Teacher Quality Standard III

"Teachers plan and deliver effective instruction and create an environment that facilitates learning for their students."

Teachers craft and present intentional and well thought out lesson plans that brings the learning to the students.

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Teachers demonstrate knowledge about the ways in which learning takes place, including the levels of intellectual, physical, social, and emotional development of their students.

TL Project #1

While in Step Two, teacher candidates are required to take a course on the psychology of motivation.

This course taught me a lot about this element because we were required to assess different learning environments and decipher the effectiveness of that learning. The paper to the left is a paper I wrote on endured learning. This paper shows my growth as a teacher because I notice ways that learning takes place on all levels mentioned above.

This infographic also shows my knowledge of the different ways that learning takes place.

This infographic was made in the Fall of 2023. I researched an educational theorist and gave a synopsis of their most relevant theory.

For B.F. Skinner, his most influential theory in education is the theory of operant conditioning. Operant conditioning is the core of how and why students engage in expected or unexpected behaviors. If there is reinforcement, a behavior will be more likely to reoccur. If there is punishment, the behavior is less likely to reoccur.

You can see me implement my knowledge of how learning takes place in this artifact. Even though this is just research, I am looking forward to putting reinforcement and punishment into practice and finding a process that works for me.

You be the theorist.pdf

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Teachers use formal and informal methods to assess student learning, provide feedback, and use results to inform planning and instruction.

I always include a plan to assess my students with formative and summative measures in each lesson.

Formative assessment is a quick check-in of what students already know or have comprehended. Formative assessment is a useful way for teachers to get a quick gauge on any content or skills that may need to be addressed again before diving into a lesson.

Summative assessment is a chance for students to show what they know! Summative assessments are the activities that a teacher can collect data on. These are given at the end of a lesson or unit so that the teacher can see what the student learned and what they did not.

For me and my career development, I would like to grow stronger in my formative assessment skills. I know that formative assessing is so important, yet I struggle to apply it to my lessons. I would be curious to learn a variety of ways that I can make an observable assessment on what students can recall from previous knowledge.

a few SUMMATIVE assessments that I have created...

Fall 2023

The Golden Key

informational summary template

investigating vocabulary answer sheet

Spring 2024

7th Grade Autobiographies

[Template] 7th grade short story unit project

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Teachers integrate and utilize appropriate available technology to engage students in authentic learning experiences.

Students in my class are appropriately integrated with technology in order to enhance their education and skills necessary for being a functioning human in today's society.

In my practicum, students had a visual aid for every lesson I taught. They also had many opportunities to use their iPads. I include iPads into my lesson when I see that technological fluency fits into what I am teaching.

For instance, in my Practicum, Lesson Three, I included iPads into the lesson so that students learn the skill of finding sources and using sources on the internet.

Students get 4 minutes a day to practice typing and other skills.

When class begins each day, students know to get their Chromebooks and begin writing a daily journal entry. This routine allows students to not only practice writing down their thoughts, but it also allows them the opportunity to practice their typing skills. In today's world, students need to be able to know how to create a document, work on a document, type on s document, and submit a document.

This daily journal is a way I like to integrate technology into the classroom to ensure that students are strengthing their technology fluency and skills each day.

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Teachers establish and communicate high expectations and use processes to support the development of critical-thinking and problem-solving skills.

One way I communicate expectations to my students is by including an agenda that I go over at the beginning of every class period. An agenda lets students know of my high behavioral expectations. An agenda helps keep students on task because you can redirect any unexpected behavior by asking them to refer to the agenda.

Another way I set high expectations for critical thinking and problem solving skills is by sharing the lesson objective with the students. This sets an academic goal that students will be able to meet by the end of the lesson. Sharing this objective at the beginning of the lesson communicates expectations for students to work hard and maintain focus in order to achieve that goal.

Setting expectations of Critical Thinking in 8th Grade

A deck of cards isn't magic only for magicians; they're magic for teachers, too!

During the 8th grade unit about The Good Earth, the majority of lessons included whole-class discussion questions about the reading. To encourage participation, I would hand out participation cards to students. I modified the amount of cards that individual students would receive based on their participation goal. Students could turn in a card after they answer a question, ask a question, or agree with other students in the discussion. Students were incredibly motivated by the participation cards. They were excited to find out how many they would get and what kinds of cards they were. They enjoyed handing them into me as a physical affirmation of their hard work.

The discussion questions were not only comprehension level. The discussion would include various critical thinking questions, including many of the ones listed below! I set the expectation that each student has to turn in all of their cards by the end of the discussion. If a student did not participate by the end of the discussion, they had to tell me 1 thing they learned per 1 card they had in their possesion. For example, if a student had 2 cards they would have to tell me 2 things they learned. By giving students the participation cards along with the challenge to answer harder questions, students were able to practice critical thinking in a fun way! Setting these high expectations will help students develop the skills to tap into the parts of their brain that process harder questions.

Critical Thinking Questions

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Teachers provide students with opportunities to work in teams and develop leadership.

Each lesson I write includes groups working together. This section can be seen in each of my lesson plans labeled as "group practice". Having students work together is a versatile strategy. Groups help students practice the skills in a low-risk setting while also giving students the opportunity to practice collaboration.

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Teachers model and promote effective communication.

Positive, professional, and effective communication is really important to me.

As a pre-service teacher, one of the most important things I can do is communicate in a way that displays respect, gratitude, excitement, and professionalism.

Below is a conversation between me and my host teacher for my Student Teaching Placement for the Spring of 2024! In this conversation, you will see how I respond with energy and kindness all while maintaining a professional demeanor.

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