Educational Philosophy

Educating the heart and the mind

My goal as an educator is to foster the development of responsible, independent life-long learners who are resilient and empathetic global citizens. Education needs to focus on social and emotional wellness as well as academic success, which I will achieve through supporting students’ self-regulation, social awareness, relationship skills and responsible decision-making.

I will use social and emotional learning techniques to improve the classroom environment by building supportive and encouraging relationships between students and teachers. This can be done by creating lessons that build on students’ strengths and abilities, giving behavioural guidelines that promote intrinsic motivation, coaching students through conflict situations, encouraging cooperation between students and acting as a role model of respectful and appropriate communication.

In order to benefit all students I plan to create an inclusive, equitable classroom where all students have access to the help that they require by incorporating various student-centered techniques for diverse learners. The focus of assessment should be formative, allowing the students to learn from the process where a mistake is seen as the beginning of learning rather than the end.

Classroom management begins with prevention by introducing an environment where students feel respected and encouraged. In my teaching I will have well defined, reasonable expectations of the students. When students understand what is expected from them, they are better able to reach and exceed these goals.