My Teaching Plan

After taking mental notes on my host teachers performance on Friday, I have a better understanding of how I want to be a teacher. I personally feel that the student's emotional well being comes first in line of priorities. Although many people may not agree with that, I feel that if a child is comfortable in the classroom and feels as if they are important and understood, they will be more willing to open up and express themselves in a better way. My host teacher did a great job of meeting certain students in the morning and worked hard at getting them on the right track for the day. She met one student with a book she thought he would enjoy and tried reading it to him before he began his day, as if to clear his mind with an easy read, and to get his mind flowing in more of an educational thought process. I think greeting my students in the morning will be beneficial to them and make them feel comforted.

I also believe that making the lessons fun for the student's is important because once they are engaged in the material and lesson, their retention process will be stronger. I want to make my lessons enjoyable and refreshing for the children in my classroom.

Being available to the student's is also very important. I think that if a child knows he or she is cared about, they will come to the teacher on good days, and bad days. Open communication is very important and if a child feels safe and secure in the eyes of their teacher, they will feel comfortable coming to their teacher with any problems or concerns they may have. After observing, I saw that some students felt more comfortable with my host teacher, than their own general education teacher and it made me realize that children want to be nurtured, and feel safe, and that is what I intend on implementing in my classroom.

I feel that blogging is a great way to begin my path to becoming a teacher, because within this blog I can share my thoughts, concerns, experiences, and follow peers within my class. Positive feedback is important because it implements a sense of good feeling and this blog will allow that to happen. I also think this blog can spark new ideas for different teaching methods, which is very important