Learning doesn't stop once you finish school and education isn't limited to the youth of our every generation either-- it's a never ending process that follows a person throughout their life.  

I, myself, am still learning and among what I'm being taught are diverse teaching strategies that I plan to implement in order to accommodate the diverse learning styles students have so that they may also feel included. After all, no person learns the same so why should we treat them like there's only one way. 

As educators it's important that we pass on many things to our students, such as values to hold onto as they get older. Such values that I hold are kindness and community because I want my students to be able to convey these traits and actions such as teamwork, generosity, communication, and the like both inside and outside the classroom. It's important to me that these values stay with them as they get older so that they can find their own sense of community throughout their life and how showing kindess is never too much to ask for.

Children are naturally curious about everything in the world and are super imaginative. It happens that as they start school they begin to spend most of there days in that environment and for some it may be difficult to be there for hours on end. With that it's important that we don't dismiss any queries they may have, they can't help but question everything! I remember being told that "It's better for a student to ask questions all the time rather than being silent". It's our job that we keep that spark to learn constantly ignited in them and not water down their eagerness to learn.

The role of a teacher in the classroom is to provide a safe and inlcusive environment as well as motivate the students to learn-- after all it's important that they don't feel that school is a chore. Teachers are one of the first people who plant seeds that allow the students to grow, nurturing  skills they will continue to use in their life as well as support them. Knowing that, I want my students to feel comfortable coming up to me for anything.

Curriculum is a foundation on what needs to be taught but at the same time how it is taught is very dependent on an educator's style of teaching outside of the standards and framework for different subjects. Within that  there are also topics that aren't explicitly included in said curriculum so it's important that we make it a point to teach things related to diversity, equity, emotional intelligence and appreciate the like. So while it's our job to teach the students what's required of them to know, I would like for them to be able to curate their own interests and put it out into the world.