English Teacher Philosophy

“Mediocrity never inspired nor motivated nor changed the life of one young person” McKinnon.

Within the most simple of sentences, McKinnon, wanted teachers to understand we should aspire to be teachers of excellence. When we have this in mind the only road to accomplish this is understanding the principles and context of teaching and learning. Mr. Brown’s guides us through, step by step, so we can understand our students and their learning process and use it to our advantage. This is a key to be successful English teachers, and help our students become proficient. Children from k-3 to 6, are motivated by passionate, energetic teachers who are willing to do research and provide their students with positive learning experiences. We are the

Now, when we consider it this way, we understand that the principles of teaching are essential elements for teaching language pedagogy. However, teaching is not only to have many strategies for our students; we have to choose such , technique, activities, strategies, techniques, or methodology from the internet, books, our minds, and many sources teachers have access to. Deciding which technique or strategy to achieve certain goal is based on our personal criteria and experience. Not all strategies work for all students, classrooms, ages, groups, or levels. This is why we need to understand them and decide which one is useful. Teachers are challenged to create lesson plans, to craft more diverse students for the challenge of work and life beyond school. We should aspire to have authentic instructional contexts and activities than

To do so we must adopt appropriate teaching roles to support our learning goals and support our students. However by understanding these principles and applying them we can recognize and overcome obstacles. As future teachers we have to make sure we can help our students understand and bring to practice in real life everything we have taught them. The proper tools used in class will help the achieve success when they can communicate effectively in a natural environment with self-confidence. . Teachers serve as role models to their students, it depends on us what type of teacher we want to be; a mediocre one or one that makes a difference. Children are the key to our future; we are the base of what they will