Educational Philosophy Alignment with Student Needs and National/State Expectations

My educational philosophy aligns with student needs because I believe that as a teacher we need to adjust our teaching to meet the needs of our learners. This can be done by providing differentiated instruction throughout the various subject areas. My educational philosophy aligns with national/state expectations because I believe that we need to match what we are doing within our classrooms to the state/national standards in order to make sure that the time we are spending teaching is actually worthwhile when it comes to what the students will be held accountable to know (such as on standardized tests). As teachers we need to use the standards that are provided for us to guide our teaching and we need to make sure that we teach in a way in which students are able to actually absorb the information at hand. We must also assess their knowledge to make sure that they actually “got it”. If they did not get it the first time then we must go back and re-teach and/or try another method to help them understand what they are being held accountable for.