My Philosophy, Articulation of Growth and Key Goal

Philosophy 

I see education as a symbiotic relationship in which the educator and the learner are both responsible for continuous learning. The educators and the learners themselves are continuously learning different perspectives. 

Articulation of Growth 

Throughout my experiences at Saint Theresa of Avila, Laurelwood, Laurier and from my own personal life I believe that I have grown significantly in all 5 areas of development. Begining with learner-focused practices, becoming exposed to various different learning styles through my students allowed me to become more open to engaging with more varied styles of teaching. I felt as if I was learning as much as my students. 

As it relates to knowledge-centered practices, I feel as though I have continuously honed, improved and broadened my teaching material, which is typically in French. From using resources from Radio Canada to creating my own resources in the form of tests and exercises I feel as though I have grown in this domain. 

Concerning community-centered practices, I continuously demonstrated a sense of interest regarding the school events that were taking place in my practicum schools. I found that better understanding the school and region demographic was often very effective in relating with the individual students. Speaking to individual students and checking in with them was effective in developing rapport. 

Pedagogy-centered practices were developed in throughout my period at Laurier and my Practicum schools as I grew a more refined understanding of the practicum requirements for the grades that I was teaching. I discussed these benchmarks with my Associate teachers often and learned a lot about the specific expectations each class had. 

My professional-centered practices were developed as I continued to learn and develop into the professional that I want to be in the future. An emphasis on continuous learning and engagement with French language resources was something that I developed throughout the year. 

1) A key goal is that I hope maintain this symbiotic relationship within my practice and by myself. I hope to engage in continuous learning throughout my career, learning from others and myself.

2) Another goal that I hope to achieve is to improve my organizational and planning skills. In using OneNote and digital organizers I am slowly developing this goal and skill.

3) A third goal that I have is to become more involved in my school community, through activities and events. I hope to really work on this goal during my 4th practicum.