Teachers today must be very careful about their words and actions in the classroom. Their personal opinions and thoughts are often not welcomed like they once were. Teachers can no longer speak of political or religious beliefs. Prayers and even pledges are not part of the daily routine as they had been before.
While you may not be able to go out and preach or politic with your students, your values and morals do still play a part in your teaching.
Think about what it is that you really want to teach the children. If you are a math teacher you naturally want your students to learn math, right? However most teachers have a hidden agenda for teaching under their academic subject. That agenda all depends on what you value most.
For some teachers, the focus may be hard work and determination. For others it may be honesty and dependability. For some it may be self-value and self-esteem.
No matter what grade or subject that you teach, you relay much more than an academic standard to your students. Through your words and actions you let the students see what values and beliefs are important to you. In most cases these then roll over and become important in the lives of your students (at least while they are in your classroom). Some students will carry theses values on with them for the rest of their life.
Before you begin teaching think about what message you wish to send to your students about your values and beliefs. What do your actions and body language say about you? Do you want children imitating and copying your belief system? Keep in mind that their will be students who look up to you. Whether you mean to or not, you will instill your morals, values, and opinions in the minds of these children.
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