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.
Rationale: I believe that this artifact can relate to 1A where it states, "understands the spectrum of student diversity (e.g., race and ethnicity, socioeconomic status, special education, gifted, English language learners (ELL), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity) and the assets that each student brings to learning across the curriculum." I associate this artifact with this standard because it breaks down how to cater to students who are on the Autism spectrum.
Rationale: I believe that this artifact relates to the standard 1I where it states, "stimulates prior knowledge and links new ideas to already familiar ideas and experiences." I associate this artifact with this standard because students did a book club where we read Hatchet as a class and they used their prior knowledge on emotions to formulate what the main character was feeling.