Standard 5 - Instructional Delivery

Visual/Hands on Instruction Video

Description: This particular assignment allowed me to further explore a strategy that may be helpful to more hands on or visual learners. This assignment that I had to complete had me diving much deeper into my research of other strategies to reach students of all learning. After I completed my research I had a better understanding of the importance of differentiation in delivery.

Connection to Illinois learning standard 5: When thinking of standard 5 it was important to make sure I was looking at a strategy I hadn't used before and was continuously learning ways to reach more learners. This assignment allowed that and allowed a further comprehension of why certain methods reach a certain learner. In order to do this effectively as a teacher, I needed to "know how to implement effective differentiated instruction through the use of a wide variety of materials, technologies, and resources" as stated in knowledge indicator (5C). To be a successful teacher I must be life-long learner and apply what I can where I can to reach the most amount of students and their needs. 

Self-evaluation: This assignment was one of my biggest learning curves. I think trying to really discover how this method is best practiced was important. Frequently, as educator, we might think because we have successfully used a teaching strategy, that is the only way to implement it. This was not the case and I learned from this assignment tremendously. 

Recorded Math Lesson

Description: This video recording was an assignment I completed during my student teaching. This was the second and final time I had to record myself teaching a lesson and had to reflect on how I did and how my teaching has changed since I first started my student teaching.

Connection to Illinois learning standard 5: The guided notes I completed with the class demonstrates my ability to differentiate instruction to meet the need of my students by "using strategies and techniques for facilitating meaningful inclusion of individuals with a range of abilities and experiences" as stated by performance indicator (5M). Using these different strategies like guiding them, showing and modeling step by step, so that they can better understand what is needed to solve a specific problem. 

Self-evaluation: The biggest change or growth I had seen in my teaching is getting up and moving around. Getting up to the board gets the kids to pay attention more and I feel like I’m more confident when I’m on my feet at the board. I also get the chance to keep the students awake and on their toes because they have realized that at any moment, I might call on them. In the video you will see that I ask students to help me solve a problem by using their calculators or even randomly calling out a student by name. This has helped me keep my classes engaged. I have also noticed my confidence, the student relationship/trust has grown, and the class engagement and flow has improved tremendously.