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I think that diversity connects with teaching because I believe that the most effective teaching style has a variety of different people with different cultures to contribute, and different ways of thinking. I believe that diversity connects with my philosophy because I want students to work with other students and their styles of problem solving so that they get a different taste of everything. I think that students shouldn't just be set on their own way of thinking and personalities. I think students should be able to communicate with other people that may have different views and just other people that they might not normally talk to. This aligns with why I want to be a teacher because my goal is to encourage students to reach out of their comfort zone by talking to new people and working with others to learn math. I don't want students to only be comfortable with how they think math works, I want them to be able to get some ideas and mindsets. I believe that this makes people better and able to communicate to others more openly.

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My seating chart is set up so no one has to turn around to see the board, but they still have some people to talk too so that they can work with their partners

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I think I would try to assess diverse students the same I would any other person. I would try to treat everyone with the same amount of respect and kindness as I would any other person. To me, it's not about what they look like, but about how hard they try. If they aren't willing to put in the effort, I might not be as willing to bump up their grade at the end of the term if they as, or I'll give them an assignment I so chose. I try to teach everyone with the same amount of respect now, but I don't always get that back from everyone which then I lose trust in them and might not help them as much.

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I think that the purpose of school is to get students ready for society. I am not saying that we're doing a great job of that right now, but I believe that it should be the main goal of schools. Also to build that foundation of knowledge, and people skills. It's like the saying always goes, it's not what you know, but who you know. In this case it's both what and who you know. If you build those strong relationships while you're young, that could last a lifetime. Also if you learn what you can in school, that can set you up for what you want your future to look like.

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If you were to stop in my classroom, I am hoping that you would see me giving just enough direction to the students to guide them to the right answer for the problem, yet also allowing them to struggle a little bit. Struggling is good in many cases, and especially math. I am hoping to be able to keep them classroom quiet when it is necessary, yet allow them to have a good time when it is okay too, say the day before a longer break. I would like to open the class with the Nerdle, its like Wordle, but math related. As of right now I have yet to miss a day of doing it.

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I think the perfect atmosphere of a classroom should be calm and inviting. You don't want one that is super loud and obnoxious, something more tame but has students interested. There should be students working together to solve the problems, and some just catching up. You also don't really want to make it seem like the students are the ones controlling the room, unless that is your goal, but my room I would like to be the one in control.

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I think effective educators are welcoming to all students, and are willing to work hard to help them succeed. They should try to help them figure out what they want to do, whether it's going into the trades, or becoming a doctor. The teacher should set the students up for whatever they want to do. They also should be comforting, not too bossy but be able to control the room, when it is needed.

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I wanted to become an educator because after being in the trades for two years, and realizing that I had a greater passion for helping my peers with their math. I had helped get many of my classmates through their math classes through high school, while maintaining my grades, and participating in sports year round. I enjoy helping people, and I think there are better ways to teach students math than how they are now.

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I think the role of the educator is to teach the students, but also learning from them. Good teachers, in my opinion, can teach, but also be taught. I also think it is to guide the students and assist them for where they go. Not to harsh, but have enough authority to direct the class and keep them under control.

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Teaching is like a stream and students are like a log, flowing and following the teacher to the end, but if there is a different path they can chose where they want to go.

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Constructivism: Developing personal meaning through hands-on activity-based teaching and learning

I think that this one might be more difficult to tie into my math philosophy. Yet, I am hoping to make the program able to have some mild "hands-on" stuff. Not sure how, but I think it could make it more fun.

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Humanism: Enhancing the innate goodness of an individual

My goal is to make good students, effective to society. It can me difficult with teaching high school math, which is the goal, but I think I can with trying to help them to the right answers, learning good problem solving skills

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Progressivism: Ideas should be tested by experimentation, answers comes from solving questions.

I believe that this ties into math very well, if you are given a difficult math problem, the only way to get through it, is to experiment different things. This kind of how I want to teach my students, I want to help guide them to the right path and get them the right answers, but having them try things that work for them to get there.

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Positivism: The teacher teaches clear and direct instruction that students should be taking away.

I think that this is a very important part of my philosophy. My goal is to teach the students what they need to know, yet also assist them if they aren't too sure on how to do it. I'll show them how I do it, but if they need a different way to think about it I will try to show them.

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Essentialism: A set of information and skills that an educated person must have, schools should teach it to the students.

I believe that this ties into my philosophy a little bit, I want to teach the students what they need to know, but also help them if they aren't understanding it.

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As a teacher I want to create a welcoming environment for students to feel comfortable to ask questions, and make mistakes. Math is a tough course for many people, and I want it to be as enjoyable of an experience as possible. I am going to show the students how to do a topic, then I want them to work with their table groups to figure out a slightly more difficult one, then show them how I went about it. I want to warm up the day with a round of Nerdle, a math based "World" game. I have done it for the past 213 days, and I think it would be good to start a math class with. My ideal classroom organization is to have smaller groups of 3 for students to work together, but also close enough to other groups that if stye have questions that they don't want to ask me, they can ask the other tables. The way I plan on managing my students is that when they get loud, I will just quiet down myself, or stop talking until they realize what I am doing. I also plan on trying to make it as fun as I can with games once every chapter, just so they can reinforce what they learned and also to try to have fun. My real goal is to have a fun and inviting classroom environment, and also I want it to be taken seriously so they will respect me and what I do. My largest goals are to teach what I am required to teach in a more inviting way, and having a more fun math education classroom.