As stated in the Busines
s Education Integrated Resource Package (IRP), Business is the process by which individuals, organizations, and societies interact to improve their economic well-being through the exchange of products, services, and ideas. From the first cup of coffee every morning, till the last thing we do before going to sleep; we are surrounded and bombarded with business transactions throughout our life. The Business Education and Economics curriculum emphasize creative and critical thinking in both independent and cooperative activities. As mandated by the BC school system, we as teachers enable students to acquire the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to contribute to a healthy society.
Business Education offers a wide range of courses such as Accounting, Marketing, Applied Skills, Economic, Entrepreneurship, and Management etc. Students have the option to concentrate in either one of these courses from grade 8-12, to work towards their career goal. By enrolling in any of these courses students are able to, understand the business concepts, prepare for postsecondary and employment opportunities, budget and manage their personal finances, and understand the implications of economic changes. These courses teach students their social responsibility as well as their role to be a good citizen in the local community. They also provide students with practical skills that can be applied in their daily life, now and in the future, to enhance their personal and professional careers. As a teacher, we always prepare and encourage our students, to utilize the skills learned in class in their individual life to adapt the rapid change of technology, and to foster the concept of lifelong learning.
Teaching is form of art, which helps you change the world in the way you would like to see it. If you teach from your heart, your students will be able to feel your passion about teaching. They will respect you, your passion and your knowledge about teaching. As a teacher, I will interact with my students on on-going bases and continue to build long term relationships with them. I will always keep myself open to all students, to make them feel comfortable and make them able to communicate with me when they need any assistance. I will be the teacher of students, rather than a teacher of the subject. I believe that the purpose of teaching is not to teach students how to score 100 % in all of their exams, but rather my anticipation of teaching is to assure that students grasp the core concepts of the subject. I will effectively teach business courses’ essential contents using different education strategies to make the course engaging and innovative. I will
always focus on more hands on training over exams. I agree that some concepts require testing, but I will still use innovative ways such as unit end project, research papers, presentation, simulation, games, etc. to test my students. I will always be using a variety of learning activities to provide students with the skills and knowledge to move forward. We as teachers can always generate something remarkable for our students when we implement the right concepts and approaches in our classrooms.
Before planning any lesson, I am always conscious of different learning styles and rates of each student. Every student is different and they learn best through a combination of learning styles. As a teacher, I will incorporate different learning activities in my classroom to encourage students. Few learning activities that I suggest must be offered in all classrooms are: online quiz with instant feedback, hands-on training, simulation, interactive game, field trips, etc. But even more important learning activities which, I will integrate in my classroom are: class discussion, debates, team project and competitions, peer-to-peer teaching and learning groups. These activities will help students build their interpersonal and intrapersonal skills and I will always persuade my students to apply these skills in their personal and professional life.
Every coin has two sides and so does every decision in our life. As a teacher, I will always teach my students both sides of the coin- the good and the bad. Not just teaching the good and the bad, I will make my students capable of understanding both sides of the coin and making a sensible decision in their life. Students only spend few years with us while they are on the long journey of their academic careers. Within those few years, we teach them numerous lessons, assess them in different ways, motivate them inside and outside classroom, and provide them with constant feedback, to make them better individuals once they graduate. Once students graduate, they don’t remember what they were tested on, but rather the way you tested them. They remember the lessons you taught them, but not the chapter or the unit. They only remember few teachers with whom they spent their time sharing their life stories. They only remember the one door that was always open for them to come in and express themselves. They only remember the one teacher, who was always there when they needed anything. My teaching philosophy, my goal, is just to be that one teacher for my students.