Philosophy of Education
I believe that students learn best when they are immersed in literate activities and are engaged in thoughtful discussions about them. I choose to view each student as an individual that comes to the classroom with their own unique store of background knowledge and experiences that they use to connect and make sense of new information.
As a teacher of reading and writing, I understand the importance of developing the student’s metacognitive awareness and their ability to think critically; skills necessary to confidently read and understand complex material. My role is to model strategic ways of thinking and clarifying these often difficult tasks. With this in mind, my ELA classroom is designed to concentrate on four main areas; literary fluency and comprehension, writing for specific purposes, speaking and vocabulary development, and conventions of the English language, and allow time each day for students to collaborate and reflect on what they have learned.
I believe that students learn best when they are immersed in literate activities and are engaged in thoughtful discussions about them. I choose to view each student as an individual that comes to the classroom with their own unique store of background knowledge and experiences that they use to connect and make sense of new information.
As a teacher of reading and writing, I understand the importance of developing the student’s metacognitive awareness and their ability to think critically; skills necessary to confidently read and understand complex material. My role is to model strategic ways of thinking and clarifying these often difficult tasks. With this in mind, my ELA classroom is designed to concentrate on four main areas; literary fluency and comprehension, writing for specific purposes, speaking and vocabulary development, and conventions of the English language, and allow time each day for students to collaborate and reflect on what they have learned.