Why Teach

 Content and curriculum is an interesting thing , what should a teacher focus on when reaching out to their students to try and make sure they understand what is going on in their class. While one of the more obvious answers would be focusing on content retention and providing students with the know how to develop skills related to your subject manner. I'd argue that making sure your lessons is some way ,even if it is small , culturally relevant is important when teaching any subject. In terms of the module we would call this the explicit curriculum although I think adding modifications to express deeper understanding of the content is paramount. In this I'd like to bring up the point that most of what is taught in any classroom now, thanks to the internet ,can be found in a matter of seconds and can be easily repeated ,regurgitated, and memorized. When it comes to connecting happenings in history or connecting events in books to relevant events today is something that cannot b...

  As we have been given some time to reflect on things, I’d like to tell you all about how I became more aware of the impact we as teachers have on our students specifically making  sure we teach from a culturally responsive perspective. Coming into this class I did have a notion to how I wanted to run a classroom. But considering it was math, I did not think at all about trying to reach students especially ethnically diverse students in my instruction through lessons and activities. Having learned about how we can reach these students and have them more deeply connect to the content instead of trying to teach a one size fits all curriculum, I have seen how important and rewarding it is to make the effort to modify my instruction as a teacher to make sure all my students are getting the most they can get out of my lessons. Likewise, I deeply related to the discussion about teachers and students’ rights as I felt strongly on the issue of teachers and their salary. As many teach...

 When it comes to a classroom , an environment that needs rules to function as a space for learning we look to the teacher and the administration to follow the school's regulations to make sure students have the best chance to learn. But by doing so often times a thing that is overlooked is the rights of not only students but also the rights of Teachers. Consider this ,Teachers are restricted in what they can teach or talk about in the classroom. While I do believe in some restrictions to this rule not being able to open up certain discourse about content or topics feels like a disservice to students. Students would have much to gain from being able to discuss openly with their peers and educators in a space were it wasn't taboo to talk about difficult subjects. Likewise , another area Teachers need to be protected more is in our salaries. Teaching is such important work and for the stigma to be that people shy away from teaching because it doesn't pay enough is a shame. Mo...