Classroom Environment Philosophy (1)
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KNES 423 Adapted Physical Education
Classroom Environment Philosophy
Write your philosophy for meeting the needs of all students taking into account the various aspects of a physical education program, from the time your students enter the class to the time they leave, as well as the lasting impact it will have on them.
What will are the things you will do to make your program inclusive, accessible, and safe for everyone. This written assignment should include, but is not limited to:
instruction,
physical space,
activities,
language,
culture, and more
Over the last two years majoring in “Physical Education Teacher
Education” at Towson University has taught me many strategies to
ensure I include every student in my future classroom. With great
mentorship and guidance, I have taken my learned skills, knowledge
and understanding and created the following environmental
educational philosophy. To begin my teaching philosophy is to create a
safe, joyful, and supportive classroom so schools’ can be an inclusive
place for everyone to learn. I believe the first step to include every
student in my future classroom is to learn the community culture I
plan to teach in. Once I get hired my plan is to research the
community culture, languages, and economic overall percentage. I
want to ensure when writing my lessons, I include every language my
students will speak, while creating rules for dressing in physical
education every student have accessibility to properly prepare, all
while learning who my students are. I am confident with this start
students will see my willingness to not only teach them but to
understand they all are not the same and I am willing to learn all of
them. To learn the community, I will start at recreation centers if
there is any in the area. At the recreation center I may ask the
workers questions about the community children and maybe even
volunteer to help gain more understanding. If no recreations exist in
the community due to low funding, I will survey other teachers’
classes such as but not limited to Art, Music, Science etc. When
writing my lesson plans, I will include modifications, so every student
is able to participate. I am aware all schools do not have the money to hire
paraprofessionals for students to be successful. My lessons
modifications will include making the playing area vary in sizes to
help create a better learning environment for students that need
smaller or larger space. Additionally, my modifications will include
proximity for students who needs that constant eye contact or touched
on the shoulder to stay focus. I will use the buddy system strategy;
this will help enhance students’ social skills while giving me the
opportunity to focus on the entire class. When giving instructions I
will repeat them three different times but in different forms. The first
time I will just speak the instructions, the second time I will have a
student repeat the instructions out loud and lastly, I will repeat the
instructions again with students demonstrating as I speak. Students
will have the opportunity to choose between what equipment they
want to use with each activity. During my internships I have learned
some students struggle with texture of materials, some lack fine
motor skills, others may have cognitive impairment and cannot use
equipment properly. My goal is to include every student and not make
them feel excluded so I will have the entire class vary in equipment at
times, so they can see others using the same equipment as them. My
activities instructions will always be placed on the wall daily and I will
constantly walk around the gymnasium to each group or student
during activities. At the end of some class periods, I will do class
activity surveys to see what my students want to learn and what
activities they favor to promote student centered learning. My goal is
to create a joyful, safe, and supportive educational environment for
every student. With my goal in mind students will complete weekly
journals describing how they felt during the class periods that week,
what went well, what they think did not go well and tell me what they
think I can do to help them be successful in class. Journals can be
completed by using whatever application, tool, or device the student
feel comfortable with as long as they complete the homework. I am
certain once students leave my classroom, they will understand they
should be included in the world and if they ever feel like are not being
included, they will have the knowledge and confidence on how to be
vocal for themselves or seek resources to help them. The word
“inclusion” will remain big and bold on my gymnasium wall at all
times.
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