Mental Health Infographic
I designed and created this mental health infographic using the Canva program. This infographic will be apart of the University of Windsor’s open-access eBook. This mental health infographic is to help students be aware of the signs and symptoms of bipolar disorder.
As educator it is important to support students with mental health challenges but also be able to maintain a professional boundary. I will support my students by observing for signs and symptoms, acknowledging when next steps are required to assist students, and promoting an inclusive, safe classroom environment within mental health.
I will bring emphasis on mental health by providing a safe, caring environment where students can learn how to develop problem solving and coping strategies in the classroom. It is important as educators to be role models in mental health and knowledgeable about the warning signs of different mental illnesses that affect students in the classroom.
Using 21st Century Literacy Skills to Strengthen the Curriculum Core
This artifact demonstrates how I, as an educator, use my professional knowledge to bring literacy into the 2st century in my classroom. Literacy gives the students the opportunity to develop a creative, interactive, and engaging mindset which can increase their chances of success in the future. It builds on the fundamentals to support all learners in exploring and making sense of a “multimodal, multimedia world” through a wide variety of texts and technology (Ontario Ministry of Education, 2013). Students
will gain the ability to engage in creative, and critical thinking, thus will be responsible for
becoming communicators, consumers, and creators of text. As educators, we don’t teach exclusively to the 21st century. We are universal in that we are developing critical thinking skills in students by creating
an engaging program, and bringing text to self, text to text, and text to the world.