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Children's Story Time

Fall 2021 Story Time Presenters

Meet the Presenters

Arthur Diaz 

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Erika Martinez 

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Kathleen Salcepuedes 

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Teaching Philosophy

Teach with enthusiastic support. Have patience and empathy. Make learning enjoyable.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

 

Erika's teaching philosophy is to create a learning environment that empowers children to think creatively, feel heard and grow confident in their abilities; while also emphasizing that families are a crucial part of the child's learning process.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

My teaching philosophy is to prepare children with developmentally appropriate activities to have a fun and enthusiastic perspective on learning. What better way to stimulate a child’s learning than to incorporate their interests into every day lesson plans. As Marc Anthony once said, “If you do what you love you never have to work a day in your life”. As a future educator, I hope to encourage and tend to your children’s interests and needs to better their educational experience.

Meet the Presenters

Taylor Alcala 

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Kennisha Baker 

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Hannah Berk

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Teaching Philosophy

 

Taylor's teaching philosophy is to create a positive, safe, and healthy learning environment that encourages students to freely express themselves without judgment. Also, with an overall goal to strengthen the student's knowledge and expand their horizons in the classroom.                                                                                                                            

 

Kennisha’s teaching philosophy is to have an environment that is language rich, diverse and inclusive. An environment that provides children with a rich learning environment where they feel safe to explore, initiate learning and free to express themselves.                                                                                                                         

 

Hannah's teaching philosophy is to create an environment where students feel empowered while being challenged to achieve the goals that they set together. She wants to have a space where families are able to communicate with her at a high level, and are able to see their child's progress throughout the year.

Meet the Presenters

Cori Rosen

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Jessica Staehler

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Teaching Philosophy

 

We, as a group, are providing the audience with a curriculum that will help with children’s development and creativity. This presentation will benefit the practices of the philosophers Maria Montessori, Piaget and Vygotsky. The philosophy in teaching is about patience and providing the right curriculum.                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Meet the Presenters

Jennifer Campos 

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Sara Coughenhour 

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Clarisa Gomez

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Teaching Philosophy

 

Provide a learning environment where children feel comfortable exploring their creativity and incorporating facets of their culture. Families will play a crucial role in supporting children embrace their identity and allowing for children to become comfortable with it in the learning environment.

My teaching philosophy is to provide a positive learning environment. I want each child to feel comfortable in their own skin and to be able to learn from one another.                                                                                                                                                                                             

My teaching philosophy is to create a learning environment that empowers children to think creatively, feel heard and grow confident in their abilities; while also emphasizing that families are a crucial part of the child's learning process.                                                                  

Meet the Presenters

Yazmin Cabrera

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Briana Gutierrez

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Gemma Jung

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Teaching Philosophy
My teaching philosophy is to create a positive and welcoming environment where children can feel a sense of belonging through a diverse environment that allows them to bring their uniqueness and learn from those around them as they explore and build relationships. Ensuring that children build confidence and receive the support they need in order to meet their full potential, is really important to me. It is my desire to create a safe zone, and stimulating educational environment where children can grow mentally, physically, emotionally and socially. My teaching philosophy is to create a positive educational learning environment that supports hands-on learning and empowers children to think creatively. I want children to feel safe to explore and feel free to express themselves in any way. I also want to emphasize that families are a crucial part of the child's learning process.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Early childhood educators have all kinds of responsibilities but most of all, we must ensure that no matter the gender, culture, or socio-economic status, every child deserves love and support. As this world is constantly evolving, so are our children. It’s important to cater lesson plans and tools catered to each child. Each child is unique and different and they deserve our undivided attention.

 

Meet the Presenters

Morgan Ackerman 

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Daniella Briones 

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Dana Hernandez 

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Teaching Philosophy
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       To create a learning environment that empowers children to think creatively, feel heard and grow confident in their abilities. Also provided my students with a rich diverse learning environment where they feel safe to explore, initiate learning and free to express themselves. While also emphasizing that families are a crucial part of the child's learning process. I believe each child is unique and has their own way of learning. My job as an educator is to support and empower children through their learning process. I shall create a safe, comfortable, and welcoming environment for each student. I am committed to learn from my students just as much as they will be learning from me.

