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“Teaching is the art of guiding students along their journey of learning”

I am a learner-directed teacher with a high priority in student-led growth. I believe in building confidence and intrinsic motivation. I believe good teachers have the following qualities:

• Patient

• Flexible

• Personalized

• Fun

• Passionate

• Structured

• Creative

• Reliable

And strive to live these qualities daily.

Our children are incredibly intelligent and curious. I love using their unique background and mentality to create reliable growth. While the students are the ones who need to be learning, I often find I learn a lot from them as well!

My methodology is highly based upon many schools of thought. One sentiment I love is:

“Teach them the way they learn” (Kenneth Dunn)

My personal technique comes from a mix of personal experience and theories by leading educational developers. Such theories include:

• The Zone of Proximal Development Theory (Lev Vygotsky)

• The TARGET Model (Carole Ames)

• SMART goal setting (George T. Doran)

• Bloom’s Taxonomy (Benjamin Bloom)

• Theory of Cognitive Development (Jean Piaget)

• The Spiral Curriculum (Jerome Bruner)

I also seek to use constructivism more than behavioralism to get a better idea of where a student is at in the mental process.