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My Personal Philosophy

Maria Perez Garcia 

Introduction to Special Education 203 

Wed. Feb. 28, 2018

 
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Throughout the courses that I have taken towards becoming a teacher I have seen and understood

that being a teacher is not easy job for just anyone to do. Being a teacher is a big responsibility

for anyone looking to become a teacher. Apart from the responsibility I think people have to

have certain qualities and goals they want to accomplish through their teaching years.

My philosophy on how people with disabilities should be educated in the school system is by

giving those people the equal opportunity that any other person without a disability would get.

What I mean with equal opportunity as any other person is that even if that person has a

disability they should not be looked down upon or seen as incapable of doing something. People

with disabilities may need a bit of extra help or time to complete a certain task, but that should

not take away the opportunity a person with a disability is actually able to do.

I think the outstanding purpose of special education in our society is to help people with

disabilities transition into the real world, and to be able to join into the real world whether it is

applying for a job, going to college, or opening their own bank account.

My approaches to my future students learning would be to always make sure that every student

in my classroom is learning. I would make 5 quiz questions depending on what we learned in

class during the week. I would also ask that in the back of the quiz my students tell me their

opinion of what they found easy, hard, and they completely did not understand from what they

learned. Based on the quiz I would be able to know whether my lessons are confusing and don’t

work well with the classroom or that I need to work with students individually.

The way I would approach my student’s diversity is by having class assignments that fit in with

my lesson plan to teach my students about different countries and their different cultures. I would

then assign group projects over different countries that they can research and present to the

class.  I would also approach my student’s diversity by having an activity where each student has
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a writing assignment about their own culture, holidays they celebrate, and what they do during

their holidays. Through this assignment I would also have them draw out or bring pictures that

have a lot of value to them and have each student share with the class about their culture.

I personally think that the qualities that I would need to possess in moving forward with my

career as a teacher is having a passion to teach students no matter what type of difficulties there

can be. In having a passion to teach children, right away I know that I am able to move forward

with my career. I would also need to have the quality of being understanding to my student’s

needs. There will be a lot of children with different needs whether they are, emotional needs,

learning need, or financial needs it is up to me as a teacher to help my students the best way

possible. Organization is also a quality that I would need to possess in making sure to stay on

task with my lessons and my students learning. Being organized wouldn’t just help me in moving

forward with my career, but to also keep track of each student’s progress.

My personal philosophy has changed since the beginning of my introduction to special education

course. The reason my personal philosophy has changed is because the course has given me

more of an insight on students with special needs and the different type of disabilities that many

student may have or have. I used to not have a well understanding of the different acronyms that

are used to describe a child’s disability but I have a better understanding with the of the course.

The way the course has changed my personal philosophy is by making me more aware of the

different help that many students need, and what I need to do to be an understanding supportive

teacher.   

I believe that all students are able to learn. The special education course has been taught me a lot

about how all students are able to learn even if it means that the teacher has to make

accommodations to their learning whether its giving the students extra time on a test, having a
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seating arrangement, assignments being explain directly etc. it’s up to a teacher to believe that

every student is able to learn and I believe that every students is able to learn through the help of

encouragement, help, and support a teacher is able to provide to a student.

My goals for my future students with special education needs is to just simply provided the best

help I can possibly give to the student and a fun learning environment where they feel welcomed

along with the rest of the class. My goal as a future teacher is to see my students progress over

time whether it’s a little bit or a lot my goal is to give them the best education they can receive.

Another goal I find very important is making my classroom into a friendly welcoming

environment where student don’t have to feel different from others even if they need a bit of

extra help. It’s important that students feel welcomed into the classroom because it encourages

them to learn and want to be in the classroom.

 I believe that students with special needs learn best when they are in a classroom that is friendly

and welcoming. Special needs students also learn best when the teacher is understanding of their

difficulties to learn than other students with no special needs. When children feel the lack of

support of the teacher or that the classroom feels unwelcoming, they become less encouraged to

want to learn of be in class.

The role of a special education teacher is to meet up to the goals that are establishes for a special

need students’ IEP. Collaborate with the regular education teacher to establish a plan in which

they can both help the student. The special education teacher specifically focuses on the students

with special needs and helping them with assignments the regular education teacher may assign.

 A quality that an effective special education teacher should have is a passion to teach because if

they love to teach it makes it very easy for those teachers to help their students and not feel like
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they are not able to handle or meet up to their students educational needs. An effective special

education teacher also needs to be understanding of their students learning needs.