School Ties

The community committee’s primary goal is to create an interaction between the students, community, and the teachers to create a stronger school. The first policy that was presented and passed was the community service policy. Community service benefits not only the community but also the students by giving them a sense of responsibility. As a future educator, I feel that this policy is extremely beneficial to our students in making them not only good scholarly students but also good people.…

Hispanic families play a large role in communicating and translating amongst the English world. Children are assumed adult roles considering their understanding of American culture and language. Importance of family is imperative with strong connection ties to their heritage and family in Mexico. Additionally, before this assignment, I did not realize the Hispanic influence within the Grand Rapids community and Spanish speaking individuals. I personally thought that it was more common to see…

real world. In particular, public schools also allow students to have peer to peer socialization and create a friendly relationship with others. However, there are problems with the education system that can show that inequality is present. There are a decent amount of schools that do not have the right materials, or the proper amount of teachers for students to benefit from. So, this in turn prevents students from learning some of the expected courses throughout school which could be a form of…

School lunch, what happened? Why do prisoners get better food than high schoolers do? Now days everyone is concerned about obesity. Is school lunch the actual reason behind the United States of America obesity ratings? That’s a negative. The reason why America is more obese now than what they were in the 70’s is laziness. Now days all kids are worried about is playing Xbox live with their Hong Kong buddies, and stuffing there face with potato chips. The worlds advance in technology has ruined…

Becoming a teacher has always been a dream of mine because of my love for kids. I believe I will make a great teacher when using these four components: professionalism, beliefs, guidance, and involving families. These four components help with becoming a good teacher, colleague, and person. Using these four components is my way of knowing I will be the best teacher I can be and to not give up on my dreams. It will also help me to make sure my students don't give up either. Professionalism…

crucial aspect of society, and has an impressive change in the generations that are to come. When I was in my senior year of high school, my english teacher taught me how to express myself through my own descriptive writing. Throughout these years of being a student, I never had a mentor reach out to me in that way with writing. After graduating, I took a year off from school so I could figure out what I wanted to major in. In that time, I realized how influential teachers and professors can be…

changes be made to the regulations for sustenance’s that are served in government funded schools?" Simply in light of the fact that the greater part of the hours spent a day in a child’s/teenagers life is at school and it is critical to bring down the stout weight for kids for their future. Despite the fact that it 's greater in the kid 's eyes to have fast food by rolling out…

instructional coaching satisfied both professional and socio-cultural needs of the participants (Teemant, 2014). Fullan (2007) also noted the significance of addressing teacher needs in order to affect change in schools. While hiring an instructional coach may not be an option for some schools, principals should still seek to provide the types of professional relationships developed in this study with the resources they have. By creating professional learning communities and staff mentorship…

in a whole new club. The hope for the foreign language club was to promote intercultural understanding and pair it with learning a new language. Though the two main language classes at my school are French and Spanish, the school also has an annual Language Day that emphasizes the multiculturalism of our school where each can share food from their culture or other aspects such as dance or a tradition. I emceed the cultural performances on Language Day this past year where we had song…

Activities, and Resources for the Multicultural Classrooms written by Lori Langer of Ramirez, a multicultural education textbook that is designed for multicultural education or curriculum and instruction courses. Author and educator Langer de Ramirez has en extensive career that began as a teacher of Spanish, French, and (English as a Second Language) ESL. Langer de Ramirez is the author of several Spanish-language books and texts. In addition to her many books in Spanish, Langer de Ramirez…