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1. To create life long learners. I want to inspire students to love learning. I want students to be able to find passion in their strengths and build upon those strengths for years to come.

2. To teach kindness and teach students "ALL KIND, BE KIND." To make sure students know the importance of kindness and to truly live each day being kind to all.

3. To be positive, happy, and energetic when teaching. To show students my passion for teaching and always students engaged.

As I am a new teacher, it is hard to imagine what students would say to me in 15 years, but I know I want to be the like my mom. She is case manager for about 40 at risk kids, every single day she shows up, believes in her students, and creates positive relationships. Students on the verge of not graduating high school leave her room successful. She is far beyond a teacher. She is a mentor, believer, and mother to many who don't have one.

I really enjoyed thinking about my 10 hopes as a teacher. I believe my mother and many other teachers growing up have inspired me when writing these hopes. I think keeping these three present on my desk for the rest of the school year will be valuable!

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When listing out my top ten hopes I found that many of them were around making an impact on my students. My top three were:
1. Create a caring learning community where confusion and risk-taking are a natural part of learning.
2. Instill a love of learning and create enthusiastic learners.
3. Create compassionate and caring individuals who have empathy for others.

My overall goal is to develop each child academically, socially, and emotionally. I want my students to leave my classroom each year feeling stronger, smarter and better than when they started on the first day of school.

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Top 5  Hopes as a Teacher:
1.  My students feel cared for and supported by me.
2.   My students learn the value of kindness.
3.  Everyone feels welcome in my classroom.
4. My students each find happiness in their lives.
5.  I learn to balance my time better.

I hope that my students would  say  that I was kind to them and that they remember feeling accepted in my classroom.

When I retire, I hope that my coworkers would  talk about how caring I was and how hard I worked!

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My top three hopes and dreams are as follows..
-Inspire students to create
-Teach students kindness
-Make students feel welcome

I kept them simple because I feel like there is so much I want to do and we all want to as teachers.  I focused on simple things that I can work on every day. If I can teach someone to be create, to be kind, and to feel like they belong I have done my job as a teacher.

When reflecting on this is stood out to me that my goals are not on the quality of work or things that I want to accomplish in having them do. They have to do with how I will make a student feel in my room and how I will inspire them into the future.

At my retirement party I hope that students will have learned these things and that they kept growing in these areas in their later educational career. I think I want to be memorable most for how welcoming and open I was to all students.

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My top three hopes include creating lifelong learners, inspiring students to embrace challenges and view them as opportunities, and to help students believe they can do anything they want in life as long as they are willing to work hard to accomplish it.

I hope that I hear from some of my students long after I've had them and hear that I had even the slightest of a positive impact on their lives and how they viewed themselves and their abilities.

I hope that whomever it is that speaks at my retirement party mentions that I always had a good sense of humor, a positive outlook, a positive impact on those around me (colleagues and students), and that I was always willing to give up my time to help others.

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Out of my top 10 hopes, my top three are highly relational:

1. To show students that I love them and to teach them to value themselves and others
2. To have students experience music (choir) as a means to connect students to each other and look outside themselves
3. To fine-tune my craft so that my lessons are deep, rich, vibrant.  I want to push students to their fullest musical potential.

15 years after I leave the classroom, I would like students to say that they enjoyed my class!  Music is so much about experience and community - I would like them to say that they had fun and connected with me and their classmates.

As far as the speech, I would want my music team colleagues to speak at my funeral.  They know me the best, and I would hope that they would talk about how passionate I was, how good I was at connecting with students, and how much I cared for their well being.

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When I look at my list of 10 hopes, I see that they are mostly student focused. I have quite a few that have to do with how students feel in my classroom and how they remember their year in our room. I also have some hopes that are focused on my legacy with my colleagues. I hope that I can be a mentor to others by leading by example and leaving a positive legacy.

I hope that when I retire my closest colleagues and mentors would be the ones to speak. This is my second full year in the classroom, and I would love to hear what those that I have worked closest with the last couple of years have to say. They saw me when I was just beginning and it would be interesting for them to share a little bit about how I have grown and changed. My hope is that they are able to speak to how much I loved my students and that I had a passion for teaching that I shared with others.

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When reading back through my list of ten things I hope for as a teacher, I found that they all have to do with my students. None of it had to do with myself or my own personal accomplishments. I think that speaks volumes about why I'm a teacher. I want to make a positive influence on children's lives. Someday, I hope to hear from some of my past students and find out that I made a positive impact on their life, whether that be academically, or emotionally. I honestly don't care who speaks at my retirement party, but whoever it would be, I would hope that they would speak about the impact I had made on my students' lives.

