Edu 203 Pre-Philosophy

Student Profile and Pre-Philosophy Statement

Education 203 Week One Assignment

Part 1

My goal for taking this course is to learn how to communicate and try to understand
children with special needs. Often, I notice that these children are not given the correct
approach and that is when they decide to act up. I want to be able to change that in my future
classroom. My educational goal is to become an Elementary Education teacher. I enjoy being
around children and helping others. When I started my college career, I had my mind set on
becoming a pediatric nurse. Even back then, I knew I wanted to work with children. I figured out
that biology and I do not go well together. All I knew was that I still wanted to work with children,
and I decided on changing to teaching. Last semester I did my field observations and I loved
being in the classroom. I knew that the assignment would allow me to see if I actually wanted to
become a teacher. Something that I enjoy doing on my spare time is giving myself manicures
and even giving my mom a manicure too. I get to distract myself and just focus on the manicure
set designs. I would say that graduating high school with an advanced honors diploma was the
biggest accomplishment I have achieved. I don’t have any learning challenges, only that I am a
visual learner. I learn best by looking at examples to get visual direction. Lastly, my attendance
will not be affected by any religious holidays or practices.
Part 2
I know that schools need more special education teachers. More teachers who are
passionate about working with children with special needs. I am not taking this class to become
a teacher in special education but one day when I have my own classroom, I want to be able to
communicate to all of my students. During my field observations I did see that the teacher had a
student with autism that would get pulled out into hs resource class. While the student was in
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the classroom, he was not very social with his classmates. I want to be able to make my future
students feel involved with the rest of their classmates. I also work as a Registered behavioral
technician with children with autism. I want to get more knowledge to help me with my work as
well.
Someone that has inspired me to work with children with special needs is my younger
sister. She is currently going to school as a special education teacher and she made me realize
how important these children are. Many times, they don’t have a person they trust to speak up
to and my sister is really good at making them open up to her and telling her their issues they
are having. She helps them speak up and solves their problems or makes them feel more
comfortable and causes them to not act up frequently. I want to be able to build that connection
with my students. It has been a while since I have been in an Elementary school and I did not
remember how the school settings were. During my field observations last semester, I got a
refresher. Special education itself gets funded a certain amount of money for supplies towards
the students. Students get pulled out of their classrooms into Gate or their resources classroom.
When I am in my own classroom, I want to be able to determine which ways my students
learn. I do not want to be teaching everything visually just because that’s how I like to learn. I
want to be able to incorporate the specific learning method the students in my classroom need. I
also want to incorporate group work time. I found it when I was in school, I enjoyed group work
because if I was not understanding something and had already asked the teacher for help I
didn’t want to keep asking I would as a member in my group. Sometimes hearing it come from
another student made me understand things easier. I also want to make it clear to my students
that I am available to help them with any questions they have. I don’t want them to be scared to
ask me a question. The field observations also really helped me notice the difference between
boys and girls. I noticed the teacher was really heavy in boy students and had less than 10
female students. She mixed the female students into at least one girl in each group. She said
that the females stay more on task and helped the male students get their work done. I did
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observe that was true. I plan on having some sort of variability in my classroom like this. As for
assessments, even though I dislike taking tests I do believe that they are necessary. They are
necessary to see if students are actually understanding the material or just getting by. I think I
will implement short pop quizzes in the moment if I feel that students are not paying attention or
understanding the material.
When I started my new job working as a Registered behavioral technician I have more
understanding of what it is like to be helping a student with special needs. They lose focus
quickly or any little thing can cause an outburst. It is all about learning the child and what he/she
likes. This was my first step in helping me move forward towards my career but I also plan on
getting my substitute license so I can get more practice on what it’s like being in a classroom. At
the moment I am also applying to jobs as a teacher aide to be in the school environment more.
My philosophy on how students with disabilities should be treated with care. By
someone who genuinely enjoys being around children with disabilities. I have been working with
children with autism and they are all really smart. It takes time to get them to understand but it is
possible. From my field observations last semester, I did like the idea of children getting pulled
out of their class to go to their resources class. I liked how the child still got to be involved in the
classroom with other children but then go and get that extra help they need.
From taking this course I would like to learn on how the grading system works for the
students. How are the students moved up to a different grade level? How is homework
implemented to them or is everything just done at school? How are schools funded for special
education classes? Does all the money actually go towards these students? These are some of
the things I would like to know more about.

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Student Profile and Pre-Philosophy Statement

Education 203 Week One Assignment

classroom. My educational goal is to become an Elementary Education teacher. I enjoy being

will not be affected by any religious holidays or practices.

When I am in my own classroom, I want to be able to determine which ways my students

understanding the material.

My philosophy on how students with disabilities should be treated with care. By

the things I would like to know more about.

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