Some of the most successful people in world, say “I did it on my own, I was self-made”. Well that is totally wrong. Even the wealthiest and powerful people where affect by someone in their life, typically an adult. I’m motivated to become a person to help inspire children to grow up and know they can achieve any dream they think of. Many teachers have that influence and I want to follow in their footsteps, the ideal career would be teaching in grades in middle school. Many teachers that don’t teach middle school say it’s the worst grade level to teach. It may be tough because that is the stage where kids are trying to explore and don’t have one clue of what they want to do in the future. It’s a perfect time to influence the pre-teens in a positive way and show them all the opportunities that can lead them to …show more content…
Being a teacher does come with challenges, but as a teacher having patience and flexibility are key skills that I exhibit at my current job and that can help with challenging students. A teacher has to go in knowing, that not every student is the same. Each come from different cultures and upbringings that affect their behavior. They are those students that don’t listen, don’t do any work, and misbehave, well that’s not right for them to do that, a teacher can’t avoid it. A teacher has to understand there a hidden issues that play a part in the students and has to build relationships with those student so he or she could help them anyway possible. The skill of flexibility is key because not every student is as intelligent as the next. Knowing that each student learns at a different pace and in different ways, teachers have to adapt to what will make student learn better and be successful. Even if it requires a little extra time, young students can’t succeed on their own, they need guidance in their lives. And as a future teacher it’s our role to be there and guide students down the right
Chapter 1 of The Power of Guidance talks about the theory that teachers must be patient. In Nancy Webber 's article “Guidance or Punishment” she addresses the behavior of a student, Ryan, and questions if having more patience will help his teacher in helping him learn. She goes on to explain why she is uncomfortable with correlating this term with teaching due to the context of it being used in unpleasant situations (2). Rather, she believes that she has little patience because of her passion to teach. In her opinion, a person whom dislikes teaching and working with children has more patience. Instead, she defines this behavior as a part of development and believes that teachers should accept that aspect of their jobs. It is this key understanding that separates a good teacher from a poor one. If a teacher wants to help their student, they need to be willing to help them to find ways to appropriately display their emotions, rather than tollerate their behaviors and use patience to control the situation.
The story "An Hour with Abuelo" by Judith Ortiz Cofer explains how You can reach your goal if you believe in yourself. The text states "'I always wanted to be a writer and a teacher, with my heart and soul I knew that i wanted to be around books all my life." (Ortiz Cofer pg.594). Furthermore the text states "And so against the wishes of my father, who wanted all his sons to help him on the land, she sent me to high school in Mayagüez." (Ortiz Cofer pg.594). Both pieces of textual evidence suggest that despite his father not wanting him to go, abuelo and his mother wanted abuelo to go follow his goals and become a teacher. The text also states " You had to get a college degree to teach school, even the lower grades." (Ortiz Cofer pg.594). Furthermore
Middle school learners are perhaps the most diverse group of students in education today. The differences that exist in every classroom, including gender, socio-economic class, linguistic and cultural background, learning style, and intellectual capacity, is increased by individual differences in developmental level. While all middle school students will progress through different developmental levels and display the characteristics inherent in each, they will reach and conquer these developmental milestones at difference times. Because of this difference in developmental maturity, students may also be at their most vulnerable, as they progress through stages they don’t understand and can’t control.
Young students today that are going through the middle school system are between the ages of 10 to 15 years old. They are going through a crucial stage of life in which many alterations occur such as emotional, physical, and mental changes. All of these changes that they must go through are essential to develop into healthy, fully functional, and self-actualized people. As a future educator, I need to see that middle school students are unique; they are too old to be considered children and too young to be considered adolescents. Middle level professionals have certain roles and responsibilities as it relates to the development of young adolescents. We must present ourselves as role models for the students and have the responsibility to make sure that as they progress through middle school they have enriched, meaningful learning experiences through challenging, exploratory, integrative, and relevant curriculum. As a future educator, I need to understand and recognize these changes, strengths, weaknesses, and diversities and be able to plan accordingly and appropriately for them in the classroom. I have developed my own philosophy for teaching at the middle level, based on this evidence and my understanding about the unique characteristics of middle level adolescents that will help mold me into a great middle school educator!
