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    The author chose to pursue teaching to help every student reach their full potential. Currently, the author works as a resource teacher in preschool, but feels this experience does not fully represent their future career as a teacher of older students. Through observing an elementary classroom, the author gained valuable insights into teaching older students. The author believes every student deserves equal opportunities and resources to discover their abilities. Adaptability is seen as the most important trait, especially in current uncertain times, as teaching situations may change quickly. The goal is to continue education to become a licensed, full-time teacher.

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    The author chose to pursue teaching to help every student reach their full potential. Currently, the author works as a resource teacher in preschool, but feels this experience does not fully represent their future career as a teacher of older students. Through observing an elementary classroom, the author gained valuable insights into teaching older students. The author believes every student deserves equal opportunities and resources to discover their abilities. Adaptability is seen as the most important trait, especially in current uncertain times, as teaching situations may change quickly. The goal is to continue education to become a licensed, full-time teacher.

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    The author chose to pursue teaching to help every student reach their full potential. Currently, the author works as a resource teacher in preschool, but feels this experience does not fully represent their future career as a teacher of older students. Through observing an elementary classroom, the author gained valuable insights into teaching older students. The author believes every student deserves equal opportunities and resources to discover their abilities. Adaptability is seen as the most important trait, especially in current uncertain times, as teaching situations may change quickly. The goal is to continue education to become a licensed, full-time teacher.

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    Jeanie Kee

    Edu 201

    22 November 2020

    Personal Philosophy of Education

    I chose to pursue the profession of teaching because I want to help every single student reach

    their fullest potential. I get to somewhat work towards my goal currently as I am a resource teacher in a

    preschool setting. While I think that the experiences I am gaining now will help me in the future as an

    educator, I feel like my every day experiences does not represent what my career has in store in the future

    mainly due to the age differences between my current students, which are anywhere between 6 months to

    5 years old, and my future students, which would consist of students who will be a little older.

    Additionally, I am not currently responsible for any one classroom as I float around based on which class

    needs me that day. During the duration of this class, I have had the opportunity to see an elementary

    teacher at work from the perspective of an observer rather than the student. I think this opportunity was

    especially valuable as I got to see the “behind the scenes” of teaching an elementary class, which is much

    different from my current preschool classes. My assigned teacher has provided me with many insights

    about the ups and downs about teaching and about our immediate school system, which I feel like is

    judged harshly by the general public due to the lack of understanding from those that are not closely

    involved.

    My current beliefs about education is that every student should have an equal opportunity to

    discover their potential and they should be given the knowledge and resources to fulfil it. There has been

    many efforts though-out the recent years that has helped my philosophy become easier to make into

    reality, including laws that promote race and gender quality in schools, laws that has incorporated more

    opportunities for students in special education to receive the best education available based on their

    needs, laws that has allocated more resources for students that live in poverty, etc.
    One teaching strategy that I have recently discover in this class is the use of different

    teaching mediums and different ways for assessments to appeal to students with different

    learning styles such as visual tools, audio tools, tactile strategies, etc. I feel like it is an important

    step in implementing my personal philosophy of helping students reach their potential by helping

    them find the medium that makes it easiest for them to learn. I also feel like it is a great way to

    be inclusive in the classroom as I am considering students with different needs. Every student is

    different, so it is important to meet every students’ needs so that every student is engaged in

    every lesson.

    I still have a lot to learn and a lot to discover when it comes to teaching. As of right now, I think

    that most important trait for me to maintain is adaptability. We are in uncertain times. Our teacher force is

    going from teaching in class, to teaching online inside their class, to teaching 100% at home. It is more

    important now than ever to be able to keep up with the current situation as it could change at any moment.

    If it is difficult for our teachers, it is more difficult for our students. As I am approaching the end of my

    Associate’s degree in Elementary Education, my plan is to continue my education to obtain my

    Bachelor’s degree in order to become licensed as a fulltime teacher. In the meantime, I plan on staying in

    my current position as a resource teacher until I graduate and relocate, which then I would consider

    becoming a substitute teacher to expand my experiences.

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