My Philosophy

I believe that a strong emphasis on basic skills in elementary school is imperative to a child's academic success. Their reading and comprehension abilities will determine how they perform in all academic areas. I believe that if a child can read, he can learn anything, but when a child struggles in reading, it makes all other subjects difficult as well. My role as a teacher is not only to teach the skills of reading and comprehension, but also children should be taught effective problem-solving skills. SOmetimes the answers are not always right in front of them and they need to be able to apply rational thought with inductive and dedeuctive reasoning skills to arrive at an answer.