What makes great teaching? - The Series Finale

 

   

What makes great teaching? Throughout this whole course we have learned many different strategies that as future educators will help us teach our students and provide them the skills that they will need to be successful. We have learned how to create a welcoming environment for all students by becoming more self-aware of the changes that our society is going through and learning how to handle them and keeping an open mind. We have learned about different topics including segregation schools, the LGBTQ community within our schools and the different cultural backgrounds that we see in our districts. We have also learned about the different budgets within our school districts and how to help advocate for our students to get more resources. 

The biggest thing that makes great teaching are passionate and kind educators like us. By gaining the knowledge we have been given throughout this course we have allowed ourselves to be more open-minded when it comes to our students. We now know that not all our students will come from the same place or will have the same background. The important thing is to welcome them with open arms and allowed them to view our classroom as a second home for them. Another thing that makes great teaching is listening, we have to make sure our students feel heard and that they know we are here to not only teach them subjects like math, reading, science or social studies but that we are here to teach them life skills. I want to end by saying Thank you to all fellow readers for this journey and I know we will make awesome teachers. Here’s to Us future teachers!