Teaching Philosophy

One may wonder why people enjoying teaching. For me, there are many reasons I both enjoy and choose to teach.

I teach because I inspire to engage students in constant and lifelong learning.

I teach because I want to be a teaching role model to learners as past teachers have influenced me.

I teach because I want learners to be motivated to collaborate with those of their own profession and those outside of it.

I teach because I want to stimulate thinking and grow knowledge. I want learners to come up with their own new and innovative ideas.

I believe in the quote mentioned above by William Glasser. In whatever role I find myself teaching, I want to be a teacher that genuinely cares about the learner. Not just caring about the learner’s knowledge, but caring for them as a whole… their interests, their talents, and their lives outside of an educational setting.

I believe that teaching should involve creativity and that no learner should feel ashamed or embarrassed to bring their thoughts to the table.

I believe that teaching should be exciting! I strive to be a teacher that is smiling and laughing and is never too serious.

I believe that teaching is allowing oneself to learn from those you teach. Learners have the potential to teach me just as much as I teach them.

I believe that a teacher should be honest and approachable to learners.

I believe that teaching involves challenging and pushing oneself and learners to be the best that I and they can be.

My goals as teacher involve being able to simplify difficult concepts in a way making them easy to understand. I hope to incorporate real life examples into each teaching moment to make them more memorable. I want learners to walk away knowing the most important concepts of a lesson or activity. I also want to incorporate creativity into each teachable moment. So, how will I do so? I will do so by creating a comfortable, non-judgmental teaching environment. I will have a laid back teaching style where learners have the freedom and opportunity to make mistakes and grow from them. I will adapt to the level of knowledge of the learners and allow them to learn from one another.

An effective teacher must be able to evaluate learners and to also evaluate themselves. A great way to evaluate is by listening to the learners responses to questions, but first giving them the opportunity to ask questions. Being able to observe learners behaviors and thought processes over time is also an effective tool in seeing the progress of a learner.

I hope to never stop pushing myself to be better in the realm of teaching. To always continue working on being more constructive and honest with feedback given to others. To constantly form new and creative ways to teach. And to accept feedback given to me from learners and implement that in future teaching opportunities.