My dream, while attending college at Emporia
State University, was to be an elementary
teacher. I dreamed of decorating my
classroom, much like a little girl dreams of
her wedding day. I pondered where my desk
would sit and how I would rearrange my
classroom. I couldn’t wait for my students
to call me, Mrs. Herbic! My first year of
teaching was a fantastic learning
experience! The challenges and opportunities
I encountered my first year of teaching
molded my true passion to be a teacher.
I now ponder all the different ways I can be
a teacher that inspires, encourages, and
finds true uniqueness in every individual
child each day.
I provide every student with the opportunity
to be responsible within our classroom.
Students in our class have a wide range of
responsibilities. Students learn how to work
with one another cooperatively through
literacy centers and whole group activities.
Our students learn responsibility by
completing simple tasks and assignments in
their daily work. I create multiple
opportunities for students to learn and be
successful learners. I believe when a child
has confidence, they have wings to fly!
When a child’s confidence is in bloom, they
take great risks!
My role as an educator is to be an
empathetic, open minded, encouraging, and
compassionate role model. I show students I
have authority through my words and actions.
I demonstrate
honesty, encouragement, and respect towards
my students that they need and deserve. I
show my students they are valuable, by
preparing safe, well organized, lesson
plans. I show my students they are loved, by
creating a safe classroom with classroom
management, classroom structure, and student
boundaries.
I express and model my expectations through
my words and actions. I believe all students
have the ability to learn. All my students
are given the opportunity to develop to
their own individual capacity of learning.
No matter what size, ethnicity, color, or
handicap any child has been blessed with, I
will never underestimate my students’
abilities! I expect each student to do their
personal best and I hold every student
accountable for doing their personal best!
The color of our skin, the way we move from
place to place, and the way we speak, shows
our uniqueness and individuality. I will
forever hold an appreciation for uniqueness
in our classroom.
The world is forever a changing world.
Therefore, I will be an ever-changing
educator. I will change and adapt my
teaching styles, lessons, and activities to
be positively sure that my students leave my
classroom prepared, knowing that they are
somebody special, and that their
uniquenesses’ are valued, respected, and
appreciated.
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