gap as well as make connections to real life situations. I also have students track their success in various programs through graphing and keeping a student lead conference note book. The last thing to keep in mind about a standard based classroom is that the standards are a guide line to follow. The standards do not inform you on how to teach, but instead on what to teach. The do not describe all that can or should be taught. They set grade specific but do not set intervention methods or materials necessary to support all students who are well below or well above grade level expectations.
2. How do you evaluate the success of your teaching?
In order to evaluate the success of one’s teaching, you need to look at the success of the students in the classroom. I feel that if the students are mastering the content then I have done my job successfully. If the students are not fully engaged, actively participating, and making progress, then I need to re-evaluate the way that I am teaching.
3. Why have you chosen teaching as a profession?
I have known that I wanted to teach since I was in second grade. I come from a family of teachers, which allowed me to see the passion a person has about being in this career. I wanted to have the same passion I saw in my family members eyes when they went to work each day. This passion started for me at a young age. I have been in the classroom helping out not only my family members who were teachers but also my teachers growing up since I can remember. If I completed my work early, I wanted to help tutor those who were having difficulties. I wanted to make sure everyone understood the content regardless the amount of time it may take. As I continued to help in classrooms, my love for this profession continued to grow.