Kiera Schultz Education 2500

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Personal Reflection #2

A professional educator is consistently adaptive, accepting, and reflective. I believe that

in order to be a professional educator, it is most important to be accepting. With the widely

diverse classrooms in Canada and around the world today, a professional educator needs to be

accepting of all differences and diversities within a classroom. I firmly believe that when it

comes to a students sexual orientation, cultural practices, religious practices, beliefs, or even

neurodiversity; a professional educator has to be accepting of all differences, and must be

prepared to be adaptable in numerous circumstances.

In modern day classrooms, teachers face a variety of challenges when it comes to

diversity. I believe that teachers need to be adaptive in creating and implementing lesson plans,

and must be able to tailor lessons to fit each students individual needs. Professional educators

must care about their students, and put in extra time and effort into finding solutions to aid each

students success. For example, my current teacher associate is an educator at a catholic school,

traditionally, not a school that would be accepting of other faiths and beliefs, but my teacher

associate has tailored her religion class to be a growing in faith class. This class emphasizes

moral lessons over religious stories, and she makes a point in most classes to address the variety

of cultures, and religions to assure the students that it is okay to be different.

I strongly believe with current classrooms in Canadian society, teachers must be adaptive,

and accepting, but along with these two important features, a professional educator should

consistently be reflective of his or her own work, and of others. I believe that teaching is a

continuing learning process, and professional educators must be willing to learn as much as they

teach, from students, colleagues, and peers. Along with learning consistently, teachers must be

reflective upon their daily practices, and open to trying new things that may or may not be
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successful. It is very important to be willing to try new things, and have an open mind upon

successes and failures along the journey. Professional educators must be reflective upon these

practices in order to continue self-instructional growth.

I believe that at the end of the day the most important thing a professional educator must

be, is a genuinely caring second parent to their students. Professional educators should

consistently be adaptive, accepting and reflective, because they want to be for themselves, and

for their students. I believe that to be a good professional educator, one must be open to change

and understand that a students mental well-being always comes first in comparison to academic

success. If a professional educator understands this, then being adaptive, accepting and reflective

should come naturally. Professional educators should always put their students needs first and

understand that it is their responsibility to put their full effort into student success, and growth.