Essential+Belief+Statement

ESSENTIAL BELIEF STATEMENT
 * Essential Belief Statement (20 points)** VL ✰, CPG ✰ ◆ Standards 9 and 10

Please describe your personal experiences and beliefs regarding: 1) Why did you select teaching as your profession? 2) Why did you select the level and/or the content area you teach? 3) What is your ideal teaching environment in relationship to teaming and collaborating? 4) What leadership roles have you taken as an educator? 5) How does your learning styles inventory represent who you are? 6) What is the vision/mission of your school and how does it connect to your classroom? 7) What do you expect to get out of this course? The three-page paper will be shared with the class and a hard copy will be submitted to the professor. In your final reflection statement, you’ll revisit these essential beliefs and reflect on your growth.

Each question is addressed in a way that reflects thoughtfulness and introspection on the part of the author: ____ 1) Why did you select teaching as your profession? (2 pts.) ____ 2) Why did you select the level and/or the content area you teach? (2 pts.) ____ 3) What is your ideal teaching environment in relationship to teaming and collaborating? (2 pts.) ____ 4) What leadership roles have you taken as an educator? (2 pts.) ____ 5) How does your learning styles inventory represent who you are? (2 pts.) ____ 6) What is the vision/mission of your school and how does it connect to your classroom? (2 pts.) ____ 7) What do you expect to get out of this course? (2 pts.)

____ shared it with the class (2 pts.) ____ uploaded a professional, well-written (grammar, punctuation, spelling, mechanics of writing) document (3 pts.) ____ length was appropriate (3 pages double-spaced was requested) (1 pt.)