My Classroom of Diversity

I think this picture is a picture that speaks more to than just teachers. The children are a representation of the world we live in and show how we may live one day. I feel that they are representing a day when we as a world can come together and be one world. I personally want to teach in a school that is diverse. This stems from me going to a school that was that way. I went to Copley-Fairlawn School Distract my whole educational career. In the school distract I grew up with people from all different backgrounds and religious beliefs. I loved my school because it taught me about different cultures early on in my life and helped me to understand them more. It made me more than tolerant, but understanding of people that were different from me.
I want to teach in this kind of district because I think it is what I am comfortable with. I think my ideas there will be taken in to consideration and followed through in this kind of a distract, but on the other hand I could see how other school districts more. I think if I do take this to a district where there is only on type of culture, religious beliefs, and ethnicities they would be more threatened about my ideas. They are the ones who need to broaden their views and opinions. I also think it would be hard to relate the topic to these students because they have no references. I think it would be a challenging that I am willing to take.

GIS and Science

The GIS is a good teaching tool http://gisandscience.com/interviews/ because it is monitored by professional scientist. The site is also good because it has many resources that teachers can use to help find information about science. The information is also current within the last couple of years. I like it because it gives other places to find information on different sites. When you use it will reference you to YouTube videos. They have interviews with scientist who have study certain areas of science. It gives you their first hand experience in their study.
The down fall to this website is the level of science that is on the website. The site is a higher level of difficulty. I want to be an elementary school teacher and this website is to advance for my grade level. The books on the site are also a higher level so I would not be able to use it with my classes. If I was to use it with my classes I would have to take it down to layman’s terms for my students to even start to get it.
I probably would not use it for my classes because of the level of difficulty. It would not benefit my class or me. I feel it will make more work for me in the long run.

Diversity Teaching

Teaching diversity at a young age is very important. http://www.suite101.com/content/six-tips-for-teaching-diversity-a30336 This helps students understand the importance for differences and the joy of them too. Different ways to do this is by celebrating other cultural holidays. Have fun with this because it will be educational and enjoyable. Also, take time to do more than one cultures so that others do not feel left out. I don’t want to teach them religion, but inform them of different kinds of cultures. When I do this I think it will they will learn to respect other cultures. I also feel this will show them tolerance for difference and also make them closer as a class.
I would teach different cultures though foods, dance, and outfits. A hands-on approach is the best way because it lets them be in gulfed in the culture. It will show them that our cultures are not so different from their own. By doing this in younger years, by the time they are old it will not seem so hard to put themselves in others shoes. These activities will be lifelong experiences that will affect them through school and beyond. Teaching diversity is the way to make a well brought up citizens in our communities.

The Importance of Diversity

Final Post

My experience in my field placement was truly insightful. I learned a lot about teaching and myself. In the aspect of teaching I learned how to deal with different situations. In my class we had a child with ADD and who liked to act out. I learned how to deal with that in an affective way of calming the situation and not getting the other kids to upset at the same time. I also learned how to stay calm when a million things are going wrong at the same time. Being in the classroom taught me patience. I already had it, but only with one or two kids at a time, but having it with 15 or more is a little more challenging. I learned also that I can be a teacher because I loved being in that classroom so much. Everyday that I had to be there early I did not mind it because see my students smiling faces made it worth it. I feel I felt being with these students I will never forget. One thing that is almost definite is that I do not want to teach preschool. I loved being there, but I want to stay with the my students all day and also make up more of a lesson plan. In preschool I might teach different classes every other day which might make it difficult to make lesson plans because you do not want one class to become farther that than the other class. I loved my experience at my preschool it made my choice of becoming a teacher even more prevalent than it had already been.

Caring Shown through Teaching

My students did really have lessons, but every morning they had a little lesson to learn the day and a different letter a week in sign language. My teacher was respectful of all the kids differences by the way she let them express themselves in different ways during carpet time. In ways her social justices were not always fair. You could defiantly see which students were her favorite and the ones she had difficulties with. Her tone was even different for some students than others. I feel that she was quite fair in the way she taught because everyday she would go around and ask the students words that began with the letter of the day. My teacher would give them all time to come up with a word and even if they did not she would say maybe next time. The ones who came put with a word would still get a good job, but she would correct them. I feel that environment of the school does have that "caring" aspect to it. Everything I have seen around the school as not bothered me about calling out different students. In the preschool all the teachers know all of the students names and call them by name when ever they talk to them. There is always a smile on the faculty and teachers faces throughout the school. The "care" is coming out in full force.

My Classes Setup

My classroom is actually a nice size room. I looks like it use to had been one and half rooms and one point and time. In the front of the room is a board with the "Chica Chica Boom Boom" tree with all the letters on it in which the students have learned for the year. Then next to the tree is the calender and the different jobs the kids do everyday. In front of the board is a carpet with the alphabet is on. Every morning the day starts off on the carpet. The carpet is actually quiet helpful because all the transitions that occur start off on the carpet first giving the students time to refocus. Behind the carpet is a sandy box, but it is on that is off the ground. I do not feel that there is any reason to have the sand pit because it is not educational and quiet messy. Behind the sand table is the kitchen area. In this area is a little stove and oven set, a little sink set, a table and two chair, a rocking chair, and a baby table. It is fun to watch the kids in this station in order to see the roles they take on. It seems as though their positions as the dad, mom, sister, brother, and even the dog. The cutest thing is when there are only boys in the station and someone get to take care of the baby. They try so hard to put the clothes on right and be nurturing. Next to the kitchen set is the craft table where four students can sit there at a time. The table is a little half table and behind it is a storage cabinet. In front of the craft table are three table with different activities such as: puzzles, pladoe, and writing of the words for the week. On the left side of the tables is a little library area and that is the set up. I feel this set up is not practical if the was a child in a wheelchair. Also it is hard for me and the teachers to maneuver in and out. I like the fact that it is set up into stations, but maybe a more reasonable way of doing it.