Educational Philosophy

Educational Philosophy

·       Maintain an environment that is conducive to learning.

·       Learners should be empowered.  There should be collaboration between students and educators.

·       Standards serve as a map to an educational destination, but students have the right to choose another path to the same destination.

·       Literacy, Reading Comprehension, and Writing are priority.  Without these skills everything else will fail.

·       Set high achievement standards.  Students are capable of greatness.

·       Without choice, life is bland.  When students don’t have choices, they use the same adjective regarding your teaching.

·       Some students need a hand in reaching for the stars.  It is our job to lend them ours.

·       Open minds open up opportunities.

·       Set a good example.  Students model what they see.

·       Our priorities are not always those of our students.

·       Exploration is the basis for all major discoveries.

·       Respect the minds, bodies, and property of others.  Children are little people.

·       Develop partnerships with students, parents, peers, staff, administration, and community.  “It takes a village to raise a child.”

·       Never be too proud to learn from a child.  All teachers were once children.

·       Continued education promotes growth of character and craft.

·       Remain flexible.  It will keep you from breaking.

·       Maintain integrity.  Hold your “truths to be self-evident.”

·       Everything has a place.  Creativity, diversity, and personality belong in education.  Appeal to multiple intelligences.

·       Greet each day and each person with a smile.  If you are smiling at the beginning of the day, you are twice as likely to be smiling at the end.

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