I believe that I have always wanted to be in a career that involved working with the youth. But honestly, never did I think that I would be teaching, and even less teaching Math. As a student, I was once labeled an English Language Learner. Going into kindergarten I didn’t know any English. That is where my passion for teaching came up as I volunteered as a tutor at high school programs and did private tutoring as well. Now that I am in my third year teaching, I have been lucky to land my dream job of working with youth that are part of the same community that I grew up in. Colleagues around me introduced the Innovative Learning program to me as they were once students of this program. After doing my research on it I knew that this program would allow me to grow as a professional but most importantly it would help me better prepare my students for my Math class but most importantly for life after high school like college or the work field.
I was encouraged by colleagues to join the Innovative Program at Touro University knowing that I would learn new ways of making my classroom a better learning environment for all of my students. I am in my third year teaching, therefore colleagues and I knew that I was excited to explore new instructional design models to provide the equitable access in the classroom. So far the program has been able to assist me in considering the educational background of my students and how the technology that I am slowly integrating into my lesson plans can help academic achievement within the classroom. TPACK, ARCS, Dervins model of sense-making are just some of the instructional design models that I have been using so far as I create lesson plans. Of course, I am just beginning in working around these models. I have a longs way to go, but my students keep motivating me in making sure that I am providing them with the best learning experience that I can possibly give them. I believe that every student that walks into my classroom should have the same opportunity to learn the Math content and build 21st century skills as any other student at my campus and in our community. Their educational background should not be a reason to exclude opportunities but instead it should be embraced and be used as an influence to develop instruction.
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