Educ 776- Week 1 introduction
Greetings! My name is Stephanie Feeman. I just started my 4th year teaching 3rd grade at a school that represents 33 different languages. Our district is kindergarten-8th grade. Southern Illinois is incredibly rural with very little diversity. However, when you enter our school you would never have know where we were located. Our district strives to include students from all walks of life. Diversity is celebrated and we see being different as being special. My classroom is a co-taught special-ed classroom with 26 students from all different backgrounds. My teaching partner and I focus on engagement and genuine thought in the classroom and we both just completed our ESL Endorsement to make our classroom even more inclusive. We try to make every day better than the last and make our time with them as enjoyable as possible. Personally, I understand what it may feel like to have an disfunctional home life. I have seen many students come to school each day and not want to go home. I ...