My Educational Goals

I believe that each person has something to give to the world. Each child has potential to be something great, no matter the challenges they face. As someone who has family members who have high incidence disabilities, I also see the need for these students to feel loved, valued, and a part of a regular classroom environment on a daily basis. This is my goal as I move into teaching elementary school, hopefully on a 2nd grade level or above. Students with high incidence disabilities are just like typical children. They need to feel like they are similar to their peers and can be included in daily activities. The first step I will take in my classroom to make this possible is to start the year off with a class discussion on compassion and treating others with respect. This discussion will also include time for the students to reflect on how they would feel in certain situations. As a class, we will then make a set of class rules to help us be the best class we can be. As the school year progresses, I want to incorporate team building activities and literature that will help students gain more compassion and think about the feelings of other children and adults. Even though this is not expressly written into state standards, I believe that learning social skills is a vital …show more content…
Even if certain strategies do not work for me, personally, they might be vital keys in a child 's educational success. Being aware of child development is also a crucial part to my plan of action. I want to be able to notice when a problem might occur more frequently than just seeing it after the failure is already occurring. In order to do this, I will need to use a lot of manipulatives, hand on activities, and rely more on authentic activities and assessment for a true understanding of each of my students. This will take a lot of time and effort, but each child is worth