Hi, I'm Marcia, a Teacher from Maryland.

marcia.barbee@pgpcs.org

Teaching Statements  

Teaching Philosphy

 My mission as a teacher is to sow seeds of meaningful knowledge and nurturing the growth of every seed planted. 

My Professional Disposition Statement

 Professional Dispositions

Throughout my years of teaching Early Childhood Education, my personal professional disposition has been refined. My professional disposition consist of my personal values and characteristics I find to be critical to be successful in this profession. My professional disposition statement is that to be an effective teacher; one must embody the following characteristics: professionalism, integrity, open-mindedness, empathy, decision-making, and collaboration.

My self-assessment supports my professional disposition statement because it serves as a guide when I do regular self-evaluations on my strengths and areas in need of improvement.  This self-evaluation allows me to gain a better understanding of my teaching style, how to perfect my craft, and align my delivery to my desired outcome. Reflecting on my experiences and receiving feedback from mentor and collaborating teachers, helps me to identify my areas of strengths such as reliability, adaptability, and critical thinking. These traits are essential to upholding my personal professional disposition and standards.

I have noticed substantial growth in my professional disposition throughout my program of study. I have improved in the area of collaboration and working as a teaching team. I am so use to doing things on my own and doing my own thing that I really had to learn how to collaborate with others and integrate our ideas together. I struggled with delegation and tend to try to complete task alone. I have learned how to incorporate help from others and trust in the others to get the job done as well. Through my clinical field studies and my student teaching experience, I have had lots of experience with collaboration projects, and team meetings. Through evaluations, I have learned to be more open-minded, accept, and improve through constructive dialogue. Presently, I look forward to collaborating with others and incorporating everyone’s ideas to come up with a great outcome and achieve shared goals.

My professional disposition connects with the Model Code of Ethics through the fact that the Model Code of Ethics provides the framework for upholding standards of conduct and ethical decision-making. My disposition statement aligns closely to the framework through the reinforcement of integrity, ethical decision-making, and empathy. With my Disposition, statement aligning so closely to the Model Code of Ethics it ensures that my practice holds value, effectiveness, and principal to my profession.