Education Philosophy

Below is a draft of my educational philosophy statement. Ideally, I'd like to draft this to include specific statements for instruction of reading and writing.

Overview:
Teachers are students. This aphorism is perhaps the best way to sum my expectations as an educator. My primary role is to educate my students, whether it is as a “guide on the side” or “sage on the stage.” Ideally, educators must vacillate between these two paradigms, keeping enough of a balance so that our students are never bystanders as a part of the educational process. They must always be at the center of the work that we do. However, a secondary role (perhaps more essential in ranking) that educators must always keep in mind is that we should always be in a position to learn—especially from our students. Though we may have achieved a certain modicum of success, our goal is to transfer this ability to our students. We can only do this if we are constantly working to improve our practices, learn from one another, and continue searching always. We must learn to combine the abstract with the present details in order to create the change we seek to see in our students, and the world at large.