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1. My 10 hopes are as follows: 1) My students know I care 2)* I develop relationships with my students and their families 3) My lesson plans are filled with purpose and not fluff 4) I want everyone to feel welcome and safe in my classroom 5) I hope to help my students reach their highest potential 6) I hope my students feel respected while in my classroom 7)* I hope my students leave my room with lessons and skills that will follow them wherever they go 8) I hope they have fun while learning in my classroom
9) I hope my students not only establish a relationship with me but through our classroom community build one with their peers. 10)* I hope we all learn and grow from our mistakes.

3. I work with mostly lower level DCD special education students. I would be so happy if they have the skills I taught them to communicate, regulate and get their needs met. I also would be so proud if the mention of my name or picture brought a smile to their face.

4. At my retirement party I would love for people and/or students who worked closely with me to share stories of learning, laughter and growth through our years together.

5. I would hope their speech would include the words responsible, caring, ethical,  not afraid to try things outside the box and my sense of humor.  I believe this job cannot be done without one.

6. Reflect on the Padlet below: Since teaching is my second career and my Master's Degree is somewhat later in my life retirement really is not all that many years away verses someone in their 20's.  This reflection makes me want to try harder to make the biggest difference I can in my students lives so I am confident I have made a difference.

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As a teacher, I have so many hopes.  When I started making my list I just kept going and going.   Although I had a lot of hopes, there was definitely one that stood out to me.  I want to provide equity for students in my classroom.  Equity is so important to me and I hope that it is to many other educators throughout the world.

When students leave my classroom and reflect back upon their experiences with me, I hope they think about the relationship that we built.  Relationships are so important in education, students need to be able to trust you in order to get the work out of them.  They need to know that they are cared about and that I believed in them.

Retirement seems like a long ways away, but I will get there eventually. I would love to see former students speaking at my retirement party. I entered education to work with students and make a difference in their lives, so it would be awesome to have them speak about their experience in education with me as their teacher. I also think it would be great to have fellow colleagues say a few words about our years working together. I would hope that it would be heart felt and humorous.

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Sometimes I enjoy activities like this because it helps me boil down my main purpose or goals.  My top hope would be that each student who walks through my door knows that they are loved and valued and when they leave, I hope they take that confidence with them to make a difference in whatever they do.  I also want to plant the seed for a love of learning, to always want to know more and to question and think things through until they get an answer that makes sense.
I hope that my students say that when they were in my class, they remember the relationships they had with one another, that we had fun and that learning was engaging.  I hope they felt like it was okay to make mistakes and take chances and that this stayed with them through their entire life.
At my retirement party, I of course would love to hear from some of my colleagues, but really I hope that there will be some students and parents that speak and hopefully talk about the difference I made in their life!

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This assignment was a tear jerker for me because we have quite a few teachers who are retiring at the end of the year. One of them who was my cooperating teacher when I student taught 6 years ago. I have looked up to her for so many things over the years and can't imagine a school year without her. This assignment made me think of her as she truly gave each day her all and will missed by so many.

My biggest take away from writing down my 10 hopes is that I want my students to know that I truly loved and cared about them. Of course I want them to think I was fun and provided challenge and was nice and all the other things but I really just want them to think I was a good person. And because of that, I helped shape them into the people they are.

Retirement, wow crazy to even think about it. It would be so fun to have previous students speak. I had my kindergarteners speak at my wedding and it was the sweetest ever. How fun would it be to have those same kids back to speak at my retirement party?!

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Upon reviewing my list of hopes it is clear that I want to continue working on being the best teacher I can be without slowing down on that endeavor.

15 years after having me as their teacher, I want students to say that they knew I loved and cared for them. I want them to say that I did what was best for their own personal learning and challenged them where they needed challenging. I hope they would say I provided fun and engaging learning that they enjoyed. I hope they would say that I was always at the door to greet them in the morning and say goodbye to them as they left.

Whew! Retirement is hard to think about. If I had to choose now for someone to speak at my retirement party it would be my current principal. He was the first admin. that told me the positives he saw in me and my teaching.

I hope he would speak about how I try to make a calm while also exciting environment for learning. I hope he would speak about my belief that “Kids Deserve It.” I hope that he would speak about how I am willing to go the extra mile and work the extra hours to make community events happen within and outside of the school day happen. I hope he would speak about how I see the greatness in every child.

