03 July 2012

Lisa Peck's Environmental Studies Course

Lisa Peck's Environmental Studies Course.
There are some great resources for teachers out there. But some of the best come from teachers themselves. There are some websites nationally and internationally that serve as repositories for teacher-made resources. Texas GreenSources, Resources for Rethinking and Green Ribbon Schools are among a few of them (more to come in future posts). Today, however, I would like to share with you an excellent resource for engaging your students in inquiry-based thinking. The unit is based on a wiki format. For those who have never used a wiki for projects, it's a flexible tool for online interactive research. student projects. Lisa's wiki project is an excellent example of how online media can be utilized as an instructional tool.

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My Philosophy of Teaching

My Philosophy of Teaching:

I just finished my masters in Curriculum and Instruction. I have a firm commitment to my continuing education and strong love of teaching. My greatest draw to education is the opportunity to work daily with students, particularly students for whom success has been elusive or who struggle in the academic setting. I strongly believe in preventative behavior management and, as a student teacher, I have turned the success of lower performing students around using differentiated instructional techniques including collaborative learning, project-based learning and service learning. I do not accept the notion that some students fit a profile of failure and should be side-tracked. I am committed to the success of each and every one of my students. I believe no student should be given up on. I love that none of my students are the same and I value their diversity, linguistic, behavioral, cognitive or otherwise. I do not accept the notion that a student's difference is, necessarily, a hindrance towards their learning and hold the onus upon myself to find ways to facilitate learning for all of my students. Finally, I am aware of the importance of collaboration between faculty and staff. Cross-content instruction is not only important for the student's cognition, but is also important for a teacher's professional development. I believe strongly that a teacher's classroom is a place of constant innovation and improvement, and the sharing of ideas between faculty and staff, as well as the close cross-content collaboration of teachers, is important in improving the overall success of teachers, and, by proxy, our students. We are all responsible for the success of every student in the school, not just those who are in our classroom.