SEC-355 Assignment Explanations & Samples
The
syllabus is not always easy to understand so I created this page with
explanations and samples. As a reminder,
please refer to rubrics before beginning your assignment, as all assignments
are graded from that gradebook rubric. If this webpage hasn’t addressed
your question or concerns, please call or send me a
message Thanks!
Week 1 assignment: Curriculum Design Models Week 1 has a two-part assignment.
The Part I is Curriculum design models assist
teachers with planning relevant and meaningful learning experiences for
students. Teachers must carefully consider the curriculum model to meet the
students’ needs and help make meaningful connections to the content.
Create a
four-column table analyzing two separate curriculum design models (e.g.,
subject-centered, learner-centered, problem-centered). Include the following
columns:
Design Model |
Key Characteristics |
Content Area Student Achievement |
Aligned Activity |
Resources Needed (worksheets, text,
novel, technology) |
Subject Centered |
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Learner-Centered |
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Part II is to analyze InTASC standards 6, 7, and 8. Respond to the following in
250-500 words:
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Identify
key themes that run through the InTASC standards.
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Hypothesize
why the key themes are reflective of effective teaching practices.
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Explain
how the models described align to or are reflective of elements of the InTASC standards.
HINT:
Download the InTASC Document from the Instructor
add-ons. View page 23 and connect the pertinent themes that connect to
Standards 6, 7 and 8. Support your
assignment with 2-3 scholarly resources. For help
using the GCU Library, please visit this page for 2-3 peer-reviewed articles
that support your claims: http://www.gcu.edu/Student-Affairs/Library/Tutorials.php
While APA style format is not required, I will be following your
references and in-text citations. Please refer to the resources I provided on my “College Life”
webpage and Instructional add-ons. Remember that strong writing includes a thesis
statement in the introduction and tied to the conclusion.
Helpful Resources –
InTASC Document – This document is on the Instructor
add-ons, but I’ve attached here because many students don’t bother reviewing
this document. This document is the
secret sauce to get an A.
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Week 2 – Constructs of Curriculum
This assignment may be a more fun as you are asked
to make a power point or prezi on cognitive
(thinking), affective (feelings and emotions), and psychomotor (kinesthetic)
domains.
Imagine
you are a first-year teacher that has completed training in cognitive,
affective, and psychomotor learning. You have been tasked with sharing
information about this training with your content team. Create a 10-15 slide
presentation that covers various aspects of curriculum in your content area.
Your presentation should include:
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A
description of the cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains.
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At least
one example of how each domain can be integrated into your content area
curriculum.
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At least
one example of how each domain can be assessed in your content area.
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A
description of how a current educational policy and its outcome can affect one
of the domains in your content area. (For example, the former No Child Left
Behind Act left many administrators feeling they needed to reduce physical
education time, which is the psychomotor domain, in the school day to provide
more content area instruction.
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Presenter’s
notes, a title page, and a reference slide.
Use
the GCU Library to research a minimum of 2-3 peer-reviewed articles in support
of your analysis. While APA style format is not required, however, a reference
page and in-text
citations and references should follow APA guidelines, which can be found in
the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to
become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
Please review week 3 assignment as
you will create
a lesson plan. Think of including cognitive, affective
and psychomotor domains in your student’s learning.
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Week 3: Curriculum Aims, Goals and Objectives
Use the "Modified COE
Lesson Plan Template" to create a lesson plan in your content area that is
aligned to your state standards. This lesson plan will be expanded upon in
Topic 5 to include differentiation. Once you receive feedback and suggestions from me please revise and keep so you can use with your week 7
assignment.
The syllabus
asks for SMART objectives and I have provided
instruction on using ABCD objectives. Either way is fine with me, I am more
concerned if the objective is measurable.
I also focus on:
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Aligned
to your standards
·
The
number of your standard and fully written out to ensure alignment
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Integration
of technology
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Varied
instructional strategies
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Varied
formative and summative assessments (be sure to mention a pre-test in the
Anticipatory Set). The pre-test can be your summative assessment so you can
compare scores.
At the end of the lesson plan
template, write a 250-500 word rationale justifying
the choice of standards and how they support cross-curricular learning as well
as how the chosen technology enhances student learning and creativity. Explain
how the formative and summative assessments described in the lesson plan,
accurately (validity) and consistently (reliability) assesses students’
learning.
This assignment uses a rubric.
Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the
expectations for successful completion.
Please do not
use a lesson plan you submitted in a previous class. It is important for you to
get as much practice as possible on creating lesson plans before you start
student teaching. You are required to submit this assignment for plagiarism.
The percentage may be a little high considering you are using the COE template.
I take the template and common terminology into consideration. However, I can
determine the difference between a copied lesson plan versus an original lesson
plan.
Helpful Resources
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Week 4: Development of Middle/Secondary Curriculum
Clinical
Field Experience A: Class Profile for Unit Planning has two parts:
Educators must differentiate
instruction for a variety of student needs, including those listed on students’
IEPs and 504 plans, those of gifted students, and those of ESL students.
