Sunday, November 30, 2008
College: Week Four
I had to check with my lawyer to see if my turkey diner was copyrighted. After further review (football reference)it falls under Fair use rules.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
College:Week Three
We spent some time on our podcast this weekend. I hope everyone was successful converting their file to an MP3. We encountered some problems with compression. So I am now known as one of the chipmunks! (Alvin I think) I hope everyone has a great turkey week! Don't eat to much. Have fun!!!!!
Michael Polk's Teaching Philosophy
My Personal Beliefs Regarding Teaching and Learning
I believe that we need to teach to the whole child and address their spiritual, mental and physical needs. We must accommodate each student by allowing them to perform at their personal best. I feel that by making learning fun we can keep students engaged and motivate them for success.
Students need to be able to assimilate information from the material that they have learned and discuss it in a clear and concise manner. Information that students learn simply to memorize it for a test and then forget it, is not the type of knowledge that I want students to gain from my teaching.
Our classroom environment should be open for exploration and discovery to accommodate all the ways that students learn. We should provide visual, audio and hands-on learning opportunities for each child. This enables them to gain confidence and become more proficient students. We must prepare our students with the social and important life skill training that they will use to become productive, service orientated members of society.
Our classroom door should always be open for parents to nurture the all important parent-teacher relationship. This partnership is the key to gain parent trust for the overall success of the student. It is essential to have open communication with the parent so that either the parent or the teacher can initiate a conversation. This is very important in preschool as we begin to foster the relationship that the parent will have with the school for many years to come.
Strong leadership should come from the Principal and administrative staff and flow all the way through each staff member. This leadership should be reflective of the school’s mission statement and demonstrate clear and concise plans that support your school’s educational goals. Your staff should have a mentoring plan that builds strong relationships and encourages support of one another. This support and a true caring environment will deepen the overall strength of your staff and will enhance the learning environment for all students.
Effective teaching is building a relationship between students, teachers, parents and staff. We must provide a quality educational experience where all students can succeed in a loving and caring environment. Each one of us remembers that one teacher that made a difference in our lives and helped shape the person that we became as an adult. My goal is to be that kind of teacher for each of my students and help them grow into the strong and productive adults that will be our future community leaders.
I believe that we need to teach to the whole child and address their spiritual, mental and physical needs. We must accommodate each student by allowing them to perform at their personal best. I feel that by making learning fun we can keep students engaged and motivate them for success.
Students need to be able to assimilate information from the material that they have learned and discuss it in a clear and concise manner. Information that students learn simply to memorize it for a test and then forget it, is not the type of knowledge that I want students to gain from my teaching.
Our classroom environment should be open for exploration and discovery to accommodate all the ways that students learn. We should provide visual, audio and hands-on learning opportunities for each child. This enables them to gain confidence and become more proficient students. We must prepare our students with the social and important life skill training that they will use to become productive, service orientated members of society.
Our classroom door should always be open for parents to nurture the all important parent-teacher relationship. This partnership is the key to gain parent trust for the overall success of the student. It is essential to have open communication with the parent so that either the parent or the teacher can initiate a conversation. This is very important in preschool as we begin to foster the relationship that the parent will have with the school for many years to come.
Strong leadership should come from the Principal and administrative staff and flow all the way through each staff member. This leadership should be reflective of the school’s mission statement and demonstrate clear and concise plans that support your school’s educational goals. Your staff should have a mentoring plan that builds strong relationships and encourages support of one another. This support and a true caring environment will deepen the overall strength of your staff and will enhance the learning environment for all students.
Effective teaching is building a relationship between students, teachers, parents and staff. We must provide a quality educational experience where all students can succeed in a loving and caring environment. Each one of us remembers that one teacher that made a difference in our lives and helped shape the person that we became as an adult. My goal is to be that kind of teacher for each of my students and help them grow into the strong and productive adults that will be our future community leaders.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
College: Week Two
Wow!! I just completed my web site. What a fantastic way to communicate with your students and their parents. It also gives parents a way to promote the great things we do in class. This can be a great recruiting tool for our program.
Sunday, November 2, 2008
College- Week One
What a great week!! I learned some new ideas for the classroom. We were thinking of creating a classroom blog for our preschool parents. What a great way to communicate to parents and staff. We think if we are in the technology forefront with our peers they might be willing to join us. I was impressed and inspired when watching the clip on technology. I am planning on showing at our staff meeting with hopefully the same result.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Using blogs in the classroom
I think that discourse is a very important in our daily travels through cyber space. We must continue to teach to our young minds that integrity is first and foremost in everything that they involve themselves in. Mr. Harbecks blog is a very important tool for his classroom. He has spent lots of time making it very interactive for his students. I think this could become a very important tool in our preschool classroom. I could see that our parents could find this tool extremely fun and informative. This could be another special link in our communications with our parents that could enhance our relationships with them.
Introduction
My name is Mike Polk and I teach preschool at Trinity Lutheran School in Bend, Oregon. I teach preschool because I believe it is important for students to have a male role model especially during their first years in school. Besides...where else can you get paid to play all day!
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