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Teaching Philosophy
As an educator, I feel it is my responsibility to share my knowledge and experience with today’s learners and to inspire learners to achieve their best potential. As a society, we all have a hand in developing and supporting all learners who are seeking to better themselves and to increase their skill set so that they can become contributing members of our community. My role as an educator is also to make the learning environment a welcoming place where students can explore, question, and think critically. I believe that learners are most motivated when learning is personalized for types of learners through differentiated instruction and creative and engaging use of technology. I perceive my role of learning facilitator as a means of helping to shape 21st Century learners for all of society.
"It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in
creative expression and knowledge." Albert Einstein |
I am a firm believer that the objective of education is to guide the youth of tomorrow to become positive contributors to society. While it neither my goal nor objective to define what this looks like in an individual, it is my goal as an educator to encourage and teach students to become free-thinkers, how to be confident about their abilities and themselves and to encourage the work ethic needed to be successful in life, as well as to foster a belief that learning is a life long pursuit. I feel learning shouldn't nor does it have to be 'boring', but it can be fun and engaging; however, students play a huge role on how dynamic the learning environment can be.
Having both an academic as well as business and corporate background I can draw many parallelisms between the business world and the role of education. We can think of a school much like a business, a teacher is like employer/manager, and the student as an employee. Employees come to work just like students go to school. Students are asked to perform their job or duties...coming prepared to learn. Teachers are the managers of knowledge and they oversee and conduct the knowledge transfer process to the students. Students get paid just like an employee, but in a currency of knowledge and skill set. The harder and longer you work or study the higher your level of learning and insight. This analogy can continue, but I think you get the point!
Keeping this analogy in mind one of my main objectives is to enable students to succeed in the 'real world'. The curriculum takes centre stage in education and school; however, I believe it is only the medium in which students gain knowledge and the skill sets to succeed in life after school.
Having both an academic as well as business and corporate background I can draw many parallelisms between the business world and the role of education. We can think of a school much like a business, a teacher is like employer/manager, and the student as an employee. Employees come to work just like students go to school. Students are asked to perform their job or duties...coming prepared to learn. Teachers are the managers of knowledge and they oversee and conduct the knowledge transfer process to the students. Students get paid just like an employee, but in a currency of knowledge and skill set. The harder and longer you work or study the higher your level of learning and insight. This analogy can continue, but I think you get the point!
Keeping this analogy in mind one of my main objectives is to enable students to succeed in the 'real world'. The curriculum takes centre stage in education and school; however, I believe it is only the medium in which students gain knowledge and the skill sets to succeed in life after school.
“People don't fail; they just stop trying.”
Bud Boyd
Bud Boyd