Allocate at least 2 hours in the
field to support this field experience. Focus on differentiated instruction and
instructional strategies that are used. Work with your mentor teacher to gather
student assessment data and to learn how assessment data is used to
differentiate instruction.
THINKING AHEAD: Before recording
your lesson plan delivery in Clinical Field Experience C, review the
"Video Recording Permission Requests." Work with your mentor teacher
to have the permission form signed by the student’s parent/guardian by Topic 6.
Part I – Follow up with your mentor to ensure
he/she receive the Clinical Field Experience Verification Form.
I provided a sample for this
assignment below. You can create a table
or a chart in Excel. The main goal is to
set up a chart of your mentor’s class.
You can use pseudo names because I am mainly looking at the other
characteristics to get an idea of your class dynamics. In your table/chart include the following:
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Course and grade level (i.e., 11th
grade English)
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A list of ALL the students with
pseudonyms (do not use their names)
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Gender Labels
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(gifted, ELL,
Spec Ed, 504) with explanations as to the modifications made for those
identified areas
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Characteristics (likes/dislikes of the
ALL student, work ethic, etc.)
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Test scores (any classroom, school,
district, state test scores)
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Current grade in course
Part II – Share
your lesson plan from Topic 3 with your mentor teacher. You will submit the
fully revised lesson plan in Topic 5. Ask your mentor for advice on the following:
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Differentiation
strategies that could be effectively included in each section (representation,
engagement, and expression)?
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What
suggestions does the mentor have to improve the lesson plan?
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Spend
any remaining field experience hours observing and assisting your mentor teacher.
Write 250-500
words refection regarding your observations and what you learned from your
mentor about differentiation. Your refection should address the following:
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Summary
of lesson plan feedback from mentor teacher.
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Describe
differentiated instruction based on what you observed and discussed with your
mentor.
·
Describe
instructional strategies you observed and discussed with your mentor and how the
diverse needs of individual students are addressed.
APA format is
not required, but solid academic writing is expected.
Helpful Resources
I want you to be proactive on the video assignment due in week
6. As many of you may be a little nervous or apprehensive about doing a
video. Believe me it won’t be difficult, different but not difficult. You
may want to practice running some videos and view the links on publishing the
file below so you can be proactive.
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Week 5 - Curriculum Design
This week is another
2-part assignment. Now is the time to put your lesson plan to the test.
Clinical Field Experience B -
Allocate at least 2 hours in the field to support this field experience.
Part I – Teach a
Lesson
Teach a lesson of your mentor
teacher’s choice to a small group of students, preferably including the three
students with identifications from the class profile created in Clinical Field
Experience A. Afterward, discuss your lesson delivery with your mentor teacher,
seeking feedback on your performance and the effectiveness of the lesson.
Write 250-500 words reflection addressing the following
based on your experience teaching the small group of students:
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Briefly
summarize the objectives of the lesson, the instructional methods you used, and
the response or engagement levels of the students.
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What went well in the lesson delivery? What would you
do differently?
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What do you need to work on before your lesson
delivery in Clinical Field Experience C?
APA format is not required, but
solid academic writing is expected. Review the rubric prior to beginning the
assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.
Document the locations and hours
you spend in the field on your Clinical Field Experience Verification Form. The
Clinical Field Experience Verification Form is due week 8.
Part
II – Lesson Plan Revision
Consider my comments, your
mentor teacher’s feedback and your reflections. Revise
your lesson plan from week 3, including the assessments (formative and
summative). In addition, be sure to consider the class profile created in
week 4, mentor feedback, and your experiences.
Submit your revised lesson plan along with
250-500 words discussing your rationale and justifying your revisions of how
they will better meet student needs.
APA format is not required. Review the
rubric prior to beginning the assignment. You are required to submit this
assignment to LopesWrite. Please note, I understand the
percentage will be high considering this will be a 2nd submission.
Week 6 is a video of yourself
teaching one of these lessons. If your mentor will not allow this, please let
me know so we can make alternative arrangements. If you
are able to video your instruction, make sure
parents/guardians have submitted the "Video Recording Permission
Form" for their student. If any have chosen not to sign the form, plan to
work with your mentor teacher to ensure these students are not in the recording
you make in Clinical Field Experience C.
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Week 6: Curriculum Structures
The video assignment has two parts. Many of you may be a little
nervous or apprehensive about doing a video. Believe me it won’t be
difficult, different but not difficult.
You can use a cell phone, video camera or laptop to create the
video.
Clinical
Field Experience C: Video Review
Part I
Use one of the following programs to
upload your video file:
OneDrive – Through you
GCU Outlook email account.
YouTube - https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/57407?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en
Vimeo - https://vimeo.com/join
(you need to create an account. Be proactive and start
working on this now).
