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1. I believe my responsibilities as a teacher are

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1. I believe my responsibilities as a teacher are

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creating students that effect positive social change through their education and social experiences.

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is a passion one should never lose their capacity for.

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"is in a crisis from media criticism blaming teachers for school failure, increasing requirements for certification, deskilling of the profession with more scripted lessons and the use of classroom tablets, attacks on teachers unions, and calls for teachers evaluations based on student test scores (pg. 272 Joel Spring, American Education)".

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4. I believe the purpose of schooling is 

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4. I believe the purpose of schooling is 

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BEFORE YOU GO TO SCHOOL, WATCH THIS || WHAT IS SCHOOL FOR? (2026)

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capable of learning.

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Dear Future Students,

I am hoping that your school year with me (a brand-new, nervous, stressed-out teacher) goes by as smoothly as I am praying for. If we can all get by the first week, I believe that we will make it through the entire school year! I promise you, we will always persevere, even if some days we all feel like giving up.

Rule number one: None of you will ever be quitters or ever give up as long as you are in my classroom. I will continuously give you the extra push that you need to press on. You will all be successful in my classroom, and I will teach you everything you need to know.

I will even teach you a little extra. How about that? I will teach you about character and the things you need to know to make it through this great adventure that we call life.

We will have fun (trust me, I love to have fun just as much as you do), but our main goal is for you all to learn the material and grow as individuals. We will make connections with the information given, and play games, make up songs to remember, and many other creative ideas that I will design for you all to learn.

I will also have you work in groups to learn from each other, and to be able to perform cooperatively together. As the teacher, I will create a safe and learning classroom environment. We will be kind to one another, listen to each other's opinions, and let everyone's voice be heard. We will care for one another, connect with each other, and treat everyone like family.

I pray that we all leave our marks on, encourage, impact, and grow from one another. I pray that you will all leave my classroom with more knowledge in your big brains that you will all take with you to the next grade and forever.

Sincerely,

Your Future Teacher

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Dear Future Students, I am hoping that your school year with me (a brand-new, nervous, stressed-out teacher) goes by as smoothly as I am praying for. If we can all get by the first week, I believe that we will make it through the entire school year!

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6. I believe students learn best when they

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6. I believe students learn best when they

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"Yet classroom management is also a powerful influence on student achievement—greater than students’ general intelligence, home environment, motivation, and socioeconomic status (Wang, Haertel, & Walberg, 1993/1994). Teacher educators and researchers interested
in classroom management must begin to make cultural diversity an integral part of the conversation. We need to ask whether diversity requires different approaches to classroom
management, to examine the kinds of cultural conflicts that are likely to arise in ethnically diverse classrooms, and to consider the best ways to help preservice teachers become multiculturally competent" (Weinstein, Tomlinson-Clarke, Curran pg. 26,27).

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important for student development and engagement. The family and community engagement process develops over time and involves several key determining factors:

1. Parents must believe that they play a vital and active role in their children’s development and education and have a positive sense of self-efficacy for helping their children succeed;

2. Parents believe that youth-serving personnel value, expect, and invite them to be engaged; and

3. Parents’ socioeconomic situation, knowledge, skills, and time support engagement.

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7. I believe my students learn best when I

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7. I believe my students learn best when I

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teach about diversity and have authentic lessons that cater to the student and help them feel inspired and requires them to be experimental with their thinking.

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10. I believe being a teacher-activst is

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10. I believe being a teacher-activst is

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based on innovation. "The time will always come when teachers must ask themselves if they will follow the mold or blaze a new trail. There are serious risks that come with this decision. It essentially boils down to whether one chooses to do damage to the system or the student (pg. 206, Christopher Emdin, For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood)".