Teaching Philosophy

Mr. Voth

A comedian walks into a classroom ...

Teaching Philosophy

I am committed to educating every student in my classroom.

I am particularly focused on reaching out and connecting with my students as individuals first. I want them to know I care about them as young people. Then, I go about helping them become the best readers and writers possible. The grammar, literacy, and syntactical lessons may not be memorable years from now, but I want every single student to know that I cared about them and was willing to help in any way possible.

I am constantly self-evaluating my teaching practice and working to become the best professional educator I can be.

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I have been a stand-up comedian for almost 20 years, performing at clubs/venues across the country and appearing on The Late Late Show, Last Comic Standing, and Comics Unleashed. In 2008, I decided to give back to my community a bit by becoming a high school English teacher. I thought I would do it for a year or so and then go back on the road. However, the experience working with those students was life changing. I loved it almost immediately and soon I was trying to balance two concurrent careers. The schedule has been a bit crazy, but over the past decade I have continued to teach full time while performing over 100 shows per year. In addition, I returned to grad school and earned a master's in English and am currently working on a doctorate in education. The days and nights are long, but never dull or boring.