Hi everybody! My name is Phillip H. and I'm a certified teacher. I have recently moved to Kerrville from Houston where I taught 7th grade Texas History and was the Team Leader for our Social Studies Department. I have also taught 6th grade Humanities in what the state considered an "Academically Unsuccessful" Middle School, which was a new subject encompassing the TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills) of English Language Arts and Reading as well as Social Studies blended and delivered...
Hi everybody! My name is Phillip H. and I'm a certified teacher. I have recently moved to Kerrville from Houston where I taught 7th grade Texas History and was the Team Leader for our Social Studies Department. I have also taught 6th grade Humanities in what the state considered an "Academically Unsuccessful" Middle School, which was a new subject encompassing the TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills) of English Language Arts and Reading as well as Social Studies blended and delivered in a 2 period long class in order to prepare the students as much as possible for the end of year STAAR Test to improve the overall scores from the year before. The real challenge of it was that there were 6 of us teaching it in the school and for 4 of us, it was our first year to teach.
We had to make all of the curriculum, every lesson, and had to engage, motivate, and hold the attention of a full class for 2 hours making English Language Arts and Reading as exciting as possible. The end result was a vast improvement in STAAR Test results, as we poured our hearts out into creating lessons that utilized references to pop culture, short Pixar videos used as models of short stories that we used to introduce different writing styles, the brainstorming and midnight texts with random ideas were endless, but what mattered most was that we were able to modify, adapt, and think on our feet to meet our students' needs. I love watching my students succeed, I love the moment they begin to see how smart they really are and how much more capable they are than they previously thought, I just love seeing them get excited about learning and a good teacher sure is a great catalyst for that change, especially one who builds a relationship, understands the student's needs and interests, understands their learning styles and teaches using a method that combines all of these factors to deliver a personal teaching style that fits exactly with the students to be as effective as possible.
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