School is meant to educate and nurture children’s ideas, perspectives, morals, and interests. By providing education material, schools cultivate fundamental skills and information to help fill students with the knowledge they will need to inspire their own exploration of life and career pursuits. All students are individual humans that will receive and process information in their own unique way. For this reason, I will pursue a dynamic teaching style. Student-centered academic pursuits will be the main way I orchestrate class. The philosophy that best describes my method of teaching would be Progressivism. As an art educator, I feel that my responsibility is to guide, not mold. I am interested in incorporating various other subjects to our art-based practicum. My students will value exploration, questioning, community, and respect. I will interact with my students in a respectful manner. Ultimately, I will be patient. I will take the time to see what their individual learning needs may be, and I will do my best to meet them. I want to exhibit that behavior so that my students will learn to do the same when interacting with their peers. An ability to work through questions, problems, and explore deeper understandings of humanity is what I want my students to experience in my class.