My Philosophy

As a future educator in Family and Consumer Sciences my passion is to fulfill

The American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS) mission, which is to bring people together to improve the lives of individuals, families and communities. I plan doing this by teaching students how to apply basic Family and Consumer Sciences principles to their daily lives through interactive lesson plans, discussion and modeling.

Education provides people with the understanding and basis of a higher quality of life. It enables us to explore the world. Teachers are important in a child's/adolescent's life because children/adolescent's are dependent for guidance, love and knowledge. It is up to educators to provide these guidelines to the younger generations. As an educator, I am anxious to guide and encourage the life goals and pursuits of knowledge. I believe in emphasizing the importance and value of an education that should carry beyond each individual's high school years. I not only plan to teach the basic skills, but also provide students with knowledge of the world they will face outside the classroom.

As a future teacher, it is my responsibility investigate and accommodate each students individual learning style and incorporate each style into creative activities and lesson plans. I will strive to include the four learning styles into my lesson plans and activities along with integrating as many of the eight Intelligences as I can into every lesson plan to maximize the students ability to learn. By reaching each students intelligence we can assume that a student will perform better, which means students will be learning more information and applying it to their daily lives. As a teacher I can also learn my own personal learning style or intelligence to help improve the way I learn and teach.

Maintaining good discipline is necessary for establishing a classroom climate that is adequate for learning to take place. There are many ways to provide discipline, but one of the most productive is motivating students because they care about what they are learning. Enthusiastic teachers who present their material in stimulating, meaningful ways motivate students. When students are actively learning material that has personal meaning for them, they have neither the time nor the energy to create discipline problems. Contrary, when students feel that they are not learning anything and they become bored and turned off many students often find satisfaction in acting out. Designing stimulating lessons require exuberant amounts of effort in order to supply the various types of learning styles plenty opportunity to excel and obtain content being taught. Only teachers, who love their work and give all their time to make their lessons in such way can increase interest of their students and therefore provide discipline. As a teacher I hope to engage students in learning therefore preventing any behavioral problems that may require serious disciplinary action.

Students by nature are more comfortable with and drawn to technology, computers in particular. This in itself is an advantage. As a student and a future educator I have come to realize that students really only invest in learning