Component 3E

3E - Demonstrating Flexibility & Responsiveness

"Flexibility and responsiveness" refer to a teacher's skill in making adjustments in a lesson to respond to changing conditions. When a lesson is well planned, there may be no need for changes during the course of the lesson itself. Shifting the approach in midstream is not always necessary; in fact, with experience comes skill in accurately predicting how a lesson will go and being prepared for different possible scenarios. But even the most skilled and best-prepared teachers will occasionally find either that a lesson is not proceeding as they would like or that a teachable moment has presented itself. They are ready for such situations. Furthermore, even when confronted with initial setbacks, teachers who are committed to the learning of all students persist in their attempts to engage them in learning.

Elements of Component 3E:

Lesson adjustment
Response to students
Persistence

Evidence of Component 3E

Flexibility and Responsiveness in Literacy Practicum

I had several opportunities to demonstrate flexibility and responsiveness in Literacy Practicum. Because I was teaching an online reading class, several unique challenges were present, like issues with the internet. I learned to teach "on my toes." This document is a journal entry that covers a few of the experiences I had in Literacy Practicum where I was successfully flexible in the face of changing conditions.

Literacy Practicum Journal Entry 6/21

Larson - M's Zoom Lesson 3/18.docx

Teaching a Student With Severe Autism Over Zoom

In Senior Practicum I did a math lesson twice a week with a young girl who has Autism. I never knew what it would be happening on the other end of the call. Sometimes the girl was in the middle of making lunch. Sometimes other siblings were in the room playing and yelling. Once she tried to take a nap right after the call connected. This was difficult at first, but through this experience I was able to prove to myself that when "confronted with initial setbacks, [I am] committed to the learning of all students [and] persist in [my] attempts to engage them in learning." As I continued to work with this student week after week, I learned more effective ways to interact with her and became less discouraged and more responsive when troubles did arise.

This document is just one of the lesson plans I made for this student. Depending on her disposition and availability on the day of the lesson, I would select the most important parts of the lesson to teach.

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