User:Swrig020

About the Author:

Hi! My name is Shannon Albert. I live in Fredericksburg Virginia with my husband. I am a lead teacher at Children of America I work with the school age children before and after school. I do not have any children of my own unless you count my dogs. I have always wanted to be a teacher; I have just been taking the roundabout way to become one. I received my Associates Degree from John Tyler Community College in Richmond Virginia, and then I went on to earn my Bachelors Degree majoring in Psychology from Virginia Commonwealth University. Now here I am at ODU’s Distance learning to try and complete my Masters.

Education Philosophy:

My teaching philosophy is ever changing.As a high school student I started out really having trouble with school, but shortly after I switched schools I realized why I had such a hard time. It all revolved around my classroom environment. The first school I went to had an extremely high student-teacher ratio so there was not much interaction between the two. The first school required as little parental involvement as possible in fact they seemed to discourage parental involvement. When I changed schools I began to realize that I loved learning because the teachers there were so helpful and encouraging and simply loved to teach. The second school also required weekly letters sent home about how each child was doing in the classrooms which let me parents know exactly where I was in the class.

I think this experience has taught me so much about my own educational philosophy because I now believe that children need a more one on one experience with all of their teachers. A teacher is not there to stand at the front of a classroom reading out of a book, they should be right there next to the child if there are any questions or concerns. So I know (and already practice) helping kids individually with any work we have done I try to not just stand around but go to each child and talk with them make sure they understand what we are trying to do.

I enjoyed reading about this author. I think it is very interesting how different people come to want to be teachers. The educational philosophy of this author is very interesting. I like how she describes her changing educational philosophy. Letze001 (talk) 18:15, 13 September 2008 (UTC)