Hello, my name is Liz and I currently
teach at a care center working in preschool, around the ages of 2-3 years old. I
work with another woman and we co-teach twelve rambunctious toddlers. Our daily
lives include family meal times, activity time, free time, outdoor play, and
our classroom is prone to random dance parties. It was not always this grand,
about two weeks after I started the teacher I was working with decided to quit.
I spent the next six months working with substitutes. Which to no surprise was
a challenge and a half. I remember when they told me they had finally found me
a teacher; I laughed right in my director’s face and said “ok”. I had heard so
many times that it “wouldn’t be much longer” or “we are looking for the right
fit” that I had given up hope. However, there we were December 27 freshly back
from our long Christmas weekend when an older woman walked into our classroom
and forever changed our little room. That marvelous woman’s name was Angie, and
together we are a forced to be reckoned with.
I never imagined I would
be a teacher; in fact, I was an EMT fresh out of high school. When I suffered a
horrific car crash, I left the field and found work as a retail associate. It would
not be until several years later my friend would tell me about an opening as a
teacher with the special education program. When I first started teaching, I had
no idea what I was doing; I was an assistant and just helping the best I could.
However, my compassion and loving nature had won over all the teachers and
students. Now that I work in my own classroom, things are different. We offer
emergent curriculum and that means I can teach about anything my children are
passionate about, and I love that freedom! My ultimate goal as a teacher is to
just be there and be present for my students. At my classrooms developmental
age we are growing, changing, and devolving more opinions every second! I just
always hope I am there and providing what they need. Goals for my classroom are
always simple
1.
Have fun.
2.
Explore something new
every day, even if that thing is laying on the floor-watching waterfall from
the overflowing sink.
3.
Encourage and facilitate
learning, in a fun and enticing manor.
4.
Follow the schedule while
glancing at the lesson plan you worked on so hard.
5.
Eat three square meals a
day, and get in water breaks. (teachers and students)
6.
When all else fails…
break out the dance music!
Info about the photo- with these last few moments of summer fading away i'
ll never forget the insane amount of bubble dance parties my class had this year. *cheers* to a great summer!
ll never forget the insane amount of bubble dance parties my class had this year. *cheers* to a great summer!
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