User:Riddle00579942marie

Hi to all! My name is Robin and this is my first course with ODU!

ABOUT ME:

The first thing I always say about myself is that I am the mother of three: a daughter who is a Speech Therapist and now lives in San Francisco; a son who is a U.S. Marine and currently in Jacksonville, N.C.; and my youngest son, a senior in high school, here with me in Danville, Virginia. Having spent most of my life taking care of my children and doing all that I could to enable them to each strive to be the very best they could be, it seemed only logical for me to pursue a degree in Education in order to continue with my personal interests in today's youth. After children, my second passion is my beloved personality-plus Maltese pup, Brady--a real ball of energy and a true source of delight for me!

PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION:

I believe that young students should be empowered with an enthusiastic and genuinely concerned classroom leader. As a teacher, my intentions of creating the welcoming and accepting environment that I feel is necessary for learning to occur will be reinforced with an insistence upon mutual respect among and between the students, a zero toleration for bullying, and instructional strategies that incorporate the necessary social skills in building this foundation. I think the use of cooperative learning and the availability of student choice in assignment or project tasks for purposes of evaluating comprehension of material presented (wherever and whenever possible) will open doors of opportunity for students to realize and appreciate individual differences as well as shared similarities. I want each child to feel respected, wanted, and valued as they together learn not only the grade requirements, but also their unique and indispensable positions of importance in thier classroom, school, and community.