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I Believe My Responsibilities as a Teacher Are....

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I Believe My Responsibilities as a Teacher Are....

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To encourage my students.
To help my students. understand they are special and unique.
To  show my students how smart they really are, even when they might disagree with me.

As a teacher it will be my responsibility to listen to what my students are telling me. This can be shown through their schoolwork, or just by their actions throughout the school day.

As a teacher, I need to be available to my students. I need to interact with them and get to know them. It says in chapter 10 of "American Eduction", "teachers find their greatest rewards in interacting with students." Therefore, the better I know my students, the more helpful I can be for them.

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I Believe Being A Teacher Activist is...

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I Believe Being A Teacher Activist is...

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When some people think of the term "teacher activist" they may think about teachers sticking up for one another. If some teachers are not making enough money or don't have the materials they need for the class, teachers will band together to get what they need.

In Chapter 10 of "American Education" it lists some things that teachers band together to fight for because they are so passionate about them. Some of these things include teachers' rights and liabilities, teachers' unions, teachers' salaries and turnover, and No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top.

Others may see a teacher activist being the person who speaks for their students when their voices can not be heard. No Child Left Behind is a good thing to bring up with this. In chapter 10 of "American Education" it says teachers need to be highly qualified and trained to ensure they are able to give and do all they can for each and every one of their students to succeed.

I believe that a teacher is both an activist for his/her fellow teachers and for his/her students. They have a voice that they are using to make sure their peers and students are getting what they nee to succeed.

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Collaboration is when students and teachers work with each other to achieve a goal.

I believe that students can work really well together if they are able to form a classroom community. Back  in chapter 2 of "American Education", one of the social goals of schooling is to form a classroom community.

Collaboration and community go hand in hand. If the students feel comfortable around each other, they can and will, in turn, be able to collaborate together and bounce ideas off of each other to achieve whatever goal they have set.

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"To be in touch with the community, one has to enter into the physical places where the students live, and work to be invited into the emotion-laden spaces the youth inhabit." (Emdin, page 21)

A community can provide a lot of insight when it comes to learning about your students. To know where your students live and what their day to day lives look like can provide helpful information when it comes to teaching.

Community and family go hand in hand. Sometimes a community is a person's family. A community can have a big influence on the way a family raises their children, and what aspects they have on life and schooling.

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Students learn best when i make them feel safe and welcome in the classroom.

I need to make sure to build a sense of community in my classroom. In chapter 2 of "American Education" it speaks of the social goals of schooling and one of the social goals is to create a sense of community through after school programs and extracurricular activities." These are the types of goals I want to make for my classroom.

By providing opportunities in my classroom for my students to interact with each other and build relationships, they will feel comfortable and safe with their surroundings and they will be able to learn to their fullest.

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I Believe Students Learn Best When They...

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I Believe Students Learn Best When They...

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I believe students learn best when they feel safe. By creating a sense of community in the classroom, the students will know their peers and teachers well enough to open up and learn. According to chapter 2 in "American Education" one of the social goals of schooling is to create a sense of community through after school programs and extracurricular activities. By participating in activities with other students, it gives kids a chance to feel like they belong and can learn.

Also in chapter five of out book, it talks about Equality of Educational Opportunity . This refers to everyone an equal chance to receive an education. If the students feel like they are being treated equally and receiving the same type of education as everyone else they will learn better.

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Diverse. Students come from places far and wide. They have their own story, and there are different factors that make up who they are.

On page 148 in our American Education book, it says "the United States is referred to as 'the land of immigrants' " This means that some of our students come from families that didn't originate here, meaning some students will have different cultural backgrounds, languages, and beliefs from others.

As a teacher I believe that it is part of my job to provide means to make my students feel welcome and comfortable. I will get to know my students.

I believe if I respect them, they will respect me.

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According to chapter 2 in our American Education book, some of the main purposes of schooling include "creating a sense of community, improve the nutrition of students, and reducing crime through moral instruction."

These are all very good examples of the purposes of schooling.  When children go to school, they are given a chance to create their own classroom community with their peers and teachers.

There are also in some cases where schools provide meals for students whose families are not able to do so. This gives students a chance to learn about nutrition and what is good for their bodies.

Schooling also provides the education students need to to make good choices. Also by providing after school activities it keeps students out of trouble and away from becoming part of the school to prison pipeline

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Teaching is a learning process. The more I teach, the more I learn. I know that when I teach, I need to be inclusive for all my students.I need to make sure no child is left behind. On page 140 of our American Education book, its says "The term inclusion is the most frequently used word to refer to the integration of children with disabilities into regular classrooms." This means that there is a good possibility that as a teacher, I will have some students in my classroom, that will need to take a little more time than the rest of the classroom. I need to learn how to handle these situations in my classroom.The only way I am going to know what ways I can move my classroom forward together, is by learning. Teaching is a learning process.

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Can take me places.

To learn something is to experience something.

It can be a group effort, or part of a solo mission.

Learning can be done in different styles. Not everyone has the same way of learning something. Therefore our job as teachers is to accommodate to the different learning styles of our students.