Prejudices and Assessment

EDUC350

This week we are discussing the levels of prejudices and how to deal with certain circumstances within our classrooms. I think this is something that is so important, because in our world today there is so many issues within our diverse world. There is issues with prejudices that have been either the norm or passed down within a family that could brought out in our class. In class we got to role play situations and I loved being able to role play certain situations that may come up dealing with prejudices. This was a great way to show NCTCS standard 2, which is teachers establish a respectful environment for a diverse population of students. Specifically point 2 where it states "teachers embrace diversity in the school and the world." As teachers, we have to make sure that we encourage and embrace diversity within our classroom. Role playing these situations gave us an opportunity to embrace it within our classroom. Everyone has prejudices even if you don't realize it, and as teachers it is something we must be aware of. We have to create a safe learning environment for every single one of our students.

One of my favorite things said during this class was that, "As a teacher you have to have empathy with what is going on with our students." I loved this quote.  Empathy is understanding and sharing someones emotions. With being a teacher, we have to understand and connect with what is going on with our students. For my outside research for the week I wanted to pull a quote from a book I am reading. The book is called "Leaders Eat Last" by Simon Sinek. In the first chapter it discusses how leaders need empathy. It states, "empathy, is the single greatest asset he has to do his job." I think this is something that is so important to realize. Empathy can be the single greatest asset to being a leader. If you really think about that it is crazy because it isn't hard to be empathetic. It is something that can be so simple, but can be a complete game changer for how we are a leader in our classroom! 

EDUC410

This week in EDUC 410 we are going over assessment and the laws that govern assessment. I was unaware that there is so many laws that govern assessment! There are laws at the federal, state, and local level that govern assessment within schools. I really liked hearing other classmates perspectives on assessment and how their experiences on assessment were while they were in school. Every school and state is different on assessment, but it is something that is required to make sure our students are actually retaining the information. This is directly related to Standard 5 point 1- Teachers analyze student learning. This is something that is required of us as teachers, to make sure we are giving our students the best education possible.

Future Classroom

In my future classroom I want to make sure that I show empathy to every single one of my students. I want to make sure that my students and myself leave any prejudices at the door and do not bring them into my classroom. I want to make sure that all my students feel safe in my classroom. Also, I want to make sure that I am following all the laws of assessment for my students. This is going to be at all the local, state, and federal level. I want to make sure that my students are really understanding the material I am teaching them.