Teaching Philosophy Statement

If I approach teaching with a quality work ethic, then I will get the most out of my

teaching experience. As physical educators one lesson doesn’t work for everyone, the

students aren’t robots, they will tell you how they feel about an activity right away or

you will see if they are capable of performing the tasks you set up to do. This means

we are always working to adapt, modify, progress, regress, or find alternative lessons

to teach to better ourselves and our students’ needs. if I work to have enough content,

and have back up plans on back up plans, if a lesson doesn’t work out, my faculty will

see the work I am putting in to meet the needs of my students. For example, the

physical education teachers I had growing up would ensure the lesson plans included

as many modifications and intratask variations as possible for students who were

struggling and or exceeding expectations. They would always have something planned

to keep the lesson interesting and challenging, to meet everyone’s developmental

needs. If you work hard for your students, and set up rules and respectful

communication from the beginning, you will get that respect and diligent work in return.

A number of professors have said, “It doesn’t matter what work you do when everyone

is watching, what matters is the work you put in when no one is watching”. I want to

bring this to my classroom someday and hopefully inspire the students of my own to

do the same in their future as well.

Compassion is a huge part of teaching. If you show love and care for your

students they will appreciate what you are doing for them, because all students are

different and could potentially be going through a variety of problems on a daily basis. I

still visit teachers I had growing up, because they had such a huge impact on my life.
They cared so much, not only about my education, but also for me as a developing

person in this world. They made me believe I could do anything and be anything I want

to be, and they wouldn’t just say that they would mean it because they dedicated their

lives to not only educating their students on content and curriculum, but affectively

how to be a maturing and kind hearted individual as well.