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Hi, my name is Bruce Nelson. Currently I am a paraprofessional at a school in Salem, I hope to be getting a license in elementary education (1-6th) and secondary special education (5-12). In the future, I hope to have my own classroom of 5th or 6th graders. My ideal classroom would have around 20 students. Within the class, hopefully around 25% of the class would have an IEP or be a part of the ELL program rather than upwards of 50% like many of the classrooms I currently work with. By spreading out some of the ELL and students with an IEP, this will allow me enough time to put in effective accommodations into the lesson planning that will hopefully benefit all students. The schools that I have worked offer chromebooks to all students. This can create challenges, but at the same time, it offers giant possibilities. 

One of the cool things about working with students who need accommodations is that it requires teachers to think strategically and outside of the box to make lessons that students of all abilities have access to.  As a result of this, lessons can often time end up being creative and result in students having an experience that will help them remember the material at later date.  

As for subjects, I like teaching humanities. Humanities offers insight into the human condition and needs to be taught in a way that allows for students to recognize this and be shown how this area of subjects can help them grow as individuals. Within the humanities, I like teaching social studies the most because it is a subject that allows students to see how certain events within human history (or even current events), shapes the lives that the currently live.

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