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Molly McCord |
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Name: Molly McCord mbmccord@hfcc.edu |
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Teaching Philosophy I seriously consider and respect
the knowledge that my students bring to the classroom, and I encourage them
to share their life experiences with each other. To this point, I want
to stress that I do not see the central role of teachers to simply impart
knowledge to students, but instead I view students as active participants in
their own education; students are involved in shaping the curriculum in my
classroom. This pertains particularly to teaching composition to students
from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. I believe if the varied
backgrounds and lived experiences of students are embraced and integrated
into the writing curriculum, students will be more inclined to develop a deep
appreciation (and ideally a love) for the writing process. Furthermore,
if students can relate to the topic of their written work, the process will
be all the more interesting and fulfilling. At the end of the semester,
my hope is that my students leave my class having learned as much from me as
I have from all of them. Personal and Professional Life I grew up in Northern
Michigan, near Traverse City, and received my BA in Linguistics and Spanish
from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
After some very rewarding experiences teaching and tutoring ESL both
in the US and abroad, I decided to pursue my MA in Applied Linguistics at the
University of Massachusetts Boston. I
continued to gain valuable experience working with both adults and youth in
the ESL field in Boston, where I worked at the university and also at a non-profit
organization teaching ESL and job training skills to immigrants in workforce
development programs. I left Boston to
accept an ESL teaching position at a boarding school in Switzerland, where I
taught English composition to middle and high school students from around the
world. Upon returning to the States, I
served briefly as an ESL teaching consultant to public school teachers in
Montgomery County, Maryland, and very happily accepted a position at HFCC in Spring
2009. I am a member of both MITESOL
and TESOL, and I am in constant pursuit of professional development
opportunities in the fields of ESL and developmental English.
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