Ideal Classroom Reflection

I want my classroom to not be too hot or too cold--all you know is a light sweater. My ideal classroom will not have white walls, but it will not be obnoxious and distracting. I want to be able to accommodate every student so distractions will be kept to a minimum. When I was helping out in a school in American Fork, I went into a classroom and I was completely overwhelmed by everything on the walls, how the bookshelf was organized and how the room was set up. It seemed like whenever a student didn't want to do their work they would just look around. I feel that I do my best work in a clean and organized environment so I would want to provide the same for my students.

I want my students to be abel to feel safe in the classroom. There will be no bullying, no one that is better than them and ideally I want everyone to be friends (but this doesn't mean that they are encouraged to talk during my lectures). When I was in high school a lot of my friends decided to take a college credit course. I decided that I didn't want to do that so I was really nervous about not having any friends in the class I was going to be in. This is when I met my favorite teacher of all time--Mr. Beam He is actually the reason why I decided to become a history teacher. He was an amazing teacher and I hope to follow in his footsteps. The class I was in that he taught had all different types of students, but we were all friends and the learning environment was so great because we were comfortable there. Another thing about Mr. Beam was that he was 100% approachable. I had so many teachers in high school and so many teachers in my college career that are so intimidating. I know that it is cliche but I want to make sure that every student in my classroom knows that no question is a stupid question.

Of course it would be perfect if every student actually wanted to be at school and wanted to learn, but not everyone is like that. I am hoping that I can encourage this behavior and the students will eventually love learning new things and love taking tests so that they can prove to themselves what they actually know. As for parents, it would be a dream come true if all of the parents were involved in their child's education, but I know that this is only a dream. I recognize that a lot of students might only have one parent, or living with their grandparents or anything else. I want to be there for that student and if their guardian cannot get involved with their education then I will. I will praise them for excelling and for participating. All I will really ask of parents is that they encourage their children to be at school and encourage learning. I won't really expect much help from parents, since I will be teaching high school history. I feel like classroom parents help is a little too elementary.

I hope to teach not only about history, but about life. I want all of my students to be successful and be able to reach the goals that they have set for themselves. At the beginning of the school year I will always ask for suggestions from the students about what projects, papers or assignments they would like to do. I want my students to get the most out of their education.