As you develop your philosophy, some of the items you may wish to address include: the purpose of education the role of the student in education the role of the teacher in education the role of the teacher in the community Why do you want to Teach? What is the purpose of education? What is your role as an educator? Whom are you going to Teach? Specifically, how will you reach the wide diversity of children that you will have in your classroom? How do you define your community of learners? How and What are going to Teach? What are your beliefs about how children learn? How will these beliefs impact your teaching? for example ….How do you balance the needs of individual learners with the needs of the entire classo classroom management to instructional strategies o curriculum designo assesment What are your goals for your students? Where are you going to Teach? How will you bring a global awareness into your classroom? What will be your relationship with the community, parents, teaching colleagues, administration?