NAME:
Mr. Bedwell
SCHOOL:
Mountain View Middle School
CLASS:
6th Grade Mathematics; 6th Grade Social Studies
SCHOOL PHONE:
(530) 221-5224 ext. 780
Let me tell you a little about myself. In 1993, I graduated CSU, Chico with
a B.A. in Education. I received my Teaching Credential from Simpson
University in 1994. In 1995, I began my career at Columbia teaching eighth
grade math and science. In 2001, I received my administrative Credential
from Simpson University, and in in the August of 2009, I finished my Masters
degree in Education Administration from Simpson University. I've been the
district's technology coordinator (off and on)and also an Assistant Principal
at the elementary school.
In the last seventeen years, I've taught kindergarten, third, fourth, fifth,
sixth, seventh and eighth grades, as well as teaching a course at Simpson
University. Middle school is such a wonderful time for these emerging teens,
and I love working with these emerging adolescents.
I am blessed to have four children, ranging in age from seven
to sixteen. With so many children running around, I've learned the best
way to keep everyone happy is to maintain a positive environment and keep
everyone busy. I look forward to meeting each one of you in the upcoming
weeks and months.
Well, there are a couple.
First of all, we have "No Limits, No Excuses!"
And then we have our three main rules:
*Be Safe
*Be Respectful
*Be Responsible
In order for learning to take place, these important guidelines must be
followed at all times.
Third, our goal in this class is to learn the beauty of mathematics as a
language that describes our world. Often, students see math as number
crunching and endless problem after problem. And I won't lie to you, there
will be some of that because we human beings become proficient through
practicing (which is why one must practice one's free throws thousands of
times to get it right when it counts during a game). But because math is a
science, we also want to explore and discover math, not as an endless cycle
of problems, but creatively developing and looking for solutions. Many
problems I will present this year do not have one answer; they don't have
one method or direction to find the solution. It is this creative ability
of looking for more than one solution, inquisitively looking at how others
solved problems, etc. that I want to foster in our math class this year.
