Monday, April 25, 2016

Thoughts/reflections on my last blog to possibly use in my teaching philosophy

Looking back on my last blog makes me think more about teaching in the future.  It's not that I don't believe in what I am saying, rather I don't know how to market a more free thinking teaching philosophy to a potential job opportunity without a solid structure laid out for them.  I very much believe in having an general idea for the semester, but then amending it based on what the current class needs as a whole.  For example, if English 99-25 has grammar down no problem, but lacks reading comprehension skills, and English 99-26 can comprehend, but not write, I personally would change my syllabus to match their specific needs instead of following along the set path I said we'd take on day one.   My question for myself I guess is: How do I market myself as this type of teacher? Will i land a job with this type of philosophy?

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