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Francisco Villa

Teaching Philosophy
I believe that all students learn in different ways, as a teacher I will improve students

learning experiences by meeting the requirements of all types of learners. My goal is to attend to

the needs of students to ensure they are learning to not only achieve competency but to also think

critically and apply what they learn to educational and personal experiences throughout a

lifetime. Education is important to help students learn about themselves and about the world.

Being a teacher is a great responsibility because the quality of education a student receives is

very influential to the students’ likeliness to succeed and become the best version of themselves.

I want to become an educator to provide students with a positive learning experience

despite their learning style. Physical education is important because it involves multiple domains

of learning and has a life-long influence on students’ health and wellbeing. Healthy habits are

established inside of a physical education classroom. As a physical educator my goal is to

improve students’ outlook and experiences with physical activity and the importance of health.

By addressing students interest and increasing the amount of exposure to various forms of

physical activity I will reach a greater amount of students, making a positive effect on their

experience learning about physical education.

I feel that it is important to incorporate variations of activities and materials to assist

students learning abilities and improve engagement. Through the use of technology, variations or

activities and allowing students to have options for assignments to be done in ways that apply

auditory, kinesthetic, or visual skills, students will be able to remain engaged and feel

empowered with success. That being said, as a physical educator I will provide students with

variations of challenges when learning various skills to allow students to learn and experience

success at their appropriate level of competency. The importance of equity in our education

system effects students’ likeliness to succeed and enjoy being active in their education.
Francisco Villa
Teaching Philosophy
I expect my students to reach competency and to be able to not only think critically but

also be able to apply their critical thinking skills. I will provide students with plenty of practice

and skill application activities so they may reach competency and through practice they will

refine their critical thinking skills and application. Provided with the opportunities to work in

groups to solve challenges that involve critical thinking and strategy in games and activities

students will sharpen those skills. As I intend to expose my students to challenging tasks to spark

critical thinking and the opportunity for practice they will reach success.

For students to reach this level of learning and engagement I will ensure that they are

provided with a positive learning environment. My goal is to establish consistency with effective

classroom management, expectations, and reward systems to improve student attention to detail

and maximize time on task. I would like to keep students motivated to do their best and avoid

being distracted from their education with the use of appropriate reward systems. By making

classroom and student expectations clear, students will know what is expected of them and will

therefore lead to the desired behavior, level of engagement and improve students learning.

Not only will I establish and maintain a positive learning environment for students to

thrive academically and socially. I will also value the importance of incorporating various

methods for assessments such as formative and summative varying from oral, demonstrative and

written. Doing so will allow me to fairly assess students will different learning styles. I will use

my assessments to check for students’ progress and also to gain a better understanding on the

success of my teaching methods. I have learned that as a teacher one must constantly assess their

teaching methods and adjust as needed to better suit the students and their learning styles. At the

end of the day, I value the opportunity for students to demonstrate what they really know, not

through traditional testing but through a variation of assessments.


Francisco Villa
Teaching Philosophy
My goals as an educator go beyond the classroom. I want to make a difference in

students’ lives by providing positive change to their education. I want to motivate my students to

be the best version of themselves. I aspire for my students to value their education, exercise, and

their health. By ensuring that my lessons highlight the importance of those three aspects and

allowing my students to experience the benefits of each through quality physical education. As a

lifelong learner myself, I will do this by pushing myself to keep up with the latest and most

successful teaching strategies that will most benefit my students learning experience.

As I have learned from my observations and from my education classes, it is important to

reflect as teacher and determine what you can do better. Described by Calderhead (1989),

“reflective teaching, however, is generally understood to concern more than the cognition

involved in teaching, it concerns metacognitive process of comparison, evaluation, and self-

direction.” The importance of feedback for students learning is evident in physical education

because we learn by doing and the reinforcement and corrective behaviors for learning come

from feedback. Also known as the active learning theory and explained by Work (1977), “where

students are engaged in writing, talking, describing, explaining, and reflecting.” The importance

of feedback goes beyond the classroom, as stated by Cotton and Wikelund (1989), it is important

to “communicate to parents that their involvement and support makes a great deal of difference

in their children's school performance.” Constant feedback among students, parents, and

administration is what will allow me as a teacher to improve students learning by voicing any

concerns or suggestions that will benefit the students learning.

Being a teacher is more than just teaching, my job as a teacher is to get to know my

students and my school because it is them that I am striving to serve to the best of my abilities.

To better myself as a teacher for the benefit of the students, I would love to get involved around
Francisco Villa
Teaching Philosophy
campus by volunteering for events or afterschool activities. Anything that will enhance my

students learning or passion for learning, is a priority for me. I will also make it my

responsibility to keep learning by attending workshops, or any form of continued education to

keep improving as teacher. The end goal as a teacher is to be capable of providing the right help

for any student to succeed.

As learned through my teaching experiences and opportunity to observe various teachers

with different teaching styles and philosophies, I have come to determine one of my own. I value

the importance of education be provided to all students through a variation of teaching strategies

to best suit the needs of my students with the application of differentiation in my lessons. This

may be done by being a reflective teacher and being open minded to provide students with

quality education that will last them a lifetime. Students deserve the opportunity to explore their

education through the use of their own means of transportation, meaning through their own

learning style. Not all learning is done one way, that is why it is my priority to help my students

learn according to the learning style that allows them to succeed. My responsibility as a teacher

is to ensure the roads for the education are not limited to one lane, but to provide them with

multiple route options to their destination of education.


Francisco Villa
Teaching Philosophy
References

Calderhead, J. (1989). Reflective teaching and teacher education. Teaching and Teacher

Education, 5(1), 43-51.

Cotton, K., & Wikelund, K. R. (1989). Parent involvement in education. School improvement

research series, 6(3), 17-23.

Work, J. (1977). ERIC report: Classtalk: Speech communication for classroom teachers.

Communication Education, 26(1), 55-60

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