Loom - https://www.useloom.com/login?redirect_after=%2Fmy-videos
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Save the video as “Unlisted” if you prefer,
however, if you save it as “private”, I will not be able to access it. Test
your link out prior to sending it to me. Send it to a friend to make sure
it works for someone besides you.
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Paste your URL on your reflection
document.
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Now you may ask, what do I need to do on
this video. Just give me 10 minutes of you teaching one of your lesson
plans. If possible, doing the video in front of a class is best, however,
I understand the constraints, if you are unable to video your instruction,
please let me know so we can come up with an alternative.
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Be sure to use an exit ticket to receive
feedback from your students.
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Please let me know if you have any
questions or concerns. I think you will find this to be a fun project and
definitely a great learning experience.
Part
II
After
viewing your taped lesson segment, write 500-750 words that reflects on your
instruction by responding to the following questions:
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How do you feel about the lesson you
delivered? What did you learn about yourself as an educator?
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What was successful? How do you know?
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What improvements could be made? State
one goal for yourself.
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How will you use this experience in your
future professional practice?
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What feedback, advice, and suggestions
did your mentor teacher provide regarding your delivery and the effectiveness
of your instruction?
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Based on student responses in the exit
tickets, how will you adjust your instructional strategies in the future?
Be sure to include your
video URL in your reflections so I can view it. Cite 2-3 scholarly resources to
support recommended changes for effective instructional strategies. Prepare this assignment according to APA
formatting.
Document the locations
and hours where you conducted field on your Clinical Field Experience
Verification Form.
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Week 7: Curriculum Evaluation and Aligned Assessments
Benchmark Assessment
has two parts and worth 300 points - Allocate at least 2 hours in the field to
support this assignment.
Part 1: Mini-Unit Plan
Educators usually plan instruction
across units rather than as individual lessons in order to
scaffold instruction, and guide students in developing knowledge and skills
that build upon one another.
Using the “5 Day Unit Plan
Template," create a unit plan for the students in your field experience
classroom. The lesson plan you revised in Topic 5 may be one of the lesson descriptions
for your unit.
Complete the unit plan and focus on
the following:
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In the
“Multiple Means of Representation” section: Instruction that addresses
students’ learning strengths and needs.
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In the
“Multiple Means of Representation” section: Instructional strategies
incorporating the use of technology to create appropriate sequencing of
concepts.
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In the
“Multiple Means of Engagement” section: Opportunities for students to use
technology to demonstrate their learning in different ways.
·
In the
“Multiple Means of Expression” section: Formative and summative assessments, at
least one of which involves the use of technology that verifies learning and
minimizes bias.
In
250-500 words, write a rationale that explains how the unit plan’s instruction
and assessments were designed to meet the needs of the students in your field
experience classroom.
APA format is not required, but
solid academic writing is expected. Review the rubric prior to beginning the
assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to
submit this assignment to LopesWrite. I
understand the template will cause the percentage to be a little high.
I will use my discretion and contact you if necessary.
Sample Feedback on 5-day Unit Plan
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Topic 8: Assessment Types - Clinical Field Experience Verification Form must
be submitted so GCU can ensure you have completed all practicum/field
experiences hours.
It is important for teachers to understand the various types
and purposes of district, state, national, and international norm-referenced
standardized assessments for middle and secondary education students.
Create an informational brochure for families and students
that describes two federal and/or state standardized assessments for middle and
secondary education students. Include at least one assessment that is required
for your state. Examples of such assessments include, but are not limited to the
following:
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State
standardized assessment such as AZMerit
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One of
the government-funded common assessment consortia assessments (e.g.,
Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC),
Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC), The National Center and State
Collaborative (NCSC), Dynamic Learning Maps (DLM))
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The
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
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One of the
International Study Center’s assessments (e.g., TIMSS and PIRLS)
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The
American College Test (ACT) or Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)
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An
Advanced Placement (AP) Exam
To start a brochure open Word, click File new,
in the template search bar type in the word “brochure”. You will be able to
choose from their templates. Of course, there are many others available for
free online, but this is a good starting point. The main point here is that I
want a brochure not an essay with some clip art. As a teacher you may be asked
to create some marketing materials, this is your time to experiment.
For your chosen assessments, include:
·
A
description of this assessment and its purpose.
·
A
description of the test accommodations made available by the test publisher for
students with disabilities.
·
A
description regarding how the results are scored, and
how and to whom results are communicated.
·
How
teachers might use these results to inform instruction and curriculum planning.
Support your findings with 2-3
scholarly resources.
While APA style format is not required in-text citations and
references should be presented using proper APA guidelines.
Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become
familiar with the expectations for successful completion. You are required to
submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Again, many of these tests and terms will be
flagged. I will use my discretion and contact you if necessary.
One thing to
remember is not to do this as an assignment to me but rather an informational
source to students and families
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Thank you for a wonderful journey!
Your self-learning starts from here! “It is good to have an end to journey
toward, but it is the journey that matters in the end”. – Ursula K. Leguin
Updated 6/12/2022
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