To Teach, or Not to Teach IT’S NOT A QUESTION

INTASC STANDARD #9: Professional Learning and Ethical Practice  Description: In this PowerPoint, I will explain the impressions made upon me by the teachers I’ve learned from, and how they influenced me to become a teacher. I will also describe my philosophy as a teacher and my ideal student.  Rationale: I chose Standard 9 because I have a strong drive to become a teacher and this will force me to stay honest with myself on my performance and encourage me to keep improving.

Who would want to be a TEACHER?! Once in a while our school has half days, and the teachers spend the afternoon 'in service,' which I think must be a group therapy for having to deal with us” ― Neal Shusterman, Bruiser “A true teacher is one who, keeping the past alive, is also able to understand the present.” -Confucius "The dream begins, most of the time, with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you on to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called truth."--Dan Rather

The Good, the Bad, the Teacher Energetic Humble Patient Kind High Expectations Vain Immature Fear Messy Rude

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The Unideal Student  1. An ideal student should maintain the rules of health and performs his religious activities.  2. He has to be social and hard-working.  3. He should love his country.  4. He actively takes part in games and sports and other extra-curricular activities.  5. He should have the interest in doing social work.  6. An ideal student makes proper use of his time and never shirks his duties.  7. He should be obedient to the existing rules and regulation of the country.  8. He should devote himself fully to gain knowledge.  9. To be an ideal student, he should cultivate all the virtues and hold values in him.  10. An ideal student fixes up a noble aim Curiosity

It takes a village… Diversity Hope Home Communication Shared Values Faith Goals

So you think you can Teach? “Doesn't matter what the press says. Doesn't matter what the politicians or the mobs say. Doesn't matter if the whole country decides that something wrong is something right. This nation was founded on one principle above all else: the requirement that we stand up for what we believe, no matter the odds or the consequences. When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree beside the river of truth, and tell the whole world” — "No, you move."

References  Ted.com (Rita Pierson “Every Kid needs a champion”) on  Captain America quote:  15 qualities of an ideal student: