Dear Parents,
Welcome back to school! I am very excited about this year and meeting you and my students! My name is Tina Dillen. I am a recent graduate from the University of South Alabama where I obtained my Bachelors degree in Elementary Education. I am native of Mobile and recently moved to Spanish Fort with my husband and Dixie, my four year old yellow lab.
On the first day of class I will provide you and the students with a packet with my classroom procedures and policies. I will also go over these in detail with the students and we will role-play appropriate classroom behavior.
My goal is for you as the parent and myself as the teacher to work together to ensure your child has the best educational experience possible. Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns or just to check in and say hi! You can reach me via the following methods:
Email: TinaDillen@gmail.com
Class Blog: http://tinadillenasteacher.blogspot.com/
Phone: 251-666-6666 (school)
If you would like to make an appointment to visit the class or with me please email me or call the school to make an appointment.
I am looking forward to meeting you and having a great year!
Sincerely,
Tina Dillen
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Classroom Rules
The classroom rules will be discussed with students on the first day of class. During the discussion I will explain each rule as well as provide examples of the behavior that breaks the rules.
Rules
1. Respect yourself and others
2. Keep your hands, feet, and objects to yourself and neat
3. Raise you hand and wait for permission to speak
4. Please remain seated unless given permission to get up
5. Follow all class procedures
Consequences
1. Verbal warning
2. Recess detention
3. Note home
4. Discipline referral to office
5. Parent conference
Rules
1. Respect yourself and others
2. Keep your hands, feet, and objects to yourself and neat
3. Raise you hand and wait for permission to speak
4. Please remain seated unless given permission to get up
5. Follow all class procedures
Consequences
1. Verbal warning
2. Recess detention
3. Note home
4. Discipline referral to office
5. Parent conference
Classroom Procedures
Morning Procedures
Enter room and quietly put away belongings
Place homework folder in blue homework basket
Get out materials needed
Sharpen pencils
Take your seat quietly
Begin bell work on board
Restroom Time/Passes
Please raise your hand holding up three fingers
Wait until I give you permission
Quietly take bathroom pass
Walk to and from restroom
WASH HANDS
Return to seat quietly when you get back to class
When Students Are Tardy
Please enter room quietly
Put away belongings
Take your seat
Quietly get out materials needed
Do not interrupt lesson
Class still pays attention to me/teacher not student that is tardy
End-of-Day Dismissal
I will let you know 5 minutes before bell so you can begin to clean up and get things ready to go
The bell does not dismiss you, I do
When bell rings remain in seat until I dismiss you
When class is clean and quiet I will dismiss you by rows
When row called walk quietly to door to leave
Listening To/Responding To Questions
When someone else is talking please remain quiet and listen
To speak please raise hand
Wait to be given permission to speak
Talk loud enough to be heard
Participating in Class Discussions
Please listen when others are talking
Please raise your hand to get permission to speak
Wait to be given permission to speak
Talk loud enough to be heard
When Students Need Supplies
If you need something please raise your hand
Do not get out of your seat until given permission
Quietly get up and walk over to supply closet
Take only what you need
Return item when you are through to where you got it
Keeping Desk Orderly
Please keep your things neat and clean
Only have out what you need for the lesson you are doing
Pick up loose paper and trash around your desk
Put away all things at the end of the day
Severe Weather/Fire Drills
Please remain quiet and seated
Follow all instructions from all teachers
When walking in line please keep quiet and in single file
Keep your hands to yourself
Coming to Attention
When I need the class’s attention I will stand in front of the room and raise my hand
Stop what you are doing immediately
Face the front of the room and remain quiet
Wait for further instruction
When Students Are Absent
Please being note/doctors excuse for absence
I will ask for the note/excuse while you are completing morning bell work
Quietly get up and bring me the excuse when asked
Return to seat quietly
Students Keeping Notebooks
Please keep work from each subject in a separate notebook
Keep blank paper in each notebook
Always place finished work in date order in the right subject notebook
Notebooks will be checked for neatness
Going to the Office
Please take hall pass with you to office
Walk quietly in hallways
Go straight to office and straight back to classroom
Do not talk to other classes
When Students Have a Question/Need Help
Please raise your hand if you have a question
I will either come over to help you or you will be given permission to come to my desk
Please ask your question
I will try to help you the best way possible
Passing in Papers
When passing in papers please fold then lengthwise
Write name, date, and assignment name on outside of paper
Pass papers to person in front of you
Class helper will collect papers from front of rows and give to me
Turning in Homework
Make sure to put your name on all papers
Place homework in blue homework folder
Place homework folder in my blue basket at beginning of day
Walking In Hall
Walk in a single file line
No running
Keep hands to yourself
No talking
Sharpening Pencils
Please sharpen 3 pencils in the morning
Please raise hand to get permission to get up to go to sharpener
Quietly walk to pencil sharpener and sharpen pencils
Return to seat
My Class Blog
This school year I will have a class blog full of information for my students, parents, and myself. I believe that the use of the class blog is a great way to keep the class and parents informed, as well as keeping my class organized. It will also allow students, as well as some parents to get an introduction to blogs and how they can be an effective tool in the class setting.
The following items will be available on my class blog:
The following items will be available on my class blog:
- All homework assignments and due dates
- School newsletter
- Cafeteria menu
- Class calendar
- Student recognition
- Weekly summaries of what has been going on in class
- Upcoming class events
- Links to contact me
- Pictures of class work done by students
This is a great way to show family members what your child is doing in school; ever asked a child what did you do in school today and all they say is nothing....pull up the class blog and see for yourself! :)
The class blog link is: http://tinadillenasteacher.blogspot.com/
My Philosphy of Teaching
My Objectives as a Teacher
As a teacher there are many objectives that I hope to accomplish with my students. First and most importantly I plan to provide a positive learning environment where children feel safe and secure to express themselves and actively engage in the learning process, as well as learn how to socially interact with other children. Within this environment, the below listed objectives are ones that I intend to meet with my students throughout the academic school year:
Instill the skill of critical thinking and problem solving
Teach the students the fundamental content of the curriculum for that academic year
Develop the students’ learning skills and social skills that they will have to use in everyday life, the rest of their life
Encourage and promote self-discipline in and out of the classroom
While this list is not all inclusive, it highlights the areas I feel are important to a child’s success in the classroom.
Meeting My Objectives
In order to achieve these objectives that I have listed in the above paragraph I will implement several different teaching styles to reach students with a variety of learning styles. All students do not learn the same way, so all lessons should not be taught the same way every time. Of course all lessons will follow the curriculum plan set by the school district. I will teach lessons in the following ways: auditory, visual, and kinesthetic; this is so that students will hear the information, see the information, and will do hands on exercises to learn the concepts of a lesson. In order to promote critical thinking, problem solving, and self-discipline I will assign group and individual projects within the class time and to be done away from the class as well. Group work or collaborative working environments will also develop social skills that the students will need for everyday life.
How I Will Assess My Effectiveness
In order to assess my effectiveness in the classroom I will periodically test my students. I plan to use testing my students as a means to determine what my students are grasping and what we need to work on more. Testing in my classroom will not be used to “divide” the students who get it from the ones who do not. It will be used as a pace guideline for me in determining whether we can move on to a new topic or decide if we need to spend more time on a topic to ensure that my students retain the knowledge I am trying to teach to them. I will also use the school systems CRTs or Criterion Referenced Testing scores assess my effectiveness as a teacher.
Why I Want to Be a Teacher
Why I want to be a teacher, gosh there are several reasons. I have wanted to be a teacher for as long as I can remember. Somewhere along the way the “real world” came along and several years of working full time and only taking classes that were convenient led me to stray away from that dream, and I obtained a business degree. After I graduated with my business degree I found myself working at the University of South Alabama and used my “free” tuition to pursue my teaching degree.
I want to teach because I am very good with kids and love knowing that I can make a difference in someone’s life. I believe that teachers, aside from parents, are the most influential people in a child’s life. For this reason I believe that it is essential that teachers provide a positive learning environment where children feel safe and secure to express themselves and actively engage in the learning process, as well as learn how to socially interact with other children. Some children are not privileged to have involved, positive authority figures in their lives. For this reason, I believe that one of the most essential roles the teacher should be to students is a positive role model. As a teacher we should represent this and continually to positively encourage our students to strive to reach their potential, even if the child cannot see what that is. It is our duty as teachers to set our expectations high and provide the resources and means to help students meet those expectations. When this happens the child’s self efficacy grows and they are more willing to accept and rise to challenges in the future.
Another reason that I want to teach is that teaching is a career that will allow me to begin a family and have a career at the same time. It is important to me to have a career, but at the same time be able to spend quality time with my family. Being a teacher will allow me to have time off to spend with family while living out my dreams as an individual as well.
As a teacher there are many objectives that I hope to accomplish with my students. First and most importantly I plan to provide a positive learning environment where children feel safe and secure to express themselves and actively engage in the learning process, as well as learn how to socially interact with other children. Within this environment, the below listed objectives are ones that I intend to meet with my students throughout the academic school year:
Instill the skill of critical thinking and problem solving
Teach the students the fundamental content of the curriculum for that academic year
Develop the students’ learning skills and social skills that they will have to use in everyday life, the rest of their life
Encourage and promote self-discipline in and out of the classroom
While this list is not all inclusive, it highlights the areas I feel are important to a child’s success in the classroom.
Meeting My Objectives
In order to achieve these objectives that I have listed in the above paragraph I will implement several different teaching styles to reach students with a variety of learning styles. All students do not learn the same way, so all lessons should not be taught the same way every time. Of course all lessons will follow the curriculum plan set by the school district. I will teach lessons in the following ways: auditory, visual, and kinesthetic; this is so that students will hear the information, see the information, and will do hands on exercises to learn the concepts of a lesson. In order to promote critical thinking, problem solving, and self-discipline I will assign group and individual projects within the class time and to be done away from the class as well. Group work or collaborative working environments will also develop social skills that the students will need for everyday life.
How I Will Assess My Effectiveness
In order to assess my effectiveness in the classroom I will periodically test my students. I plan to use testing my students as a means to determine what my students are grasping and what we need to work on more. Testing in my classroom will not be used to “divide” the students who get it from the ones who do not. It will be used as a pace guideline for me in determining whether we can move on to a new topic or decide if we need to spend more time on a topic to ensure that my students retain the knowledge I am trying to teach to them. I will also use the school systems CRTs or Criterion Referenced Testing scores assess my effectiveness as a teacher.
Why I Want to Be a Teacher
Why I want to be a teacher, gosh there are several reasons. I have wanted to be a teacher for as long as I can remember. Somewhere along the way the “real world” came along and several years of working full time and only taking classes that were convenient led me to stray away from that dream, and I obtained a business degree. After I graduated with my business degree I found myself working at the University of South Alabama and used my “free” tuition to pursue my teaching degree.
I want to teach because I am very good with kids and love knowing that I can make a difference in someone’s life. I believe that teachers, aside from parents, are the most influential people in a child’s life. For this reason I believe that it is essential that teachers provide a positive learning environment where children feel safe and secure to express themselves and actively engage in the learning process, as well as learn how to socially interact with other children. Some children are not privileged to have involved, positive authority figures in their lives. For this reason, I believe that one of the most essential roles the teacher should be to students is a positive role model. As a teacher we should represent this and continually to positively encourage our students to strive to reach their potential, even if the child cannot see what that is. It is our duty as teachers to set our expectations high and provide the resources and means to help students meet those expectations. When this happens the child’s self efficacy grows and they are more willing to accept and rise to challenges in the future.
Another reason that I want to teach is that teaching is a career that will allow me to begin a family and have a career at the same time. It is important to me to have a career, but at the same time be able to spend quality time with my family. Being a teacher will allow me to have time off to spend with family while living out my dreams as an individual as well.
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