All inspiring and active teachers have certain reasons why they feel the need to contribute to the world of formal education. Many of these reasons overlap with others, while other …show more content…
Alluding to earlier, I will need to establish unintimidating communication between my students and myself. I have such a desire for my students to feel comfortable not only with me, but with their peers. I know this will happen through me creating a safe space for all of my students. Piaget describes this concept that “the classroom should have as much physical, intellectual, and emotional safety as possible so that people can learn, get their work done, not be distracted, build relationships, and try out new and difficult behaviors and thoughts” (Safe Space). In order to create and follow through with this, I will need to allocate extra time in order to allow my classes to achieve further learning when needed. Whether this imply staying later, arriving to school earlier, dedicating my lunch break to assisting students, I will make it clear to my students that I am doing everything in my power to help them succeed and they will need to take responsibility for their education. In my own experience through after school instruction with my teachers or having lunch with them, I know that that is where the creation of my informal relationships began with my educators. I was able to feel more comfortable with them, and they were able to understand more of my background and understand a little more the different cultural habits I brought to the class. Although many of the lessons during my time in high school were not directed towards my specific needs, my teachers tried different teaching styles to ensure all students were able to learn and this is something I plan to apply to my teaching. I will need to plan lessons and activities to be applicable to as many students as possible in my classroom. This is a way students will be able to own their education and enjoy learning rather than unpleasant