VBlog#1
Vblog#1:
Hi my name is Rubi Almonte. I was born and raised in Houston, Texas. I am a student at the University of Houston where I am majoring in Teaching and Learning for EC-6. I am currently doing my student teaching in HISD. Spanish is my first language and I didn't learn English until I was in second grade. I was mostly exposed to it by my older siblings when they started going to school. I felt like I was exposed to a great amount of both languages as I started to grow and started to get different interests in TV and music. Growing up I never saw the need to learn a different language yet I felt like I was exposed to it more because as my siblings grew up they started to communicate more in English than Spanish. I never felt the need to learn it yet I did feel the need of needing to understand the English language to be able to understand what people were saying around me. I felt that my exposure to a different language has always been positive. Now that I am doing my student teaching residency in a bilingual classroom I am grateful to be able to use both of my language skills to communicate with my students better. I love seeing my students communicate with me in both Spanish and English.
I think that my teaching philosophy is that I want all my students to feel safe and for them to feel that they belong in my classroom. I always ensure that my students get the help and resources they need to succeed and the only way I can make that happen is by guaranteeing that they will always have a safe and belonging place in my classroom. I want my classroom to be a place where my students feel that they can be whoever they want without any fear. "Multicultural education can help prepare all students to live in our multicultural society, with attention to the complex social challenges-including racism, discrimination, and other issues of inequality-that continue to plague our society". (Wright 2019, pg.22)
Citation:
Wright, Wayne (2019). Foundations for teaching English Language Learners: Research, theory, policy, and practice. Caslon Publishing. Third edition.
Hi Rubi!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoy reading your post as well as reading it. I can relate to you on wanting to be a teacher since I was young, I would always play teacher with my cousins and I would make them be the students. It’s great wanting to get both a generalist and bilingual certification. I love your teaching philosophy in where making student feel safe is a priority a teacher should also have and making sure they all belong.
Hi Jocelyne, thank you so much for watching and reading my post. I am so glad to hear that you also wanted to be a teacher since you were young. I feel that it gives us the best opportunity to be the best teacher we can be. I am glad you like my teaching philosophy where making kids feel safe and understood should always be a teacher's priority.
DeleteHi Rubi!
DeleteI enjoyed watching your Vblog and reading what you said below it. I also relate to knowing that you wanted to be a teacher at a young age; I was always told I would make a great teacher due to being a rule follower and a nerd! Furthermore, I think it is great that you want to pursue being a bilingual teacher, we need more of them! I think you will be a great educator and coworker based off your work ethnic in class and your uplifting personality! I can image you instilling in your students a growth mindset and that they are able to succeed and you will be there to help them along the way! Great job!
Hi Rubi!
DeleteI really enjoy reading your post as well as reading it. It’s great wanting to get both a generalist and bilingual certification. I also agree that exposing children to different language is something that will help them in the long run.I love your teaching philosophy in where making student feel safe is a priority a teacher should also have and making sure they all belong.