Hilbert's Educational Philosophy

Meet every student where they are in their academic, emotional, and social development. Students enter my classroom at every possible stage of development. My challenge is to meet each and every one of them at their level, scaffold the instruction accordingly, and assure that every student has an equal opportunity to meet the grade-level standard by the end of the year.

Facilitate student access to every possible resource. There are abundant resources in the classroom, school, district, and the community to help students succeed in school. If there is a resource available to enhance the learning experience, I am duty-bound to share it with my students.

Share the joy of learning. Learning is fun. Students should want to enter my classroom and not want to leave. The learning experience in my classroom should be engaging, varied, and challenging.

Learn from my students. Students have a lot to offer in the teaching process. I listen and learn about their needs as students and people, about the value of a lesson, about improving my instruction methods, and about an innocent and precious view of the world.

Believe in the "second chance," which in application is actually 490 chances (70 x 7). Why should students ever be subjected to failure? In my class students always have the opportunity meet the standard—"if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again." If students aren’t satisfied with a score on assignment, test, or paper in my class they have the opportunity to do it again, and again.