Decision Point 3
Cooperating Teacher Assessment and Participant Self-Assessment
Nov 2007 |
This artifact demonstrates my ability to be a
reflective practitioner who is able to accept
constructive feedback from others as well as
critically analyze myself. This artifact is an
assessment from my participation at East Side
Middle School in Anderson as required for EDJHM
385. This artifact includes my cooperating
teacher’s assessment as well as my assessment of
myself when I taught a three-day unit on
Communication Technology. As I continue on through
my pre-service teacher education and enter the
field of education, the best way for me to improve
is to listen to others’ feedback, as well as my
own. Through this feedback I have valuable
information about what I need to improve, what I do
well, and how to implement those changes.
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Lesson Plans and Teaching Analyses
Oct 2007 |
This artifact is a unit that I taught at East Side
Middle School in Anderson, IN. I developed and
taught a three-day unit on Communication Technology
to 8th grade students. This artifact aligns with
INTASC Principles 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8 because I
needed a firm knowledge of the subject matter so
that the information I taught was accurate. I
applied knowledge of the developmental stages of
the students. With limited knowledge of the
students’ backgrounds and personalities I tried to
present the content in a way that was interesting
to them. I also used examples that they were
familiar with because of the time in which they
grew up. I planned to teach a lot of information in
three days. My plans did not always work as I had
planned so I had to adjust. At the end of the unit
I administered a multiple-choice exam to assess
students’ learning. However, throughout the lessons
I checked for understanding by soliciting student
responses and interaction. And at the end of each
lesson I would reflect on what worked well and what
I could have done better. I then took those key
points and implemented those techniques the next
day. This unit gave me the opportunity to showcase
my ability to design, teach, assess, and revise a
curricular unit in a real-world experience.
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Classroom Management Graphic Chart and Synthesis
Sep 2007 |
This artifact is a graphic chart of eight theories
in classroom management along with a synthesis of
my thinking about classroom management. My
classroom management synthesis falls under INTASC
Principle 5 because it is founded on the notion
that a well-managed classroom is a classroom that
encourages highly motivated student learning.
Through my synthesis I explain how I perceive the
various classroom management theories and how I
might implement those techniques in my future
classroom. View
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Interdisciplinary Analyses
Sep 2007 |
The Interdisciplinary Analyses looks at three
different models to interdisciplinary teaching.
These three models vary in approach and method. My
Interdisciplinary Analyses aligns with INTASC
Principle 1 because knowledge of subject matter is
essential to working with other content areas to
design a unit that will help students create
connections between subjects. It also aligns with
INTASC Principles 2 and 3 because a knowledge of
students’ development and differences will help
guide the team in designing a unit that takes those
factors into consideration. Finally, this artifact
aligns with INTASC Principle 4 since a number of
instructional strategies can be implemented across
all subjects when teaching this unit. Through these
analyses I demonstrate my ability to work
cooperatively with colleagues and design a unit
that is part of a larger picture. It is my goal
through the teaching of interdisciplinary units
that students will learn in a way that is
representative of the real world as opposed to the
compartmentalized and segmented structure that most
schools operate on today. View
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