1.Why did you choose to become a teacher?
Marissa: I choose to become a teacher because through every stage of my life no matter what I always had this passion or love for working with children any age, any setting, anything like that. And after taking anatomy and physiologically and failing twice. I decided the medical field was not for me and I switched my major to education.
Rebecca: I choose to became a teacher because I think that a lot can become accomplished by educating people and like Marissa, I am also passionate about working with children and helping them discover that aha moment and having the light bulb go off. I really have a very big sense of pride when it comes to that.
2. Five years after your students have left your classroom, what do you want them to say about you as a person? About your teaching? About the learning that occurred during their time with you?
Marissa: After my students have left my classroom in five years or anytime, what I would want them to say about me is I am extremely encouraging and that I’m always welcoming and always there. And just really open to things that maybe might help them in the classroom that I hadn’t thought of. Through my teaching, I hope that their able to say I was effective and that I sparked a passion in them. And about the learning I hope that they’re able to say that it was maybe one of the best years or I was one of the best teachers they had or one of the best years of learning they had in school.
Rebecca: After my students have been in my classroom, I would like them too say about me as a person that I was always advocating for them, personally and academically. That my teaching was inspiring and that I made them interested in the things that we were working on and that the learning that occurred during our time even if it wasn’t a subject that they loved that they could still find something to get out of it. Maybe discover new loves in the coursework.
3. Why should students learn the content that you teach?
Marissa: Students should learn the content that I am teaching because if I’m taking the time to plan a lesson or too integrate something or ya know to take the time to teach it to them they should at least try and apply it to how they could use it in further years or use it everyday or just to maybe have fun or come up with more things to learn about that subject.
Rebecca: Students should learn the content that I teach firstly; of course as a foundation for future courses things often build upon previous knowledge so for them to have a strong foundation is important. Also it may spark an interest in a certain subject or area that they either want to pursue as a profession or as a hobby so that’s important to that they could maybe find an interest in it and most importantly is to help them identify their unique learning mode its not only so much as what the content is but how the content is presented they can find what is most effective for them it will definitely benefit them in the future.
4) How will you know that you have taught a successful lesson? How do you know when your students have learned what you hoped to convey?
Marissa: I think that I will know how I taught a successful lesson when students are able to either explain back what I’ve said to them or are able to teach other students, who may be having an issue with the lesson, they’re able to help each other out, and I think I’ll know what I hoped to convey when they apply it maybe days after the lesson has occurred or weeks later or they’re just able to bring up that lesson again in another time even if I haven’t immediately talked about it before.
Rebecca: I will know that I’ve taught a successful lesson, I hope to always be giving some kind of check-up some kind of comprehension check that I always know if my students are on the same page, if not that I can do what I can to help get them there. So through assessment, I’ll know that it’s been successful and I’ll know that they’ve learned what I hoped to convey, like Marissa said, that if they can turn to the person next to them and be able to explain it, that’s the biggest indicator of comprehension.
5) If I were a new student in your classroom and asked you, “What do you expect from me?” how would you respond?
Marissa: If a new student were to ask me “what do you expect from me?” I think I would say I expect you to rise up to my expectations which are that you do you best, that if you have something to say that you feel open enough to say it, or proud enough to say it, that you, like I said, try your best, and are respectful of everybody, and understand that this is our classroom and that we are a family, even if you don’t feel like we are, you should respect everybody. Keep the environment friendly and happy.
Rebecca: I would say pretty much the same thing as Marissa, that it is very important to be respectful of your classmates and of the staff whether it be me or anyone that is in there helping. That you try your best and that there is open communication and that you’ll let me know how I can best meet your needs.
6) If I were a parent of a new student and asked you to describe the learning environment in your classroom, how would you respond?
Marissa: I would say the learning environment in my classroom is an open and friendly environment. That we’re working together in an effort to do things in a better way. Like our program says: better together. So if I’m doing my job properly as a teacher, I am facilitating my students to be able to help me be a better teacher and to help them to be better learners.
Rebecca: I would say that the learning environment is, like Marissa said, open. It can meet all the needs of every student regardless of their learning abilities or learning styles and that there’s a lot of resources, whether that be materials or people that can come in that can create interest or kind of solidify the foundations of what we’re working on and that we can approach all subjects with curiosity and excitement.
7) What analogy would you use to describe what you hope to be as a teacher? You might answer the statements: teaching is like a ____________ or teaching is ____________________.
Marissa: Well as I was looking at the little lanyards the other day I saw something that kind of stuck out to me, kind of struck a chord, and it was “Those who care, teach.” And I just feel like that kind of that sums up what I hope to be as a teacher. I hope to be that teacher who cares enough to spends extra time looking up things to teach students, always being passionate and always caring about my students and never just letting them fend for themselves. Just being caring and loving is what I hope to be as a teacher.
Rebecca: my analogy would be that teaching is like cooking. That there can be a recipe already that works and can be repeated but there’s also times, either by accident or on purpose, you kind of stray from the recipe and you end up getting something kind of better than you were expecting.
