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A philosophy of teaching statement is an important component of your classroom handbook or website project. This statement helps to demonstrate how you are intentional or purposeful about your teaching. It also enables you to communicate your goals as a care teacher. Most teaching job applicants are now being asked to articulate their philosophy during job interviews, so this is a great place to start pulling these thoughts together and get some helpful, supportive feedback.
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Assignment Directions:
Using the information from this week’s reading, prior information from your other ECE courses, and any real-world experience with infants and toddlers, draft a 1-page philosophy of teaching infants/toddler statement. This is a 1st draft and will be revisited and revised as we progress through our course together.
In your first draft, be sure to focus on:
1. Your perception of teaching. This opening paragraph is where you describe what teaching means to you and your views on the role of the infant/toddler care teacher.
2. Your perception of learning. In this second paragraph, try and describe your thoughts on how infants/toddlers learn and develop. You can reference particular philosophies or teaching approaches (these can come from your reading) or simply relate your own thoughts and opinions.
3. Your teaching goals. In this final paragraph, you will describe your goals for young children and what you can do as an infant/toddler care teacher to support early learning and development in a group care environment (this can be center-based and/or family childcare). This is where you tell the reader why you teach the way that you do!
