My Teaching Philosophy
I believe that an education is one of the greatest gifts someone can receive. It allows for someone to gain fruitful knowledge that will benefit them for the rest of their lives. A good education requires good teachers. To be a good teacher, I believe that it is necessary for me to truly care and want the best for my students. Continue scrolling on this page to learn more about my Teaching Philosophy!
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My Classroom Management Philosophy.
My Classroom Management philosophy is to provide students with a safe, fun, and beneficial classroom environment that will mold them into upstanding citizens in their futures. I have based my philosophy off of multiple different sources, but the main ones come from Conscious Discipline, Wong, and Love and Logic.
- Love and Logic: Student's Self Concepts
- Wong: Proximity
- Conscious Discipline: Student's Brain States
Homework Policy and Assessments
Lesson Plans
benschmidt_worldhistory_posterboard_differentiationlessonplan.pdf | |
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This is a lesson plan I designed for a World History class that includes flexible grouping and student collaboration. The lesson plan has the students get in groups to create an organized poster board on a specific historical event.
benschmidt_ancientegypt_vrtechnology_lesson_plan.pdf | |
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Here is a technology lesson plan that I created that utilizes VR headsets in order to increase the learner's understanding on the ancient pyramids in Egypt.
benschmidt_economicsupplyanddemandproject_differentiationlessonplan.pdf | |
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This is a lesson plan that incorporates differentiation in an Economics class. The students are able to explain the concept of supply and demand by choosing a presentation style that is adjacent to their individual learning preferences.
"No significant learning occurs without a significant relationship" - Dr. James Comer
Establishing Relationships and School Family
Another important part of my Teaching Philosophy is creating meaningful relationships with my students and their families. To grow in relationships with my students, I will be aware and involved in some of their activities that they are involved with outside of the classroom. This includes attending sporting events or asking them about hobbies that they have or participate in outside of school. This interest in my students' lives outside the classroom can show them that I care about them and am not just a person giving them grades. I also will build positive relationships with my students' families by sending them a letter home on the first week of class to illustrate what my classroom environment will look like, as well as some facts about myself that will allow for my students and their parents to get to know me better before taking my class.