Marissa: I choose to become a teacher because through every stage of my life no matter what I always had this passion or love for working with children any age, any setting, anything like that. And after taking anatomy and physiologically and failing twice. I decided the medical field was not for me and I switched my major to education.
Rebecca: I choose to became a teacher because I think that a lot can become accomplished by educating people and like Marissa, I am also passionate about working with children and helping them discover that aha moment and having the light bulb go off. I really have a very big sense of pride when it comes to that.
2. Five years after your students have left your classroom, what do you want them to say about you as a person? About your teaching? About the learning that occurred during their time with you?
Marissa: After my students have left my classroom in five years or anytime, what I would want them to say about me is I am extremely encouraging and that I’m always welcoming and always there. And just really open to things that maybe might help them in the classroom that I hadn’t thought of. Through my teaching, I hope that their able to say I was effective and that I sparked a passion in them. And about the learning I hope that they’re able to say that it was maybe one of the best years or I was one of the best teachers they had or one of the best years of learning they had in school.
Rebecca: After my students have been in my classroom, I would like them too say about me as a person that I was always advocating for them, personally and academically. That my teaching was inspiring and that I made them interested in the things that we were working on and that the learning that occurred during our time even if it wasn’t a subject that they loved that they could still find something to get out of it. Maybe discover new loves in the coursework.
3. Why should students learn the content that you teach?
Marissa: Students should learn the content that I am teaching because if I’m taking the time to plan a lesson or too integrate something or ya know to take the time to teach it to them they should at least try and apply it to how they could use it in further years or use it everyday or just to maybe have fun or come up with more things to learn about that subject.
Rebecca: Students should learn the content that I teach firstly; of course as a foundation for future courses things often build upon previous knowledge so for them to have a strong foundation is important. Also it may spark an interest in a certain subject or area that they either want to pursue as a profession or as a hobby so that’s important to that they could maybe find an interest in it and most importantly is to help them identify their unique learning mode its not only so much as what the content is but how the content is presented they can find what is most effective for them it will definitely benefit them in the future.
4) How will you know that you have taught a successful lesson? How do you know when your students have learned what you hoped to convey?
Marissa: I think that I will know how I taught a successful lesson when students are able to either explain back what I’ve said to them or are able to teach other students, who may be having an issue with the lesson, they’re able to help each other out, and I think I’ll know what I hoped to convey when they apply it maybe days after the lesson has occurred or weeks later or they’re just able to bring up that lesson again in another time even if I haven’t immediately talked about it before.
Rebecca: I will know that I’ve taught a successful lesson, I hope to always be giving some kind of check-up some kind of comprehension check that I always know if my students are on the same page, if not that I can do what I can to help get them there. So through assessment, I’ll know that it’s been successful and I’ll know that they’ve learned what I hoped to convey, like Marissa said, that if they can turn to the person next to them and be able to explain it, that’s the biggest indicator of comprehension.
5) If I were a new student in your classroom and asked you, “What do you expect from me?” how would you respond?
Marissa: If a new student were to ask me “what do you expect from me?” I think I would say I expect you to rise up to my expectations which are that you do you best, that if you have something to say that you feel open enough to say it, or proud enough to say it, that you, like I said, try your best, and are respectful of everybody, and understand that this is our classroom and that we are a family, even if you don’t feel like we are, you should respect everybody. Keep the environment friendly and happy.
Rebecca: I would say pretty much the same thing as Marissa, that it is very important to be respectful of your classmates and of the staff whether it be me or anyone that is in there helping. That you try your best and that there is open communication and that you’ll let me know how I can best meet your needs.
6) If I were a parent of a new student and asked you to describe the learning environment in your classroom, how would you respond?
Marissa: I would say the learning environment in my classroom is an open and friendly environment. That we’re working together in an effort to do things in a better way. Like our program says: better together. So if I’m doing my job properly as a teacher, I am facilitating my students to be able to help me be a better teacher and to help them to be better learners.
Rebecca: I would say that the learning environment is, like Marissa said, open. It can meet all the needs of every student regardless of their learning abilities or learning styles and that there’s a lot of resources, whether that be materials or people that can come in that can create interest or kind of solidify the foundations of what we’re working on and that we can approach all subjects with curiosity and excitement.
7) What analogy would you use to describe what you hope to be as a teacher? You might answer the statements: teaching is like a ____________ or teaching is ____________________.
Marissa: Well as I was looking at the little lanyards the other day I saw something that kind of stuck out to me, kind of struck a chord, and it was “Those who care, teach.” And I just feel like that kind of that sums up what I hope to be as a teacher. I hope to be that teacher who cares enough to spends extra time looking up things to teach students, always being passionate and always caring about my students and never just letting them fend for themselves. Just being caring and loving is what I hope to be as a teacher.
Rebecca: my analogy would be that teaching is like cooking. That there can be a recipe already that works and can be repeated but there’s also times, either by accident or on purpose, you kind of stray from the recipe and you end up getting something kind of better than you were expecting.
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