Hi, I am Sharmin Jahan, in my third year of elementary education. I have been living in Regina for the past ten years and acknowledge that the land we live in is treaty 4 land, Land of the Nahiyak, Dakoda, lakoda, and nakoda and Michif Metis Nations. Throughout my education courses at the university of Regina,, I learned important topics on social justice that that opened my eyes to re-learn everything and understand what the biases are in our society and how much power we have as a teachers to make our future classrooms safe and inclusive for all students to have the opportunity to grow and learn in a healthy environment. I now know that I have the choice to implement positive education where all students are accepted and valued. I was born in Bangladesh and grew up to value my rich culture so I believe that as a pre-service teacher all students have rich and diverse cultures and will learn to value them feel proud of their identities. I have learned so much from my ECS 303 course about myself and also social justice issues that made me stronger as a pre-service teacher and helped me build a better vision of what position I am in right now to educate my future classrooms. Here are my mapping introduction and teaching philosophy which help you understand what my connections are to becoming a teacher.
I volunteered at Thompson Community School in Regina. I was in a Kindergarten and grade one room. For the first two days, I observed the way the teacher teaches her class, and then I started to help students as required by the teacher. I helped them with reading, writing, counting numbers, and encouraged students when they needed help. One important role I learned from the Kindergarten teacher is that we need to always motivate students. Even a positive attitude or a smile will make them feel comfortable to work and share in the classroom. It is nice to work with children because they are so innocent and they are always looking up to the teachers for positive feedback and support.
Sharmin Jahan 