ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS

TAYLOR
DEMONE
To whom it may concern,
As an emerging primary/junior level teacher, I am committed to ensure that
all of my students can learn in a safe and inclusive environment while
having the tools to approach all challenges with a growth mindset.
Throughout my professional experience I have developed a teaching
taylor.demone@outlook. philosophy that is justified by many practices found in documents such as
com Learning for All, and Growing Success. Throughout all of my teaching
placements, I have established strong relationships with other teachers and
principals by taking the initiative to engage in conversations, attend staff
meetings, and offer my support in extra-curricular activities happening
613-864-9342 around the school such as PALS (playground activity leaders) and coaching
junior boys basketball. I have also established strong relationships with my
26 roycroft way, ottawa, students by reaching all learners needs through differentiation and allowing
on, k2w1c7 them to feel in control of their learning by utilizing student-led learning
philosophies and inquiry-based projects.
Throughout my teaching journey, I have discovered that I not only aim to
instill a love of learning in my students, but I also make it my goal to help
shape future citizens of the world that are kind, driven, and positive change
makers. I have shown this throughout my teaching practice by developing a
“kindness project” for my primary grade students and a “make a difference”
unit for my junior grade students in which they created their own charities.
My strengths as a teacher are patience and persistence. Through attending an
inclusion and differentiation workshop, it was mentioned that every student
brings a different “story” to school. As an educator, I will ensure to
understand every child’s individual needs and be patient with their growth
both educationally and behaviorally while being persistent in my effort to
help them succeed.
A quote that summarizes my professional practice is“You can teach a
student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach them to learn by creating
curiosity they will continue the learning process as long as they live.” Clay
P. Bedford.
Sincerely,
Taylor Demone