1. What have you found is the most effective way of teaching any student?

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Students learn best when they feel they can trust their teacher.

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2. What do you feel is the most important thing you can offer as an educator?
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Empathy

3. What do you personally consider a troubled home?

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I believe that every home has its troubles from time to time. Anything that causes stress to someone is what I consider a troubled home.

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4. Can you tell the difference in a child’s behavior and/ or social skills from which you can infer that the students may be from a troubled home?

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Sometimes a child will exhibit behaviors to indicate that perhaps there is something going on at home.

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5. How easy is it for you to tell when a child may be from an abusive or troubled home?

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Most of the time, that is a very difficult task. Most of the time children try to cover up the fact that something is going on.

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6. What have you found are the most prominent characteristic of a child from a troubled home?

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Typically acting out in some way.

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7. How well do children from troubled homes perform in the classroom when compared to children from average homes?

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Usually these students have a more difficult time performing up to their ability.

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8. Do you find that most children from troubled homes tend to perform this way due to lack of effort or encouragement?

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It is hard to tell a child’s reasons for not performing.


9. What have you found encourages these children to perform to the best of their abilities?

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If a child feels like they can trust you they will usually perform for you.

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10. Is it your opinion that encouraging a child to learn or loving and working with the child on his or her own needs and standards? *Note: I consider “working with the child” a euphemism for special treatment.

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I try to treat each child specially and give each child “special treatment."