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Hello. My name is David Wolf, and this is my
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philosophy. So to start off with my belief of for
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the role of education, uh, more specifically, the purpose of
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education, I believe that the purpose of educators not only
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to impart information to students but also to explain the
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reasons why we're doing so.
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I believe that students need reasons for why we do
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things and why they should do things.
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Otherwise, they won't take it as seriously as they should.
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Uh, and also, education is something that they should seriously,
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uh, paid great importance to, especially at this time of
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your life.
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Yeah, this is just a quick little video that I
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found that I think applies really well to why we
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teach and what we get out of teaching when we
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do it successfully.
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So the role of teacher has to that, I believe,
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is that we are an educator and by an educator.
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I mean, not just someone who teaches a subject, but
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someone who explains what that subject is.
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Why that subject is important, how the subject will impact
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the rest of their lives.
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So this is what I believe the role of a
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teacher has for a student now getting onto the role
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of a student.
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I believe a student should be open to what the
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teacher says and taken as much information as I can.
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Often during this time a student is compared to a
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sponge, and the teacher's lesson is compared to water.
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I believe this is a fair comparison, since the water
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is the information and what we are trying to have
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the students learn so by the students being a sponge,
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it shows that they're able to take in and absorb
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as much information as I can.
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But for that they have to be willing.
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So I believe that a student should be as willing
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as possible.
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Um, but as the student learns from us, I believe
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we should have also learned from students.
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So feedback from both sides is very important for both
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parties. That's my belief.
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Again, this is just another video that I found that
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I thought was informative.
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So next is why what I am going to teach.
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So what I will teach is going to be an
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English class.
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I plan on teaching, reading, writing and language skills, which
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includes speaking, uh, I will be teaching them how to
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write, effectively convey their ideas more clearly and understand the
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text more efficiently.
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I want to be a high school teacher.
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I would prefer to be 1/10 or 11th grade teacher
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because I think that's just in a better period, because
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students are more willing to learn during that time and
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they're not adjusting as much to school or getting ready
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for college.
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So I feel it's a better grade, but I realize
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I may not be in charge of that.
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My goal for when teaching students my goal for teaching
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the students from that come out of the class more
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competent in English and to be more active learners.
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I went them to come into my class ready and
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willing to learn, But I want them to come out
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of my class.
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Uh, as scholars, I want them to be well versed
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in English so that I can impart as much information
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as I can to them, and I want them to
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be like I said, scholars, not just for English but
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and for all academics and all subjects of life.
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So school is a gateway zone where students learn, um,
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both information and life skills.
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So I want them to learn these life skills that
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will help apply to the rest of their lives, which
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is what I think a teacher should do next.
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It's who I will teach.
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Of course, students are going to be who I plan
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on teaching, but students are also going to be a
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go between between parents and other teachers.
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I plan on teaching everyone who wants to learn whether
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that just be the students in my classrooms or it
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be through, uh, parents or even other teachers.
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I want to live by an example that everyone can
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follow. I want my students to tell her from me
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first and foremost, but I want to be a good
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role model for my coworkers.
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I want the parents of the students to learn for
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me as well.
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I want to be open to them and everyone who
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is willing to learn for me and then why I
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don't listen so special and why I want to teach
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them. I Lessons are special because they are in a
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stage that is being that is constantly changing and enables
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them to learn at an increased rate they're going through
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so many changes at this time, whether it be chemical,
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physical, emotional, Um, they're just constantly changing, furthermore, because that
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they are changing it so much that they are taking
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in a lot of knowledge.
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So I plan on having this knowledge of its beneficial
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to them as possible.
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My beliefs about how adolescents learn.
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I believe adolescents will learn just about anything if they
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feel strongly about it or are even remotely interested in
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the topic.
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The goal is to make them interested.
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I want them to be interested in this topic so
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that they can learn more efficiently, even if they don't
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feel strongly about this particular topic.
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If I can relate it to something that they are
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even remotely interested in, whether it's movies, video games or
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regardless of what their hobby is, If I can remote
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my topic, which is English to this, I believe it
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will help them learn.
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Finally, how I will teach my curriculum will be English
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from our class.
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I will teach them how to write, read and speak
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English at their grade level or higher if possible.
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I want my class to meet the minimum requirements and
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hopefully the maximum requirements if not better.
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Furthermore, I want to teach them good study habits as
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well as how to apply these skills that they learned
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in my class to other classes and other forms.
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Ah, of scholarly things or just other aspects of life,
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whether that be work, hobbies or more schools further down
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the line.
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So I also want to emphasize that students should not
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procrastinate and that they should learn to use a schedule
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or a calendar so that they don't get stressed and
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that they can maximize the amount of learning and free
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time because it is important for them to have both.
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Mhm my instructional strategies.
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My strategies will consist of normal lectures where I'll, uh,
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use information and where they will have to take notes.
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Um, I realize it's slightly boring and not always the
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best. I understand it's not always the most engaging, but
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sometimes that's what the lessons call for.
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Um, I will do my most, uh, to be able
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to teach them and more engaging strategies where I use,
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um strategies such as the thumbs up or thumbs down
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to see if how well their comprehending or to do
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a of one through five fingers to show that their
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comprehension, Uh, if they are comprehending, or if there's a
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couple of students that are comprehending, I'll have them reiterate
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the topic and have them teach the class momentarily.
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Uh, I believe by having students reiterate and their understanding,
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it will help them understand themselves.
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Better also help their classmates understand even more successfully as
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well afraid the more I plan on using videos or
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such as, like YouTube videos or Ted talks because not
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every student is going to be, um, as inclined to
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learning just from lecture, there does have to be a
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good variety in class to break up.
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Break up monotony also kind of give me a break
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as well, but I believe it's important for students to,
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um, take in different learning strategies and presenting strategies to
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help them.
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I believe this will accommodate them to other classes and
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even for higher learning, finally, is my assessment.
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I plan on assessing experience through the conventional means of
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a numerical scores.
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To do this, I will be using a rubric.
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I want to my rubber to be given to them
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for every assignment.
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I want to give them a rubric for every assignment
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because, um, el show clarity on how I'm grading them.
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They'll be more fair for them to see how I
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grade them, and I'll give them a better chance of
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success by giving them a better chance of success.
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It'll help them with their grades, which will boost our
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GDP and give them better chances and other things in
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life. Furthermore, bar being clear with my students how integrating
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them. It'll show them that I care and that I'm
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not just making things up or being underhanded.
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I want to be completely clear with my students on
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how I'm grading them.
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I don't think this is cheating or giving them an
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advantage or anything.
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I think this is just giving them what I owe
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them, and I owe them the best opportunity for education
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and success that I can give them.
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This is how I plan on assessing my students, thank
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you very much.
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And then once again, this is my philosophy and I'm
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David Wolf.
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Thank you very much.