Meet the Presenters

Anaissa Chavez 

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Crystal Palacios 

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Erica Valencia 

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Teaching Philosophy

Anaissa’s teaching philosophy is that all children are unique and must have a stimulating educational environment where they can grow physically, mentally, emotionally, and socially. It is her goal to create this type of atmosphere where students can meet their full potential. She will provide a safe environment where students are invited to share their ideas.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

 Crystal’s teaching philosophy is that all children from different backgrounds will be greeted with high expectations. It is important that the classroom is a safe, warm-hearted community where children can speak their minds and flourish. She believes in giving her students the tools, hands-on learning, and real-life examples that will help her students succeed in society.                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
 

I believe that every child should have every opportunity to experience, learn, and grow through play. Therefore, I commit to keeping my classroom diverse and open to all children. Welcoming them to a learning environment where they can indeed be themselves and learn through play. The importance of play is crucial for children. Children begin to form an understanding of their world and the environment around them. I will keep my classroom developmentally age-appropriate while supervising, interacting, observing, and meeting children’s individual needs.

Meet the Presenters

Kayla Khouzam 

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Aliyah Solis

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Teaching Philosophy

My teaching philosophy is to create a learning environment that empowers children to think creatively, feel heard and grow confident in their abilities; and spreading positivity and kindness throughout the environment. As well, emphasizing that families are a crucial part of the child's learning process, and that families participation is encouraged. Literature can create active learning opportunities for children to learn language and literacy skills, expressing the importance of story time.

Aliyah's teaching philosophy is to provide children with a rich learning environment where they feel safe to explore, initiate learning, and free to express themselves.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

Meet the Presenters

Annel Dominguez 

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Taylor Talavera 

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Teaching Philosophy

I aspire to create an inclusive, creative, hands-on environment. To allow children to feel empowered to be curious and learn by exploring their surroundings. I am a firm believer that children’s creativity will help them grow and build a happy, loving, life.                         

For the book that we will be reading, Fox in Socks, my primary teaching philosophies will be that children learn to talk primarily through imitation and they make certain sounds and are rewarded or reinforced for producing.                                                                                                                                                          

Meet the Presenters

Elvia Cardiel 

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Daisy Guerra 

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Erika Torres 

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Teaching Philosophy

To create a learning environment that empowers children to think creatively, feel heard and grow confident in their abilities; while also emphasizing that families are a crucial part of the child's learning process.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

 

Daisy’s teaching philosophy is to create and provide children with a rich learning and child-centered environment where they can feel safe to explore and express themselves. To empower children to think creatively, feel heard and grow confident in their abilities; while also emphasizing that families and their community are a crucial part of the child’s learning process. In this culturally diverse world, it is my priority to make every effort to expose my students to community members from diverse cultural backgrounds. It is important to me that students feel a connection to the local community in which they learn. Students not only learn about people from various walks of life, they also get to see diverse role models of varying backgrounds throughout the community.

To prepare young children in a diverse community and take pride of their cultural backgrounds. This will get them ready to learn about others and learn the different languages, style, traditions that can help understand basic reading and writing, and social skills.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Meet the Presenters

Alexandrea Adams 

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Priscilla Hernandez 

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Isabel Oropeza 

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Teaching Philosophy

 

To create a learning environment that empowers children to think creatively, feel heard and grow confident in their abilities; while also emphasizing that families are a crucial part of the child's learning process.                                                                                                                                                         

 

My Philosophy is to help children learn and connect through reading well making it fun. Reading and having books that connect with childrens life can help them become empowered by just reading. Reading books is such a big part of education that by having children be engaged with books it will keep their mind healthy and full of knowledge.

 

Want to create a positive educational learning environment, with hands-on learning experiences. Following a curriculum that embraces inclusivity with the students and families’ different cultural backgrounds.