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When I was writing this evidence, I already knew that it was important to build a positive learning environment for my classroom. However, until I actually implemented these thoughts and ideas with my fifth graders, I had no idea how crucial it really is. As a professional educator, it is my job first and foremost to develop my students to their fullest potential. Without a proper learning environment, this will never happen. Every student deserves to be in an environment where they feel safe and eager to learn new things. Students need to understand the importance of respect and maturity, they need to learn the skills required to be a self-motivated learner and critical thinker, and they need to feel confident in doing these things. It is my job to build this foundation for them. I feel I have some good ideas for doing so, some of which I have already modeled in my interning classroom. I know I still have more to learn, and I am excited to, but I do feel confident in what I have learned about AP9 - Learning Environments to develop an atmosphere that only promotes success.
After completing my evidence, I have learned many things regarding classroom management plans. After writing my annotation, I really comprehended how much every aspect of my plan affects each and every student in a real classroom. An effective management plan is the backbone to a positive learning environment for your students. I learned the importance of implementing clear and consistent rules and expectations in the classroom. I learned that enforcing rules takes time and practice (from both you and your students. I learned my role, as the teacher, in all of this is to make every student know that I am their biggest fan. They need to feel respected and supported by me in order to succeed. They need to know I am there to help them with anything they need, and I am going to push them to their fullest potential because I BELIEVE in each and every one of them. My students do know this. Mostly, I have learned that a positive learning environment does, in fact, affect every students’ learning in a positive way. My students learn so much more information when every student is following directions and on task. The students learn from me, but they also learn a lot from each other academically and socially because of the positive student-to-student interactions in the room.
Thinking of the change my ISP has brought to my class always gets me a little choked up. In every class I always thought there is always at least one student who you feel you will never reach. No matter what you do, they will result back to their old habits. In this case, I have truly learned that is not true. Even my student with the most negative, rude, disrespectful behavior has made such an improvement. This student is not perfect, as none are, but as she goes to say something negative to another student, I literally can see her stopping herself..pausing…and finding a more polite way to make her comment. Positivity in my classroom has become contagious. If someone is nice to you, you will in turn be nice to them and 5 others,. My ISP is clearly evidence of being a self-esteem booster, something fun for the students, motivation to perform better in all subjects, and I hope this is something my students will take with them and use at home and in the future. I am truly proud of my students, and of myself. Teaching is hard, teaching is demanding. But I have learned with a little bit (okay, a lot) of elbow grease and the determination to teach your children techniques to becoming better human beings really will help you develop the wonderful learning environment every hard-working teacher deserves.
I guess I don’t really realize what influence I am having on my class until my Cooperating teacher writes my progress reports such as this evidence. I really have learned a lot about learning environments: how I want mine to be and how to get it there. I still have so much to learn about every aspect of teaching, but little by little I have little breakthroughs within my own mind, when I feel I have made an impact on at least one child’s life. I have always been very into promoting cooperation and learning to work together, and these ideas are directly tied to the success of your classroom environment. I have learned that these strategies I have modeled myself, and also taught my students, really can make a difference in the atmosphere of your learning environment.
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