My Philosophy of Teaching - 3/24/2002

The purpose of teaching is to instill truth, knowledge, and understanding in the learner.

I believe every child is a unique and special individual human being who can learn and enjoy learning successfully.

I believe it is my responsibility to serve as a facilitator in the evolution, awakening, and development of my students academically, socially, emotionally, mentally, physically, and spiritually.

I am here to provide the opportunity for all of my diverse students to become highly successful learners.

I am committed to designing effective lesson plans which will direct my students directly at attaining LAUSD Standards to levels of excellence.

I am committed to being an extremely good classroom manager and projecting positive expectations for all my students.

I am committed to being able to bond with my students while still being able to maintain absolute control in my classroom.

I am committed as a teacher to always remain free and creative, somewhat of a progressive rebel on the frontier of the institution of teaching, on the journey to having my students achieve Standards of excellence.

I am committed to making learning fun. Children, and people in general, are attracted to fun, and fun makes learning more possible quantitatively and qualitatively.

I am committed as a teacher to not being afraid of some chaos in my classroom. Order comes out of chaos, and it is my belief that an effective teacher is not a control freak and allow students to get their hands dirty.

I am committed to not only master teaching but to continue learning the rest of my life as I work to truly impact the lives of my students.

I am committed to working cooperatively with other teachers, faculty, and administrators to be a force for positive energy vibrations, information, knowledge, wisdom, understanding, truth, love, and fun while working and thinking of ways to affect positive change in the children, the school, the community, the state, the country, and the world.

I am committed to providing opportunities that will assist my students in making self-directed, realistic, and responsible decisions when solving problems in our multi-cultural and ever-changing world.

I am committed to communicating openly and frequently concerning the progress of my students with their parents and the administrators.

I am committed to seeking a mentor, or many different mentors, or becoming a collaborator with other educators as much as possible and as necessary.

I am committed as a teacher to becoming a mentor to another teacher when the opportunity presents itself.

I am committed as a teacher to being totally flexible and yet hard as a rock when it is the right thing to do also.

Finally, I am committed to being a champion, conqueror, and builder of a future made up of champions and intelligent conquerors who are on the road to being and knowing who they are, empowered with truth, and fully educated to standards of excellence.