Joelis Velez Diaz's
Pedagogy Portfolio
WPI Teacher Preparation Program - High School Chemistry
Hi! I'm Joelis Velez Diaz, a Chemistry Teacher from WPI.
Hi! I'm Joelis Velez Diaz, a Chemistry Teacher from WPI.
Abstract: My student teaching focused on the seven elements of the MA Department of Elementary & Secondary Education’s (DESE) Candidate Assessment of Performance (CAP). I also implemented Culturally Responsive Teaching strategies and empowering students by providing them the opportunity to draw upon their personal Funds of Knowledge. I performed my student teaching at South High Community High School, in Worcester, Massachusetts. My program supervisor was Kathy Chen, and my mentor teacher was Joseph O’Leary as I taught high school chemistry grades 10-12th for a semester. During this experience, I built upon my educational practices by observing other teachers, adapted and improved my lessons, incorporating the feedback from my program supervisor and my mentor. We were guided by the rubric of the CAP elements and culturally responsive teaching methods I applied such as having real world applications and problems, and connection to careers, benefitted the students' learning, given that it increased their participation, engagement, and motivation to learn chemistry.
Abstract: My student teaching focused on the seven elements of the MA Department of Elementary & Secondary Education’s (DESE) Candidate Assessment of Performance (CAP). I also implemented Culturally Responsive Teaching strategies and empowering students by providing them the opportunity to draw upon their personal Funds of Knowledge. I performed my student teaching at South High Community High School, in Worcester, Massachusetts. My program supervisor was Kathy Chen, and my mentor teacher was Joseph O’Leary as I taught high school chemistry grades 10-12th for a semester. During this experience, I built upon my educational practices by observing other teachers, adapted and improved my lessons, incorporating the feedback from my program supervisor and my mentor. We were guided by the rubric of the CAP elements and culturally responsive teaching methods I applied such as having real world applications and problems, and connection to careers, benefitted the students' learning, given that it increased their participation, engagement, and motivation to learn chemistry.
Work Samples
Work Samples
Contact - jmvelezdiaz@wpi.edu
Contact - jmvelezdiaz@wpi.edu