As an educator, the foundation of my classroom will be the installment of trust. Creating and establishing a trustworthy relationship with my students is and will be my first priority. Developing trust between myself and my students will allow my students to feel safe & secure on their journey towards investigating and exploring new concepts and ideas. With that said, I believe with trust comes with a shared understanding of classroom procedures and expectations. I will create a classroom culture whose foundation is built from trust and is operated on classroom expectations and consensual rules. I will expect my students to be responsible for their expected duties. I will hold my students accountable for their learning, and if difficulties and challenges do arise, I as the educator will work with my student at identifying the causes and I will work with them in developing a plan to help repair their circumstances. 

As an educator I will make it a priority that every one of my students feel validated and recognized. I will build this relationship through my daily interactions with them and my desire to get to know them beyond the classroom.  

My classroom culture will also hold quality instruction as a means to create an inviting and inclusive classroom community. By performing a culturally responsive and antiracist teaching philosophy into my classroom,  developing content curriculum that is relevant and meaningful to my students from all backgrounds. Modern day issues such as race, class, and gender have profoundly influenced our history, culture, and institutions. Ignoring these issues not only denies the role of marginalized people as forces in history but gives students a distorted and incomplete understanding of our world. Teaching history—including hard history—from multiple perspectives deepens and enriches student learning, while also promoting empathy and giving students from marginalized communities the opportunity to see their own cultures and experiences reflected in the curriculum. As an educator it is my job to facilitate a learning environment that enables students to learn history from the perspective of an explorer; not limiting their minds of constraining their views.