In Mr. Coleman's own words...

My main purpose for entering education is to work for the betterment of young people. I feel that I possess a genuine love for my students. My wish for them to succeed in academics, as well as life, guides my teaching. Their short-term successes in no way outweigh their long-term successes. In my mind, a school's main purpose is to guide students into maturing into productive, intelligent, and caring citizens, and we, as teachers need to do everything possible to assist our students in achieving this goal.

As such, I believe it is extremely important to keep my students in mind at all times. I must always try to reach and teach every student. Being willing to learn about each student, as a person with individual talents, tastes, interest, experiences, ideas, and background is part of the process. By making the effort to learn about each student, I know better who makes up my classroom and can ponder how I can improve working with him or her.

A major part of my philosophy is the importance of flexibility. Any good teacher must be willing to change. I do not want to be chained to specific beliefs or methods throughout my teaching career. This is not to say that I will scrap what I know to be excellent ideas and techniques simply for the sake of change; rather, I need to know that I am free to update and modify my teaching when necessary to adapt to the needs of my students.

To be a flexible teacher, I must remain proactive on several fronts. I need to evaluate my own teaching and be willing to question what I am teaching, how I am teaching it, and how I can improve. I believe this attitude would keep me keenly aware of my students and what they are accomplishing and achieving, helping me to remain in touch with them. Additionally, I must be willing to experiment and research. I am not advocating blindly rushing in to any new fad or trend that appears, but I should be willing to think about changing and be able to have convincing reasons for trying or not trying something. I am not afraid to think outside of the box.

In short, I am a teacher who teaches students over all else. I know that I have one of the most important occupations ever, and with this career comes a tremendous amount of responsibility. This is a responsibility I do not take lightly; I am working directly with our future. I must be ready to accept the challenge, and do what is best for students.

5 years teaching experience, all at Eisenhower
B.S. from Southern University-Baton Rouge
M. Ed. from Univ. Of Houston
Hometown- Shreveport, La
Married to Nikki Coleman