SED-480NB 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 the rubric.
If this webpage hasn’t addressed your question or concerns here, please call or
send me a message Thanks!
Week 1 has two assignments: Teacher and Career Preparation
I hate to do
this to you on our first week, but your 1st assignment is a Professional
Résumé. Of course, it’s important and many of you may be asked for your resume
so now is the time to pull it together. Your resume needs to highlight your education,
certification, and professional experience.
It’s best to develop a statement or objective to describe yourself and
how you stand out from other candidates. Be sure to view my announcements so
you can use the resources provided.
At a minimum, include the following:
·
Professional Teaching Portfolio
Setup
The 2nd assignment
is your official login with Professional Learning Network (PLN). You completed
this assignment in SED 480NA class. You can certainly send me the same
document. If you did not complete this assignment in SED 480NA consider the
following:
The syllabus suggests using the OneDrive, you may
prefer one of the following links to establish your portfolio:
Sample
Portfolios
A past student’s portfolio very well done - https://www.portfoliogen.com/felicia-bd4369af/377841
Another past student’s portfolio well done - https://sites.google.com/site/ksolisportfolio/home
I found this student’s teacher portfolio online - https://sites.google.com/site/brentmbecker24/home
Reason for a teacher portfolio - https://www.best-job-interview.com/teacher-portfolio.html
Possible
Portfolio Programs
Wix - https://www.wix.com/
Weebly - https://www.weebly.com/
Google Sites - https://sites.google.com/site/eportfolioapps/
Portfolio Box - https://www.portfoliobox.net/
Don't hesitate to call 480 685-0116 or email cindy.barnes@my.gcu.edu I am only a click away.
Sample Resume with Little Experience
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Week 2 - School
Environment and Contextual Factors -Learning About Your Students and Community
STEP Standard
1 Contextual Factors Part I and Part II was done in SED 480NA during the 2nd
week. A word of caution I
take community, geographic and student data very serious. I want to see sited
sources and valid information. Rather than water fountain gossip.
I
recommend using the following sites and in combination to provide the necessary
demographic data. Also call the district office as they are required to
maintain all of this data.
Geographic
Demographics - https://datausa.io/
District
Demographics - https://www.niche.com/
School
Demographics - https://www.greatschools.org/
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Week 3: Learning Goals to Inform Instruction
– Writing Standards-Based Objectives
You may have written
you standards-based objectives and learning goals of your SED 480NA class. This
is not your unit plan you completed in SED 480NA. I am sure by now you are
working on a new unit plan. Complete STEP Standard 2 of the template that
includes the following:
1. Your State Academic
Content Standards. Include both the standard code and the title.
2. Learning goal,
is the overall aims or big ideas.
3. Make sure the
objectives are measurable as shown in my announcements and CATs.
If you weren’t encouraged to create
measurable objectives in SED 480NA please know I definitely
require it. If you need help ask me after you
view this information:
View this site to learn how
to develop measurable objectives https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lGX8mndu5w
ABCD formula:
A.
Audience - Who should perform (The students
will be able to…..SWBAT)
B.
Behavior – what would you like your learner
to do (this is your Blooms verb)
C.
Conditions - learner will encounter in
performing (textbook, journal, computer, Excel, what will they be working from)
D.
Degree – what degree do you want them to
perform at? How well should students
perform (percentage, time, at least three times, without error).
View the writing objectives
with the use of Bloom’s verbs to help you create GREAT measurable objectives
If anyone experiences
problems with the template or e-docs, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
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Week 4: Assessment
and Data Literacy - Again, you have two assignments this week.
The 1st
assignment is your Clinical Practice Evaluation 3. Your GCU faculty supervisor
will observe your teaching performance and submit a report. Please find the
directions on obtaining your report on the link below. Once you get your
evaluation results save it on your computer and submit in the assignment box.
I understand
that our class due dates don’t always coincide with your school, teacher or
supervisor’s schedule. If you are early or late, that is fine. The only time we
have to worry about due dates is our last week of
class.
The 2nd
assignment is STEP Standard 3 – Again this is for your new unit not the one you
did in SED 480NA. Assessment and Data Literacy Pre- and post-assessments used
to assess the learning that takes place from participating in a learning
activity. The pre-assessment is given to students before instruction, in order
to determine their prior knowledge of the topic, or inaccurate knowledge.
After students
have participated in the unit, they will be given the post-assessment, which
can be the same as the pre-assessment, a modified version, or something
comparable that measures the same concepts.
For this
assignment collaborate with your cooperating teacher to design pre and post
assessments for your instructional unit that align to state standards. Copy the
pre and post assessments into their respective tables in the STEP Standard 3.
