I BELIEVE THAT...
· All children CAN and WANT to learn. When teachers and parents work together as partners, the potential for learning is increased significantly. As the Reading Specialist here at St. Louise, I will communicate in a variety of ways to the parents of my students and work together as a team to help the child achieve to their best potential.
· Students learn best by being actively engaged, so I incorporate active learning strategies daily. I truly believe in the statement "Hands-On, Minds-On" and strive to incorporate daily activities that embrace this pedagogy.
· Students have their own unique learning style(s) and it is my responsibility as their teacher to discover how my students learn best. I teach my students that each of them are indeed smart in their very own way (Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligence Theory) and what really matters MOST is not how smart they are, but how they ARE smart!
· Students learn best from teaching one another, so in my classroom, students are constantly paired up with a partner and are in a small group to discuss their learning. These daily cooperative learning experiences allow my students to work together and teach each other. In my eyes, this is when true learning occurs.
· My teaching instruction needs to be differentiated in order to meet the diverse needs of classrooms today, so I use a variety of whole group, small group, and individual instructional strategies daily.
· "Practice makes permanent" not perfect, so my students have opportunities daily to practice what they have been learning during the year. Students practice their learning with partners and individually.
· All children CAN and WANT to learn. When teachers and parents work together as partners, the potential for learning is increased significantly. As the Reading Specialist here at St. Louise, I will communicate in a variety of ways to the parents of my students and work together as a team to help the child achieve to their best potential.
· Students learn best by being actively engaged, so I incorporate active learning strategies daily. I truly believe in the statement "Hands-On, Minds-On" and strive to incorporate daily activities that embrace this pedagogy.
· Students have their own unique learning style(s) and it is my responsibility as their teacher to discover how my students learn best. I teach my students that each of them are indeed smart in their very own way (Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligence Theory) and what really matters MOST is not how smart they are, but how they ARE smart!
· Students learn best from teaching one another, so in my classroom, students are constantly paired up with a partner and are in a small group to discuss their learning. These daily cooperative learning experiences allow my students to work together and teach each other. In my eyes, this is when true learning occurs.
· My teaching instruction needs to be differentiated in order to meet the diverse needs of classrooms today, so I use a variety of whole group, small group, and individual instructional strategies daily.
· "Practice makes permanent" not perfect, so my students have opportunities daily to practice what they have been learning during the year. Students practice their learning with partners and individually.