This influenced me to choose a career where I can help people feel important and to help them. I have chosen to pursue a career in science with my end goal being either a college professor teaching biological sciences or a geneticist. Being around such influential and caring teachers is what drove me to consider teaching but on a college
When development happens differently for these kids, it can affect their psychological development if they focus too much on how fast, or slow they are developing in comparison to their peers. Some adolescents may let their peers influence their behaviors, creating a problem with how they interact with others, or how they view themselves as a person. The middle school is a place where students are guided through these developmental experiences with the help of their peers, teachers, administrators, parents, and community. “Middle schools provide 10 to 15-year-olds with developmentally appropriate educational experiences that emphasize the education and overall well-being of the learners,” to address their developmental needs as adolescents (Manning, Bucher, p. 9). Middle school teachers are a big part of providing an environment where their students can grow as the diverse learners that they are, but also an environment that caters to the developmental needs of their students.
To begin out of the countless professions one has to chose from in the world today I have chosen to become a teacher. I have chosen to become a teacher because I myself am a product of some whom I consider to be the best teachers in the world. As a child in North Carolina I was inspired by a wonderful woman named Mrs. Hollyfield. Mrs. Hollyfield taught me that no star was too far out of reach, if I put my mind to accomplishing my goal I could make it. Mrs. Hollyfield inspired me to be the best I could be at anything I wanted to be. As I have grown I have had other important teachers, some whom I am surrounded by daily whom inspire me to set out to accomplish my dreams. These wonderful inspiring people in my life have led me to the decision of becoming a teacher.
Each person carries things with them, whether it’s a purse, or a backpack, or a slim wallet slid into their pocket. They may not carry these physical things all of the time, but these staple items are with more than they’re not. The become a part of the person’s identity. They become emotional burdens for the person to bear.
When it comes to teaching, it is a given that teachers always have that one student in their classroom that pushes their buttons or test their patience a little more than others. For most teachers, it is only that one student while other teachers have multiples. These students may require more patience, prompting, and structure to meet their goals. Most importantly these students may need additional supports beyond the already given ones. Supports are given to students to make their learning experience easier and more engaging.
The job of a teacher is never easy but we have seen how cooperative discipline and enabling students to feel capable, connected and contributing can improve classroom management and maybe even our own moods. If we create an environment of mutual respect and give our students legitimate power of voice and choice in the classroom we will see positive results in improved student behavior and student achievement. Because when our students believe that they can succeed, they will.
Patience is the fifth item on the list which all good teachers need to have when it comes to dealing with challenging behaviours of children as well as the early childhood system itself. A good teachers have a long combine for frustration and anger(Colker, 2008, p.4).
My motivation also extended from watching my parents, both my mother and father are employed as primary and secondary teachers in public schools, respectively. Also on my mother’s side her parents were both worked in secondary education. Whilst I didn’t realise the exact power of their influence until recently, I have come to note that it was probably their enthusiasm and love for their job, their constant desire to learn and make a difference in the world through education that has influenced me into choosing my career path. Their roles have also made me realise the importance of teachers and the power they have to help those in need and change lives.
In the classroom teachers need to be flexible to put in to practice many different
I am always right on time, and pace my lessons according to the schedule. I plan each activity with a decent amount of time this way if one part of the lesson goes over, those minutes can be used from another part that will not take as long. With a strict schedule in our classroom it is not wise to go over on any time, because then it will be taken from somewhere it is needed. So for my lessons, I make sure that we stay on a strict time schedule. One weakness I have would be classroom management. I often allow the students to tell a story not related to what we are learning in the middle of a lesson. I need to work on having them save it for brain break. They also like to blurt out if they need to tell me something, so I also need to work on the students raising their hands if they have something they need to say.
One good quality a teacher should have is, respect for the students. Each person’s ideas and opinions should be valued and not judged. They should be able to express themselves without feeling insecure. Another good quality is, having high expectations for your students. Each student should be encouraged to do their best and achieve goals that they may have never met before. Another good quality is, I believe a teacher should have is good communication skills. They should keep not only the students informed on what is going on in the class, they should definitely keep the parents informed as well. Teachers need to know how to communicate with all their students because some are at different levels than others.