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When listing my 10 hopes I had a hard time coming up with 10.  If my students leave my classroom each day knowing I believe in them and I know they can be successful then I have done my job.  That is truly what I value in my career.  Not all kids have someone who believes in them and who is rooting for them to be successful and they absolutely need that in order to reach their potential. 15 years after my students leave my classroom my students will be 20/21 as I teach kindergarten. Wow. Thats amazing. I would hope they still remember the confidence I gave them when trying something new or challenging. That is a great feeling to think about! I would love for a former student to speak at my retirement party. This is kind of hard to think about as I have only started my career 2 years ago. I am sure I would cry if I ever had a student speak at my party. This has been an eye opening experience. Nearing the end of the school year, I need to think about each day as what is really important to get done today? What special activities/adventures can we do today that my students will remember when they look back at kindergarten? This can guide me in my last 11 days with my students.

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The number one thing that is important to me is to give all my attention to my students when they are in the classroom.  Preps and after school can be for lesson planning.  I want my students feel like the most important people in the world when they are with me.
In 15 years my number one goal is to have former students visit me.  I have said since my first year of teaching that you can't sit on top of the tables until you graduate high school.  Then I want them to come visit, we will sit on the tables catch up.  I am curious to see if anyone actually does.
I really hope that students talk at my party.  I am very shy with my team members and I feel like I would have the most impact with my students.  They are the reason I do what I do.
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Mrs. Y was someone who greeted us with a smile everyday. Her class was filled with songs, games, and crafts. Although shy around adults, she transformed into a silly and fun teacher behind closed doors.

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After reviewing and reflecting on my list I found that I had a relatively equal balance of hopes that we student-centered and hopes that we centered around me personally. Above all of them I feel that my biggest hope is that my students look back and feel that they were respected, valued and loved while in my classroom. I place a very high value on relationship and community building in my classroom and that is something that I would hope to be remembered for. Additionally, I hope that my students look back fondly on the education that they received from me and my teaching. I work to teach to all learning styles and students. Additionally, I hope that I continue to grow and learn not only as a teacher, but as a students as well. I believe in life-long learning and working to better myself as time goes on. One of the goals that I put a star next to on my list is that I hope to have the opportunity to be a mentor to someone throughout my career. I have a couple of truly inspiring mentor figures in my life right now and I could not be any more grateful for them. I would love to have the opportunity to be that for someone.

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Some important traits I hope I am remembered by are my willingness to take one for the team, being humble, and stepping up in leadership roles when needed. More than anything, I hope I am remembered for the relationships I have/had with "my kids". I hope my kids know how much I care about them. I hope their parents know how much I care about their child. I hope they know I go home at night and think about them, even lay awake at night thinking about them. I hope they know how much I'll miss them when they year is over. I hope they know I want nothing but the best for them. I hope they know how much I worry about them. I hope they know I will be cheering them on, even when their time in my classroom is done. Before having my own classroom, I never understood how many of my kids would need me but now I am starting to realize it. They do not just need me teaching them reading and math. They need me to teach them about life. That is what I hope I am remembered for.

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First off I had a really great post that I thought a lot about but iunfourtantly it is no longer here. I will do my best to recapture it. This assignment was hard. I don't like talking about myself. Honestly I just hope they have Pizza at my retirement party and no one has to talk, but that is not the assignment. 15 years from now I just hope that my students remember me. This sounds selfish and arrogant but it's not meant that way. I say this because I only remember the teachers who made an impact on my life. I have had many teachers in my life but I don't remember many of them. The ones who made a major impact I remember. I hope some of my students felt that I made an impact for them. In terms of my retirement I hope that I am remembered as a teacher who was honest, who cared, and who always put relationships first.

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I started my list out with the students interest in mind and then after I felt I had covered the major hopes for them I focused on what I as a teacher desire and dream about for my future career. It was sweet to reflect and considered bringing this idea up to my department to do as a way to get to know one another and encourage each other in our hopes. They might find it cheesy but sometimes cheese is what you need. If a student had a conversation about me 15+ years from now I would want them to mention that I cared about them and for them as a person and not just a student. I would want my teacher mentor to speak at my retirement party. He might mention how I desired to build sincere and genuine relationships with my students, coworkers and admin. How I saw putting my students first as a priority and loved my job so much that I would dress up as characters to engage my students and have fun while doing it!

