My Teaching Philosophy

My Teaching Philosophy

Table of Contents

Planning and Preparation with reflection ................................ 4-5

Collaboration and Discourse ..................................................6-7

Rubrics and Feedback ............................................................8-9

Clear Directions .....................................................................10-11

Culturally Responsive Pedagogy ........................................12-13

Bibliography ........................................................................ 14

Planning and Preparation with Reflection

I believe that planning and preparation with reflection are important in any classroom. It is a way to know what you are teaching every day but also allows me to reflect on how the lesson went and what may need to be retaught or reviewed the next day.

In my field placement, I have had the opportunity to help reflect on how a class period when that day. It is a time where the teacher can both discuss what went well and what did not. This time also gives them the time to see what they may need to circle back to the next day to make sure the students are understanding the material.

Standard 3 is important when planning any lesson. You have to take into consideration how it will be taken in by the students. When planning you can plan different ways for your students to be able to learn either individually or collaboratively.

The article Strategies for Teaching: The Power of Preparation and Planning gives great information on why being prepared and reflecting is important. It showed that being prepared gives you the teacher the boost in confidence you need, which then engages the students more. It also shows that you can grow your thinking as the teacher by reflecting on the lesson and making note of it so the next time you teach it you can change things or improve upon them.

Standard 9 is important when planning and reflecting on the lessons you need to bring in new things you are learning to help your students. If you see that the lesson you prepared did not go over as well as you hoped, you have to reflect and change it. You have to make the lesson work for the students, by evaluating what went well and what needs to be changed.

Collaboration and Discourse

Collaboration and discourse are vital things in a classroom. It is a way for the students to gain a deeper understanding of what they are learning. Collaboration and discourse can help students talk through the information they are learning to make sure they are understanding, but they may be able to put it in words that help make other students understanding clearer. Collaboration and discourse can also help to create and build social skills they will you the rest of their life.

Standard 3 works within Collaboration and Discours by showing how we as the teacher have to teach and create that environment that fosters collaboration and discourse. We have to make the learning interesting but informative, as well as encourage the students to interact and engage in their learning.

Standard 9 incorporates collaboration and discourse when that teacher gives the students time to discuss with their peers to get a deeper understanding of their learning. This may also make it easier for the students to feel comfortable asking clarifying questions. With the feedback from the students, it can help me the teacher adapt the lesson to create a better understanding for all students.

Talk moves are a great way to get students to expand on their thinking as well as helping to invite others to enter the discussion. It’s a given platform that everyone has to be able to engage in academic discussion. “We’re trying to build a conversation here that is a community of caring and respect” this quote shows that talk moves are a way to make students feel comfortable to express their thinking. Talk moves also relate to standard 3 by creating a learning environment that supports collaborative learning and encourage positive social interaction.

In my field placement, I have seen both collaboration and discourse as a way to deepen the students' understanding of what they are learning. It is always nice to see other students help others grow their learning. I know that some of the collaboration pairs didn’t work out as well as others; but that knowledge can then be used to reflect on, not only the teachers but the students as well. Not everyone works well in collaborations, but it is a good skill to learn.

Rubrics and Feedback

Rubrics and feedback are an important part of learning. It not only holds each student to the same expectation but also is a way to show me as the teacher where I need to change my ways of teaching, so it works for my students. It also shows the students where they are and what they may need to improve upon as well as giving them feedback on where I, their teacher can help them succeed.

Standard 3 is important when I am using rubrics and feedback. It gives me the teacher the tools to help support each student in the areas they need more support in. I can also use them as a way motivate students to show them where they make be and where they are going to get to with help from me and their peers.

Standard 9 comes into play when it is time for me to that in the feedback and am giving my students and reflect and grow my learning to help grow my students understanding. I can use it as a tool to help evaluate what I am doing well and what I may need to change to help my students in a better way.