NAME: Cecilia Romero TARGETED GRADE LEVEL: 9th
Explain your vision of the ideal learning environment for the age and
subject you intend to teach in a 3 – 5 page original paper. You must
answer the questions below, using a 12 point font and double spaced.
Then, complete the behavior management plan that supports your
vision using the form provided.
1. How do you create and maintain a mutually respectful and
collaborative class of actively engaged learners? Include how it
responds to student needs and incorporates student strengths and
personal experiences. You must use research to support your selection
of these strategies and identify and explain the research.
Creating an environment in which my students feel seen, respected, and loved, even,
is one of my top priorities as a future educator. Making the honest effort to learn their
names and pronounce them properly is important, especially since the districts I
potentially want to work for have a primarily Hispanic demographic. The ASCD website
suggests asking students to share a story about the origin of their name with their
classmates can have, “a positive effect on self-esteem, cultural sharing, and self-identity and
may nip in the bud any potential name-calling.” This promotes a sense of respect among students
and the teacher alike, as well as a glimpse into the diverse backgrounds each of us comes from.
The Graduate School of Education and Human Development (GSEHD) shares that teaching and
modeling respectful and collaborative discussion etiquette will help students engage with each
other in meaningful ways. It is okay to disagree with each other, but being able to have a
constructive debate will not only teach them to be open-minded to different perspectives, but also
the language skills necessary. An additional strategy shared by GSEHD states the importance of
evaluating each group or student based on their own merits. Creating a rubric that grades
, students based on how they performed their duties or met their goals instead of measuring them
against another group encourages each student to work diligently and push their other group
members.
2. What strategies will you use to build relationships with students?
Use research to support your selection of these strategies and
identify and explain the research.
One of the easiest ways to build a positive relationship with students is taking the
time to learn their names and greet them when they come into the classroom. The Office of
the State Superintendent of Education conducted a study that found greeting students by
name whenever they walk through the door can increase the student’s time on tasks, reduces
disruptions during class time, and has a positive impact on the student-teacher relationship
that is developed. An interesting strategy shared in this same study that I would like to
implement in my own classroom is the Equity Audit and Reflection. In order to create a
classroom environment in which my students feel seen, heard, and treated fairly by me, the
teacher, it’s important to self-reflect on my own behavior and treatment of them. The Equity
Audit and Reflection is a series of questions given to teachers after having a discussion on
equity and culturally diverse teaching. Students model their teacher’s behavior, so if I’m
mistreating any of my students or have an unconscious bias towards a group, they will reflect
those same attitudes. For this reason, if I am being fair and equal to all of my students, others
will pick up on that behavior and become accepting of each other and their differences.
Lastly, in the article Tips for Building Strong Relationships with Students from eduTopia,
they share that being authentic and allowing for my personality to shine through in our
Explain your vision of the ideal learning environment for the age and
subject you intend to teach in a 3 – 5 page original paper. You must
answer the questions below, using a 12 point font and double spaced.
Then, complete the behavior management plan that supports your
vision using the form provided.
1. How do you create and maintain a mutually respectful and
collaborative class of actively engaged learners? Include how it
responds to student needs and incorporates student strengths and
personal experiences. You must use research to support your selection
of these strategies and identify and explain the research.
Creating an environment in which my students feel seen, respected, and loved, even,
is one of my top priorities as a future educator. Making the honest effort to learn their
names and pronounce them properly is important, especially since the districts I
potentially want to work for have a primarily Hispanic demographic. The ASCD website
suggests asking students to share a story about the origin of their name with their
classmates can have, “a positive effect on self-esteem, cultural sharing, and self-identity and
may nip in the bud any potential name-calling.” This promotes a sense of respect among students
and the teacher alike, as well as a glimpse into the diverse backgrounds each of us comes from.
The Graduate School of Education and Human Development (GSEHD) shares that teaching and
modeling respectful and collaborative discussion etiquette will help students engage with each
other in meaningful ways. It is okay to disagree with each other, but being able to have a
constructive debate will not only teach them to be open-minded to different perspectives, but also
the language skills necessary. An additional strategy shared by GSEHD states the importance of
evaluating each group or student based on their own merits. Creating a rubric that grades
, students based on how they performed their duties or met their goals instead of measuring them
against another group encourages each student to work diligently and push their other group
members.
2. What strategies will you use to build relationships with students?
Use research to support your selection of these strategies and
identify and explain the research.
One of the easiest ways to build a positive relationship with students is taking the
time to learn their names and greet them when they come into the classroom. The Office of
the State Superintendent of Education conducted a study that found greeting students by
name whenever they walk through the door can increase the student’s time on tasks, reduces
disruptions during class time, and has a positive impact on the student-teacher relationship
that is developed. An interesting strategy shared in this same study that I would like to
implement in my own classroom is the Equity Audit and Reflection. In order to create a
classroom environment in which my students feel seen, heard, and treated fairly by me, the
teacher, it’s important to self-reflect on my own behavior and treatment of them. The Equity
Audit and Reflection is a series of questions given to teachers after having a discussion on
equity and culturally diverse teaching. Students model their teacher’s behavior, so if I’m
mistreating any of my students or have an unconscious bias towards a group, they will reflect
those same attitudes. For this reason, if I am being fair and equal to all of my students, others
will pick up on that behavior and become accepting of each other and their differences.
Lastly, in the article Tips for Building Strong Relationships with Students from eduTopia,
they share that being authentic and allowing for my personality to shine through in our
