Teachers -- Help re. Teaching Strategy/Philosophy

[Daxx]

We have a new principal this year and he's asked us to briefly write about our teaching strategy/philosophy. I can't find my original strategy/philosopy, so I've put this together. Please let me know how it sounds and your thoughts. BTW, I teach Kdg. Thanks!

My teaching strategy is to be creative, engaging, and entertaining in the classroom in order to make an impact and have my students remember the information I'm teaching. I believe in encouraging students to pursue and expand their interests, to take our topics to new levels based on what they’d like to further persue outside of the curriculum. My stragegy is to employ various teaching methodologies including discussions (entire class and smaller groups), lectures, and student presentations and to not limit education to listening, but to engage the students visually, and whenever possible, use their senses of touch, smell, and taste.

I will always attempt to convey my great enthusiasm for the all subjects I teach. In doing so, I hope students will pay better attention and ultimately come to share my passion for those subjects. My strategy includes being kind, compassionate, understanding and encouraging to my students.

 

[Miller1412]

Fellow Kindergarten Teacher here! Sounds great to me! I have a developmental background and believe that with young children, the senses MUST be a major part of learning for young children, so I really liked that part.

If your new principal is like most of the ones I've had, they'll stay as far away from the kindergarten rooms as possible. We always joke that we're the school's "dirty little secret" because something that is hands on and really fun is always happening in our wing.

My favorite was when the principal came through with a tour of School board members on Dr. Seuss Pajama day. It was fun greeting them in my pj's and grinch slippers.