Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Narration
Visuals
Animations continued
4. However, the teachers at York played an important role in
helping me improve academically. One thing York teachers did
was to show that they saw each individual student and cared if
that student did well or not. For example, my 9th grade biology
teacher sent home a note to my parents during the third quarter
commending my marked improvement during the school year.
The teachers also made it clear that I had to meet their
standards in order to get an A, but that they were always
available to help me meet those requirements.
5. Based on my experience with teachers at York, my answer to
the first question is this: I want to do for my future students what
York teachers did for me. I want to encourage and empower
individual students through actions such as sending notes home
to the parents. I want to set high standards but provide scaffolds
that cater to individual student needs. I also want to let students
know that they will be challenged, and that struggles will occur
during the school year. But I also want them to understand that I
am there to guide them and help them become people who can
use a variety of critical skills to navigate their way to their dream