My Personal Teaching Philosophy(My Values)

Every teacher will have a different personal teaching philosophy and that’s what makes every teacher unique. Each teacher will have their own beliefs on how they think their class should be run and the values they treasure the most for teaching. As a first year teacher, my personal teaching philosophy consists of values such as: respect for others, creativity, collaboration, authority, and commitment. These fives values are the values that as a teacher I see important to have in my classroom.
My first value is respecting others. As a child, I was picked on in school and therefore I hated going to class every day. I believe that all of my students should learn how to respect each other. I want my classroom to be as comfortable as possible for a great learning experience. My second value is creativity because I believe that children should be able to express their emotions through being creative. The art programs are being taken out of the school system and I think that children should be able to express their creative side. I will continue to focus on my core subjects but my class will learn how to do Math, English, etc. in creative and fun ways.
As a teacher, I believe that children can understand some things better when talking to their peers, rather than the teacher. This is why I will use collaboration activities in my class. Collaborating with other students not only let students see how their peers would do problems in different ways that they think would work better for them but also collaboration is a great way for social skills also. My fourth value is a value that I believe that some teachers do not stress enough; authority. I will let my students know that I am here to teach them things that they will hopefully take with them for the rest of their life but I will not tolerate any misbehaving students. I will let them know that I am the adult in the classroom and are to obey my rules are there will be consequences.
My last value is commitment. I promise to all my students that I am committed to helping them be successful no matter what. I will be available after class if my students need me. I want all my students to know that I care about them and I hope that they are successful in life.