Competency 1

Literature Program (Click on the link!)- The literature program is a two-semester plan based on children's literature. It is divided into months or weeks and each subdivision is classified into units or subjects. The literature program not only helps the teacher organize their curriculum for the year, but also organizes the classroom reading center and decides what sources will be used to acquire the materials. This work was carried out as part of the EING 4016 course (Literature for children) and with the objective of creating a unit plan based on children's literature that helps to develop the skills in the English language.

Lesson Plan (Click on the link!)- This lesson plan presents a 5th grade English class about the environment with an emphasis on reading. This plan was developed for the EING 4019 (English-Speaking) course with the objective of developing the knowledge skills to create a daily class plan that covers the different areas of importance in the classroom, with adequate objectives, identification of standards , procedure and more.

Curriculum Mapping (Click on the link!)- The creation of a curriculum map is a process for collecting data that identifies the core content, processes, and assessment. It thematically aligns assessment, curriculum and instruction, while allowing educators to purposefully plan and outline what is taught in a given year. It allows for articulation across the grades and within each grade. This process, which is vital for a teacher, requires the full knowledge of your subject and how to interact with it in different environments.

Content Reading Strategies (Click on the link!)- The presentation discusses ways in which students' understanding and memory of what they have read can be improved. The objective was to provide a set of strategies and methods, linked to a set of theories. These tools will lead us to improve education and destroy the box, in which sometimes, we are caged. This work was done for the course EING 4018 (Reading) with the aim of acquiring knowledge about the different strategies that can be used in classrooms with students of different cultures, communities and needs. This work was presented to the students of the aforementioned course.

Lesson Plan (Click on the link!)

Lesson planning evidences this competency because the process of creating a lesson plan requires complete knowledge of your subject, while adapting its standards and skills to your students' capacities.

Curricular Map:

• The creation of a curriculum map is a process for collecting data that identifies the core content, processes, and assessment. It thematically aligns assessment, curriculum and instruction, while allowing educators to purposefully plan and outline what is taught in a given year. It allows for articulation across the grades and within each grade. This process, which is vital for a teacher, requires the full knowledge of your subject and how to interact with it in different environments.

Unit Plan:

• When developing a course for the semester or year the process of creating a unit plan is important. Unit planning focuses the learning on the language standards that are integrated thematically. Lesson plans aligned with the unit are connected and have spiral instruction, so that learners have multiple opportunities to develop and apply what they have learned. The objectives and outcomes in a unit plan help the teacher articulate to the students what they will know and be able to do in a specific period of time. This process begins with identifying the particular content to be taught and the goals for learning outcomes. To do so, the educator must have complete mastery of the subject at hand. Goals are about the purpose or aim of the lesson. They relate to the rationale for teaching the particular content that the students will study.

Presentations about diverse topics:

• An important part of teaching is how we are going to present the information to our students. How much information? In what form? Will it be interactive? Will it integrate other classes? Technology based? All of this and more must be asked to begin the creation of a topic presentation, such is what was done throughout the following examples of the competency #1.The teacher thought of her subject, analyzed her students and their learning styles, and created an interactive presentation to each topic of her curricular map for the benefit of her students.

Reviews:

• The teacher understands that every student learns differently and that sometimes, the lessons in class are just not enough. Therefore, the educator prepares review documents for each topic and makes sure to keep the parents informed about all of the documents shared with the students.
• The creation of these documents require a deep knowledge of the topic, and a great analysis of the students cognitive development.

Worksheets:

Searching to develop the skills that the students have learned about during the unit, the teacher creates diverse worksheets to deepen understanding of each topic. As other examples, the elaboration of these documents require full comprehension of the subject and the learning process.