Vann+teaching+philosophy

**Teaching Philosophy Statement** **Nursing Educator ** I want to learn from my students, and I want my students to learn from me. I strive to be passionate about what I am teaching so that my students will be curious and eager to learn. I want to provide an environment that promotes and encourages life-long learning. I want to use a variety of technology to provide my students with various learning experiences. With assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation, I will be able to create optimal teaching/learning experiences. I always want to be ready for change so that I will be better at accepting new technology and teaching methods to ensure optimal learning for my students. With each passing year, I hope that students learn more from me as I am embracing and learning the teaching roles. As students learn more, I am reinforced that I am growing as a teacher. I desire to make learning fun and to ensure that my students are comfortable with me as their teacher. I want my students to ask questions to enhance understanding and learning and to build a positive teacher-student relationship. I want my students to know that I may not have an answer to everything, but that we can learn and grow together.

As a teacher, I aspire to meet the roles of facilitator, learner, guide, coach, and mentor. I want to always be supportive of my students and to encourage their learning. When I see or hear a student perform or write something well, I want to provide that student encouragement and positive feedback. When I see that a student is struggling, I want to encourage and motivate that student. I strive to learn from my students in order to build a teaching-student partnership in learning. This partnership allows me to be a better guide, coach, and mentor for my students. I want to utilize a variety of teaching methods including lecture, clinical, lab simulation, online discussion, audio recordings, podcasts, and more. As I evaluate student learning through observation, skills learned, testing scores, writings, and student feedback, I will be able to make necessary changes to produce more effective teaching and learning.

As a teacher, I support the learning theories of behaviorism and constructivism. I want to create an environment that elicits desired student learning and provide positive reinforcements to enhance motivation. I also want students to learn from each other using collaborative learning, and I want to be a mentor for peer interaction. My overall goal is to be an effective teacher of nursing by ensuring that my students are at their highest level of learning. With all of my goals and methods for teaching, I aspire to meet my greatest goal.