Standard 1 - Teaching Diverse Students

Standard 1 - Teaching Diverse students- The competent teacher understands the diverse characteristics and abilities of each student and how individuals develop and learn within the context of their social, economic, cultural, linguistic, and academic experiences. The teacher uses these experiences to create instructional opportunities that maximize student learning.

Artifact 1

The document below talks about how to teach in a culturally responsive manner while also engaging brain development. This artifact Is connected to the standard by acknowledging that students develop and learn through their different experiences In life. The artifact has four main aspects that create culturally responsive teaching and help develop the brain. They are awareness, learning partnerships, information processing, and community of learners and learning enviroment. This framework helps educators, students, and parents learn whys to address experiences that are opprotunities to maximize learning.

Artifact 2

This lesson Is great for all grade levels. It allows students to work mentally and physically. This artifact Is a creative way to get students to think about the diversity that exsits In our country. The assignment gets students visualizing different ways the country Is diverse. This Is extremely Important when It comes to a Social Science classroom. Our country Is built from diversity. This assignemt helps students realize that their own social, economic, cultural, linguistic, and academic experiences have played a role In how they have developed and learned throughout their life.