Miss Whitaker Opens Her Heart by Jennifer Moore

To help make students feel welcomed, I greet them at the door with either a verbal greeting, high five, fist bump, or handshake. In making them feel valued, they know my classroom is a safe place where they can be open to the learning process. In my classroom, I strive to create a supportive environment where students feel welcomed valued and cared about as individuals.

These phenomenal teachers showed me the kind of teacher I wanted to be. He brought so much knowledge, we couldn't get enough. I loved going to class every day because he made science fun we celebrate Mole Day with a dry ice lab and learned about the chemical reactions! I remember never wanting to miss his class and being excited to see what would happen that day. Whitaker, or The Whit-Dawg as we so lovingly called him.

I remember the first time thinking I wanted to be a teacher back in eleventh-grade chemistry with Dr. Moore who made Chemistry seem easy, the way he explained the content but also the way we could fearlessly ask questions and not be made to feel less than for not having already known the answer. I also remember a professor in college, Dr. Even after being in trouble at recess, I remember doing my very best to draw a rose for her because it mattered to me that she might be disappointed in me. Brown, whether it was a hug or smile each day I knew she cared about me. When I think about the kind of teacher I want to be, I think back to my schooling, I remember feeling loved and valued in first grade with Mrs.

Miss Whitaker Opens Her Heart by Jennifer Moore