Gloria's Manifesto

A Brighter Education

I will stop believing that a smaller class size will benefit my students’ achievement. Instead, I will change my teaching techniques when obtaining negative results from my prior teaching methods.

I will first assess my students in order to have a full understanding of what they already know. Some teachers’ lesson plans contain 40 % of what students already know and this will not be my case. My goal is to teach a new and interesting topic to my students every day.

I will be responsible for my students’ failures and will not blame them. If a student is not showing progress, I will first analyze my teaching techniques and modify them.

I will avoid using the phrase “do your best” because students should be inspired to go beyond their best performance. The students will not think “out of the box” if teachers only expect the best from them. As teachers, we should want 120 % or more from our students.

I promise to clarify the learning intentions and success criteria as clearly as possible. Students should know what to do next, what is expected from them and how the outcome should look like.

                                                                                                      

I will not pressure my students into speaking English until they are ready. Teachers should wait until the 6 months silence period is over to request English Language Learners to speak in their second language.

I will embrace my students’ culture in my lesson plan and classroom environment. Students should feel comfortable and willing to learn about each other's culture. This will create a multicultural classroom.

I will see each of my students as individuals and not categorize them in ethnic group. Even though some of our students come from the same country, each student is unique and exclusive.

I will not allow my voice to be the only one heard throughout the school day. Instead, I will let my students have a voice and use it to interact with one another.

 I promise to accept any answer, no matter if it is correct or incorrect. I will let error into my class and encourage my students to participate. There will be no wrong answer in my class.

I will not use the layer cake method. Instead, I will give my students 3-4 brief exposures to a certain topic using different strategies for each. I will then teach the material more in depth for a better understanding. This method will help the students have a more reasonable chance of learning the material.

                                                                              By: Gloria Macias \

 Source: Freeman, D. E. and Freeman, Y. S. (2004). Essential Linguistics: What You Need to Know to Teach. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

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