Marco B Ramirez Texas A&M Kingsville University EDED 5310 Microcomputers in Education     I am a Graduate Student at Texas A&M Kingsville University Education Department   I am currently looking for a position as a principal in the Rio Grande Valley

 

EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY:

 

Teachers are faced with issues that people in other professions would never dream of.  We are responsible for our children’s education, for their emotional well-being, for their safety in the classroom, for their morals and values, etc.  We are faced with parents that say, “He doesn’t pay attention to me, maybe he’ll listen to you.”  We are faced with violence and heartache.  We are faced with the pressures and stress that no one can understand unless he/she is a fellow colleague.  Yet, in the middle of all these situations, is the student.  We have the opportunity to mold him the way we want.  We have such high expectations for him.  We tell him you need to go to college and get a good job, and strive to be the best in whatever you do.  We try to treat everyone with respect, dignity, and fairness.  We try to be enthusiastic about everything we teach so that the children will want to willingly grasp the concepts, also.  We are role models and examples.  We constantly keep that in mind and act accordingly.  We do and handle these expectations honorably because we truly care about the children and our profession.  Individuals that are not in our profession think our job is easy.  If they would spend just one day in a classroom and see how we are constantly looking for “more time”, constantly searching for new ideas, constantly thinking about the students, they would appreciate teachers just a little bit more, and would never take them for granted.

 

 

USEFUL WEBSITES

www.ed.gov

www.tea.state.tx.us

www.tea.state.tx.us/special.ed

www.teachnet.com/

www.sitesforteachers.com

 

 

THE NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND (NCLB) ACT

Go to the NCLB site

 

The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001, the revised Elementary and Secondary Education Act, is a potent blend of new requirements, incentives and resources, and it poses significant challenges for states.

The law sets deadlines for states to expand the scope and frequency of student testing, revamp their accountability systems and guarantee that every teacher is qualified in their subject area. NCLB requires states to make demonstrable annual progress in raising the percentage of students proficient in reading and math, and in narrowing the test-score gap between advantaged and disadvantaged students. At the same time, the new law increases funding in several areas, including K-3 reading programs and before- and after-school programs, and provides states with greater flexibility to use federal funds as they see fit.

NCLB is an ambitious law and forces states to move faster and further to improve the achievement of every student. Perhaps the combination of NCLB’s tight timelines and high expectations and existing state education agendas will prove successful where past reform efforts have fallen short.