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When writing my 10 hopes, I noticed that 8 out of the 10 were hopes for my students and 2 were hopes for me as a teacher. The most important thing for me is student safety. I hope my students are safe at home and I hope they feel safe at school. I also hope my students will be good a friend and will know that they can make a difference in their lives and in the world.

I want my students to say that they know I loved them, that they had fun in my class, and that I wanted them to be successful.

I hope my paraprofessionals will speak at my retirement party. I hope they would talk about feeling supported, respected, and that we worked as a team.

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When I first read the details of this assignment, I thought it might be  a little hard to come up with 10 hopes as a teacher. As I sat down and started working on my list, the ideas just started to flow out naturally. The first half of my list was focused on my students and all my hopes and dreams for them. I found my overall theme for my students is that they know they are cared for and are successful. The second half of my list was about myself as an educator and how I want to continue to grow. As I reflected on my half of the list, my list is still focused around myself and how I can be better or improve for my students.

As far as my retirement party (which feels like so far way), I would hope someone shares how much I cared about my students and how much of an impact I made on them.

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This was an interesting assignment. My whole list focused on the students- not as me as an educator which was also interesting. My main takeaway was that I hope they leave my class more kind and empathetic than they entered, that they have an understanding of how they can make a difference in the world around them (even as kids), and that we just plain old had fun learning!
I am currently planning the retirement party for 6 staff member that have been critical in our small school- it will be a huge hole!! It's been fun to listen to how impactful they have been. We are hoping many students come back for it which will be quite emotional for them. I can only hope that I have that type of respect from both parents and students!!

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I started off strong when creating my list of 10 hopes but about half way through I really had to dig deep. After reviewing my list, I am noticing a pattern. My list is mainly made up of making sure  my students are safe and know they are cared about and for myself to continue to grow as an educator. My top three hopes are: I hope school is viewed as a safe place for all students and staff, All of my students find many successes through the year and I continue to grow as an educator year after year. I also hope that these are the things my students remember about me in 15 years. I always tell my students that they can always count on me forever and I will always be around to help them out.

As far as retirement, this is tough! I hope the person who speaks is a co-worker who I've worked with for a long time who knows me as an educator and also a friend. I hope they are able to speak about my passion for teaching and the hard work I put in to give my students the best education. This would make me feel like I have had a successful career.

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This was a fun and eye opening assignment.  As I was writing, I felt like I kept coming back to some core values but also had some giant big picture hopes, that may take a whole career to accomplish/may not have an end point . My top three were to see growth with my students, get kids to enjoy math, and to make schools more inclusive for LGBTQ+ students, families, and staff.
Retirement is such a strange concept to me.  I am in year 7 of teaching so it seems like forever away.  And yet at the same time, the first students I taught in our district are seniors this year and I am starting to get invites to events that make me go "Wait what?  You are graduating???"
A large majority of the 6th grade team I currently work with are within 3 years of retirement (the health teacher and myself are a good 20 years younger than anyone else on the team) and it's like this weird idea that in the next 5 years, we could have almost complete turnover.

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When writing my 10 hopes, I actually kind of found it tough to think of 10.  I was quickly able to type up the first few that were student focused, however when I tried to reflect and find a couple personal ones it was tougher.  I noticed that my top three hopes, have nothing to do with my subject area, however they have to do with character development and security.  I believe that safety and a relationship with students come first, and it’ll make teaching the subject area come easier.  Many of the things that I want students to remember me for is also not subject area related, but in how they felt in my classroom and how it was enjoyable to be in.

It’s crazy to be thinking about my retirement, when this is my first year teaching!  Right now I am just so excited for my first summer as a teacher, that that’s about all I can think about! HA!  Once I started thinking about it though, I thought that I want my coworkers to remember me for the same thing as I want my students to.  I want to be remembered for my hard work, my drive, my passion, and my connection to my students.  If those things are mentioned during my retirement party, I know I’d have done well.

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After writing my 10 hopes as a teacher, I realized a few different things. The first thing I thoughts was, "Wow! I have a lot to accomplish!" Looking at my list, some of them were achievements such as obtaining tenure and others were more student driven such as building relationships and having students recognize science around them. I enjoyed creating this list because as a new teacher, I have a lot to think about and aspire to become. I think the overall theme of my list is to continue growing as a teacher! Making my strengths even stronger and having less weaknesses.

Thinking about my retirement party, that seems SO far away, but it was interesting to reflect upon. I am guessing the people that I envisioned speaking at my party will change, being it is way far into the future, but I enjoyed reflecting upon it now.