Mrs. Shively Smith's Philosophy
I believe that children:
- Need to feel safe, respected, and happy.
- Have something to offer to enrich the lives of all of us.
- Learn best when they experience the positive and negative consequences of their actions.
- Need activities that stimulate learning by involving the child in a variety of ways.
- Need to learn in an intimate setting. Large class sizes must be broken down into smaller groups.
- Are unique, and each have their own individual timing of growth and development.
- Gain self-esteem by successfully completing tasks by themselves, not by receiving rewards or praise. Stickers, smile faces, and prizes are just the icing on the cake.
- Cannot be judged by test scores.
I believe that great teachers:
- Have an enormous responsibly to help raise a generation of successful, fulfilled, and empowered people.
- Work with materials and activities that are developmentally appropriate for the students.
- Work with parents, teachers of special areas, resource people, and whomever and whatever is needed for the benefit of each child.
- Study how children learn in order to learn the best way to teach.
- Need to provide an environment sensitive to diversity to prepare children to live and work in an ever-changing, global society.
- Must have a great sense of humor, be willing to work beyond the school day, and buy additions materials out of his/her own pocket.
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