As a soon to be educator, I hold certain beliefs about teaching that I personally feel is necessary to effective teaching. Education in todays society is a must. Not only is it a law, but it helps build the children into the people that they will become, and for most jobs in the United States you must have a high school diploma or a college degree. As educators we should try to succeed in helping students achieve high school diplomas or college degrees.

     I believe the purposes of education are to bring students to a full realization of what it is to be a human being. For example, when an educator says, “Everyone come sit on the carpet.” One of the students is not going to follow directions, because he knows that he is not everyone. He is someone. He has a name. Another purpose has always been to build a learning society. Most schools want to prepare students for colleges and jobs.

   I believe children learn best when they are taught how to set goals in place for them, after they learn the potential each one of them has. Children also learn best when they are involved. An educator that encourages students to be in school activities, and that creates hands being involved lesson plans is an amazing educator in my opinion. Also, its great to have their parents involved in their school work. Sending how books and homework not only give the child practice, but it allows the parent to be involved. An educator could even have parents sign off on their children’s homework verifying that they helped, and it is completed. However, children cannot learn if they are in a messy, of decorated, distracted area. The features of a great learning environment in my opinion would be: one theme decorations, same colored tables, scheduled times for certain things, and neatly organized desks, shelves, and any other pieces of furniture the educator has in their room.

      The basics in kindergarten are simple. Learning their ABC’s, colors, and their 123’s. As you get older I believe the basics is what you learned in class the year before. Although, for some students the basics are: social skills, emotional development, intellectual development, and physical development. Schools are pretty good in my opinion about making sure each one of these basics are met. They have art, music, P.E., and many other activities students are in that help them develop each one. All of these end up being the basic needs that each student needs to meet if they are to grow and learn at their best.

     As an educator I would meet these needs by first building a strong relationship with my students, and their parents. The first day of school I might have a get to know each other activity. This would help the students come out of shells and build social skills. To build my students emotional skills, playing music, sensory toys, and even flash cards of emotions might help the students learn their emotions and develop better. For intellectual, homework is a great way to develop their intellectual skills. Any thing academic and the right activities always help. Lastly, for physical development, taking kids outside for recess, planning outdoor activities that tie into lesson plans, and even making sure they get the full time in gym class could always help students with their physical development.

     All teachers should have certain qualities. Qualities I think are important for teaching are being well organized, planning lessons that are going to help each student individually, and building those relationships with students. For example, as an educator you probably want the first impression of you to be a good one to each student and parent. Parents want to know that their children are going to learn and be safe, and students want to know that it’s okay to be left at school without Mommy or Daddy.

    In closing, you now have a better understanding of what I believe the the purposes of education are, the ways children learn best, what the features of a good learning environment are, the basics of child development, certain needs of each child, how I would meet each need, and that all teachers should have specific qualities.