I feel that I will be a wonderful teacher because I am very organized and I am for schedules and routines.  I feel having an organized teacher and classroom can be beneficial to all students in either a general education or special education classroom.  Teachers who are unorganized often distract students and make it harder for students to learn.  Students can also benefit from having a set schedule or routine because they are able to learn over time that this is what is going to happen and this is what I should be doing.  Being organized and having a set schedule or routine can also help students be more organized and it presents a better learning environment.

            As a teacher, I plan on being available for individual and class help.  While students are working together as a class or individually, I will make sure to answer any questions that may arise and if I don’t know the answer I will make sure to find out or have the class look it up for a research project.  I will also make time to be available before and after school so students can come in for help if needed.  I will make sure to try to never make my students feel uncomfortable or incapable of doing something. 

            I plan on relaying constant feedback to my students.  I will always praise them for their accomplishments and let them know what they have done wrong but in a positive manner in which they can learn from it.  I will also reward with compliments, grades, and physical rewards (on occasion) for accomplishing certain individual or group tasks.  I will let students know how they are doing periodically (not just by report cards) and I will keep in contact with their parents since good communication is key.  I really liked the idea of sending contracts home so parents can decide how often they would like to be contacted and by which means, so I plan on using them.  I will establish contact according to each parent’s preferences.  I will make sure that all parents know how their child is doing and the events that will be taking place within the classroom or school.  I am also for notebooks being sent back and forth from teacher to parent in regards to students. 

            I will make learning fun and interesting but will always teach what needs to be taught; whether it be the curriculum or every day needs based.  I like doing hands on activities and experiments whenever possible and not so much lecturing.  I will constantly keep my students’ attention during each lesson or even between lessons.  I also really like using advanced organizers so students know what will be going on during that particular day or even lesson.  It’s a good way for students to keep track of what’s going on and of their homework.  I also like the idea of having students keep journals so they can write their feelings or whatever they want in it everyday and that way, I can also know how my students are doing with work and with themselves and at home.  I think that it’s good for students to do community service too; such as helping with school-wide projects or occasionally donating or participating in raffles to help less fortunate people.  By doing this, students can learn to be good or better people and it can be incorporated into a lesson in different subjects (statistics, history, geography, etc…). 

            Personally, I’m for inclusion classrooms and as of right now, I’d rather teach an inclusion classroom than just a special education classroom.  I think that most often, inclusion classrooms can be very beneficial to students with and without disabilities.  It’s a good way for students to understand and learn about diversity and this way, students can interact with each other so they can possibly get along better.  When students with disabilities are in special education classrooms, many general education students don’t interact with students with disabilities and often tease them.  Even though this isn’t always true, it often is and I feel that there is a less of a chance of it happening in an inclusion classroom.  I can teach students how they should interact with others that are different than themselves by ethnicity, ability, gender, race, etc...  All students should learn these things at a young age but they should be continually taught throughout school. 

            The most important thing that I want to be able to do for students is to be a friend that they can trust and confide in.  I want students to be able to come to me about anything and them to know that I will never judge them and I will always try to help them in the best possible way.  Students don’t always have someone to go to (friend, parent, etc…) so I would like them to be able to come to me when needed about anything.  I will not let this get in the way of my teaching them and I won’t favor students who come to me about things.  Even though learning the curriculum is important, I want them to actually leave my classroom with having learned valuable information about every day life also.  I want students to enjoy the time that they have in school and I want them to like learning.

            If I were to be in an inclusion classroom, I would want to have a teaching assistant to help me out if needed, depending the specific needs of the child with a disability and what that disability would be.  Even if I had a teaching assistant, I would still pay attention to and help teach the student or students with disabilities to the best of my capability.  I will help every student accomplish specific goals for each of them individually and help the class as a whole accomplish goals as a class.