This teaching philosophy emphasizes nurturing students through compassion and understanding. The author seeks to create a non-judgemental classroom where students can freely express themselves and their diverse experiences and perspectives. They believe in collaborative, cross-curricular learning that incorporates various art forms to create well-rounded students who can think critically about the world. The goal is to model life-long learning, imperfection, and perseverance through difficult times.

1. Teaching Philosophy
Throughout my own schooling experience, like so many children, I was in need of and sought
nurture, care, compassion, and understanding. I was extremely fortunate to have experienced this
due to my many wonderfully devoted teachers. Because of these mentors, I knew from a very
young age that these were traits and the setting in which I would like to be apart of and build.
These teachers have made an extreme impact on the person I am and aim to be. Their importance
and impact on my life has greatly influenced my desire to do and be the same for others.
The environment of the classroom in which I desire to create is one where students can express
themselves in authentic, innovative, and creative fashion. I strive to nurture a non-judgemental
atmosphere where students can bring their own experiences, cultures, and beliefs without fear of
being scrutinized by their peers. I aim to be a facilitator, guide and resource person in the
student’s learning experience. I emphasize diversity and learning different perspectives through
mutual student-teacher collaborative learning, keeping at the forefront that every child can learn,
desires to learn and has the right to learn; it is just a matter of finding the motivating factor and
the best approach for each student’s learning style.
I believe that teachers should work in collaboration with one another in order to show the
connections between disciplines and how they all relate to the students’ everyday lives. I
promote the use of technology, art, drama, dance and music as a means to learn and create in a
cross-curricular way, through which students’ will benefit from well-rounded experiences in
order to be better critiques and learn to properly analyze the world around them.
Through a self-loving, self-reflective, balanced and healthy lifestyle, I aim to set an example
through my actions and wisdom rather than solely on knowledge and words. I advocate
transparency in my teaching in order to display my unabashed admittance of imperfection. I want
to demonstrate that learning outside of one’s comfort stimulates the endorsement of reality’s
ambiguity. With this understanding and experience, the students will be better armed with the
skills needed to get by in day-to-day life; to persevere even when the negative aspects of life
seem to be closing in on all corners.