Running head: STATEMENT OF INFORMED BELIEFS

Statement of Informed Beliefs

Holly Heath

Instructor: Daren Olson

EDUC 220

Spring 2018
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While most little girls where dreaming about being princess, and ballerinas, I was

dreaming of being a teacher. Whenever we played school I of course wanted to play the

teacher. My whole family is teachers, from my grandma to my great uncle, and aunts. Its

in my blood. Teachers aren’t created they are born. We are just simply super heroes in

disguise.

Method of Reflection

As I spend quite some time in the classroom I have come to learn most classroom types

inside and out. I believe in believing in all the children that walk into your classroom no

matter what background, or race. If I have one goal in my whole teaching career it is to

make a difference in at least one child’s life, at that point I will be satisfied for the rest of

my life. For all the other children who I make an impact on they are simply bonuses in

this crazy thing we call life.

Informed Beliefs

I have grown up in a family full of teachers, principals, and super intendents. I

feel it is my personal responsibility to carry on my families love for the education. As I

was growing up I was told it was a “stupid” idea to become a teacher because we don’t

get paid well. Obviously, teachers aren’t in it for the money, we are simply here to

change the lives of all the children who walk through our classroom doors.

Each child to me represents a different type of challenge. These children have to

break down their walls and allow you in so that you can help them learn, and feel safe all

at the same time. Teaching is not just black, and white, its not always warm, and fuzzy.

You are going to have the kids who tests your patience, and don’t want to learn. These
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are my favorite challenges, these kids have the most elaborate minds, they just don’t want

to break down their walls, and let people see.

Teaching is not for the Faint of heart

Teaching is not just for anyone. The things I have seen since I have started to

substitute teach is unbelievable, but I still can’t see myself do any other career in my life.

These children who walk thru the door at the beginning of the year will tug at your heart

strings, and will make you cry tears of sorrow, and joy, and become emotional and

physically exhausted.

Being a teacher, you spend more time with these kids than they do with most of

their parents. They rely on you to guide them. You will want to kick, and scream, and

sometimes pull your hair out. You then realize this is all part of the thing you love most

teaching, you are creating these kid’s success stories, creating memories for them to carry

on with them forever. The kids who drove you the craziest will make you cry the biggest

tears of joy when they walk across that graduation stage.

All children are challenges

All children are challenges in a good way. No matter if you teach for 3 years or 50

years you will never get a child that walks into your classroom that talks, dresses, acts,

and learns the same as any of your previous students. This means you are constantly

evolving your methods of how you do lessons, and activities.

With there being so many different ways of learning, you have to learn how to

tweak lessons, and activities you need to make sure all your kids are interested. This is

what brings children in and makes them love to learn.

Stop bullying
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As I walked the halls at Emmett junior high I took in my surrounding one step at a

time. As I took my morning walk to my classroom I would hear students yelling

profanities at other students, calling each other terrible names, I even broke up a fight

before my first cup of coffee had even set in.

After I had accessed what I was walking into I knew I had to try to do something

about it. I made my own rule about bullying. The rule goes something like this: if a

student says a negative thing about another student they must then apologize and in turn

say three nice things about said person. At first the kids look me like I’m kidding and

when I really make them do it, they learn it’s a lot harder to bring someone back up than

it is to put them down.

Small class sized make better success stories

Small classrooms are where children break out of their shells, where they learn

the best, and create the most beautiful memories. We talk about children not being

engaged in learning as much. We need to build an environment where they love coming

to everyday to learn, to grow, and make memories. Small classrooms give children more

room to answer questions without feeling judged, they cant hide behind their classmates,

and don’t become a shadow child.

In my future classroom, I can’t plan how many students I will get but I will make

the best of what I am handed. My children will love coming to class, they will crave to

learn. They will grow right in front of my eyes, and before I know it they will be off to

the next grade.

Teaching is a super power

The quote “not all hero’s wear capes” came to mind when I created this belief.

We take in other people’s children for 9 months out of the year, treat them like our own,

and protect them with all our might. Teaching isn’t really something you can explain, or

even instill into someone. Teachers are just simply born, like super heroes. Teachers

don’t get the credit where credit is due. We get criticized and critique by anyone and

everyone, but we go on with our day knowing that we are doing our best to instill the best

education in all of our children.

Conclusion

In conclusion being a teacher will be the absolute biggest joy of your life. Also, at

the same time the absolute craziest decision you possibly ever made. You get to create

these memories with these kids that will go on with them forever. As I grow in this career

I just know that if I can influence at least one child that my job will be done, and I can

say I reach my goal. Teachers absolutely don’t get the credit they need. Teachers are like

a silent parent, they love, and take care of other people’s children every year. They get to

watch these kids grow from pre-k to walking across that stage at graduation. Teachers are

just simply super heroes in disguise.

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