Part 1 *

STUDENT PROFILE

1- Date 1/17/2018
2- Name Julie Guerrero
3- Course EDU 203
4- Complete Mailing address 3918 Arrowood Dr Las Vegas NV 89147
5- E-mail jaj011905@gmail.com
6- Contact number 224-636-0873
7- Goals in taking course: I would like to learn how to identify special needs students
9- Ultimate educational goal: I want to transfer into UNLV and finish my bachelors
degree in elementary education.
10- Background: I moved from Chicago to Las Vegas in 2012. I am the first in my family
to attend College.
11- Hobbies/interests: In my personal time enjoy spending time with family and friends.
12- Personal accomplishments: I decided to go to college, my husband and I recently
bought a home together and We raised a child from a young age ourselves.
13- Special situations you would like to share: I have managed to juggle school as well
as working a full-time job and being a full time mom and dance mom for my daughter.
14- Most memorable learning experience: When I was in high school my teachers were
very caring and understood what I was going through. I had a difficult childhood and the
teachers and school was one of the only stable things in my life.
15- Learning challenges if any... Sometimes I have trouble concentrating.
16- How do you learn best? I am a hands-on learner and visual learner.
17- Any questions/concerns you would like to tell me N/A
18-Finally, please let me know if your attendance, participation in class, or ability to
complete an assignment on time will be affected by your observance of religious
holidays or practices. No

*(Note that some of this information is duplicated from the requested introductory
information in your discussion post to this class. This is done for the
convenience of the instructor to maintain this information).
Part 2
PRE-PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY STATEMENT

• Personal Philosophy of Special Education

I want to make a difference in children’s lives. I have seen our current crisis in
Las Vegas regarding lack of teachers. This has inspired me to go to school to get a
degree in elementary education. I have worked in management for eleven years or so
and management can translate to becoming a teacher also. Managing your classroom
and work load and personal life. I understand that the Clark County School District
(CCSD) is short staffed. I don’t know to much about the district itself, but from a parent
view I have some insight. I have seen too many changes in teachers throughout the
school year because CCSD has issues retaining teachers that have moved here from
out of state. Also, CCSD seems to have an issue with teachers ending up in the news.
I am undecided on my educational philosophy within special education. I do not
have a lot of background with special education, but I want to learn as much as I can to
benefit my classroom. I do believe that thanks to historical events our school education
system is improving. There is still a lot more to improve as times change.
I have not decided my individual approach for student diversity and variability.
For learning I will make sure to teach for all type of learners. Not everyone learns the
same way, so I will be sure to include for visual learners, hands on learners, and etc.
The assessments will be distributed in different ways fun and traditional ways. I will use
computer programs to keep students interested in the material.
To improve my qualities for this career, I will continue to volunteer in the
classroom and extracurricular activities to learn more about diversity in the classroom.
To be a good teacher you must have patience and good classroom management along
with time management. I have had many years of management to prepare my time
management and self-management and will apply my management of others to kids.