Looking back about ten years ago I see myself dreaming of becoming a teacher. I loved spending time with kids and I had so much fun when I was with them. If I could have seen myself now I would have seen how different teaching actually is. I also would have seen myself succeeding in areas I never thought I would and I would have seen the students that have changed my life forever.
Teaching in a low income very diverse school has molded my views on teaching social behavior just as much as academic behavior. Before I started teaching I thought I would be focused on creating lessons on books that we are reading and hands on math lessons. Although I do that, I am more focused on teaching my students what it means to be a good person and how to behave in life. Thanks to special training and A LOT of patience, I know I am molding students who will be caring, patient and passionate people. Teaching should be about giving my students the skills to be successful later in life and this is why teaching my students social behavior is important.
Many of my students have not learned how to react appropriately or how to behave in school because they have no role models for them to look up to. Through classroom meetings, morning activities and modeling I have been giving my students the tools they need to solve problems like disagreements and annoyances that may have otherwise get out of control. Looking back on the last 4 years of my teaching I feel like I have made my best connections and progress with the "toughies". I know it takes a special person to teach some of the students I do and I just know that there is a reason I was given this job and wether I keep teaching at this same school or not, the experiences I have taken from it will forever change how I teach.
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