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Write (and revisit) your teaching philosophy. A teaching philosophy is your statement on why you teach. What do you see as the purpose of education, and how do you exemplify that mission? What do you value, and how do your lessons, assessments, and rapport fit with those ideas? A teaching philosophy should be a working draft, constantly evolving and growing as you evolve and grow as an educator. I love revisiting my teaching philosophy, and reading it through newly experienced eyes. It reminds me that I’m guided by a purpose: that I want to help my students become well-informed, empowered change-makers. Not only does it inspire and reinvigorate me, but it allows me to pause and reflect on how well my current practice fits my goal.

 

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Dana Dooley teaches high school AP Government, Government & Economics, and Yearbook near Sacramento,...

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