Philosophy Of Early Childhood Education

I want to become an elementary teacher that inspires and encourages my students; a teacher that makes my students want to become better versions of themselves. As a person, I hope I will lead a life surrounded by family and friends that is full of love, compassion, hard work, wisdom, and faith. Having a career as an early childhood educator is important to me because I have always loved helping children learn. I have had a passion for tutoring and mentoring young children for years, and want to turn this passion into my career. The key to being a successful educator is recognizing and employing traits of exceptional teachers, maintaining a diverse community for students, and identifying the primary goal every educator should have while teaching
It is easy to judge and draw incorrect, stereotypical conclusions about a group of people from a distance. Drawing incorrect conclusions is less likely to happen when students spend time together in a safe and welcoming environment. A diverse community gives educators wonderful teaching opportunities. Students do not have to rely solely on reading books to learn about different cultures, countries, or people groups. They are able to personally experience them and learn from each other daily in a diverse classroom. Educators should expand upon this situation by giving students opportunities to share information about their customs, food, languages, dress, etc. Introducing children to other cultures that are different from their own at an early age will help them avoid becoming intolerant of people that are different from themselves. It can also build empathy in children because they can see the variety of challenges faced by students in each of the groups represented in the class. The diverse classroom gives educators a unique platform to help children be the best they can
Every lesson, program, activity, project, and test should be driven by the desire to do what is best for the students. In order to accomplish this, educators need to strive to be their absolute best. It is unreasonable to expect children to work hard on improving themselves if their educators are not doing the same. Educators should also work to maximize each child’s potential for greatness. A large component of reaching potential is recognizing and encouraging strengths children possess. It is powerful for an educator to look at a student and tell them all the good they see in them; it can even change a life. If one child is gifted in music and another child is gifted in math, their educator’s goal should be to help those two children gain access to resources that will help them grow in their strengths. They should also look to areas of weakness and find resources to help strengthen those weaknesses as soon as possible to avoid education gaps and prevent future