After administering the pre assessment, complete the pre assessment data table,
and answer the questions in STEP Standard 3.
Be sure to
view Week 5 assignments. I encourage to start working on them right away as
they will take some time.
Clinical Practice Evaluation Retrieval Guide
All of your evaluations will be included in
your “Professional Teaching Portfolio”
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Week 5 – Unit and Lesson Planning – 2 Assignments are due this week
The 1st
assignment is STEP Standard 4 is your NEW unit of instruction that aligns to
your state content standards. Be sure to include technology integration and
demonstrate how you will differentiate your lessons to meet the needs of
individual students.
The syllabus
states that you are expected to teach the unit by the end of Topic 6. However,
I understand that time schedules don’t always coincide with this class. The
main idea is that you will be taking over the classes and will need a unit plan
which is what we are working on together. You want to work with the cooperating
teacher on your unit plan.
The 2nd
assignment is your Personal Teaching Philosophy – Video Reflection.
Reflective
practice is crucial in education and becomes the foundation for ongoing growth
and development as a professional. By this phase in the student teaching experience,
you have analyzed how your teaching performance and practice affects student
learning. You now have the opportunity to reflect on how
you plan to continue growing in your practice and how to utilize
school/district, academic, and personal resources to help you continue to grow
as a professional educator.
For this
assignment, you will create a 2-3 minute video of
yourself describing your role as a teacher candidate who embodies the College of
Education’s philosophy to learn, lead, and serve.
In the video,
include the following:
1.
How your teaching
philosophy has developed and grown throughout student teaching.
2.
How technology can be
used to create better learning opportunities for all students.
3.
How you will
implement the Christian worldview values of compassion, promoting human flourishing,
and behaving legally and ethically in your future classroom. (Feel free to
4.
add additional
Christian worldview values you would like to integrate.)
5.
Remember, video and
audio quality is important and should be taken into
consideration.
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
· 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.
· Paste your URL on your reflection document.
· 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. As an alternative, you can video yourself
teaching this lesson at the kitchen table, to your colleagues, in the garage,
in a classroom or at a park.
· Please let me know if you have any
questions or concerns. I think you will find this to be a fun project, if
not you can yell at me later LOL!!
· Get ready because you have another video in
Week 6
Your
Teaching Philosophy will be included in your “Professional Teaching Portfolio”
under the Teaching Resume and Statements category.
Please
plan ahead on your 4th evaluation which is due the end
of week 7. If the results will be available after the class ends, we will need
to make some adjustments.
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Week 6: Assessment
and Data Literacy - Using Assessment to Engage Students
This week you have 2 assignments.
The 1st assignment
is a video assignment that has two parts. Many of you may be a little nervous
or apprehensive about doing a video but you probably did the same thing in SED
480NA. 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.
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
· 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.
· Paste your URL on your reflection document.
· 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. As an alternative, you can video yourself
teaching this lesson at the kitchen table, to your
colleagues, in the garage, in a classroom or at a park.
· Please let me know if you have any
questions or concerns. I think you will find this to be a fun project, if
not you can yell at me later LOL!!
You have
already implemented and analyzed the pre-assessment. This week, you will implement
your lesson activities, correlating formative assessments, and the summative
post-assessment. Choose one of the lesson activities to video record a 5-10 minute segment to review and reflect on your teaching.
Part II
Both you and
your cooperating teacher/mentor review the recording and provide feedback. Complete
STEP Standard 5 by summarizing, in 500-750 words, your experience teaching your
unit. Include the following:
1.
Discuss each lesson
activity and whether the execution of each lesson went exactly as planned.
2.
Describe the
engagement strategies used and if they helped foster the learning goals.
3.
Summary of Student
Learning by describing your initial perception of the overall student learning.
4.
Briefly describe the
results from your observations and each measurement of learning that supports
your initial perception of student learning.
5.
Describe one
student’s learning or response that caused you to rethink your plans. How you responded
to that student and why you thought this would improve student progress.
Reflection of
Video Recording. Describe your perceptions of your teaching performance. Identify
one thing you would like to improve upon in your future teaching (be specific),
and one thing you felt you did well and how you will build upon it. BE SURE TO SHARE THE URL IN YOUR PAPER SO I CAN SEE YOUR
VIDEO.
This is an example of what I think is great teaching - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SZvD9xvGdo&feature=youtu.be
The
2nd assignment is a Professional Development Plan Teachers who are
dedicated to their profession. Create a professional learning plan that can be implemented
over your next 2-3 years of teaching. Begin by analyzing your teaching
performance and clinical practice (student teaching) evaluations over the
course of your student teaching experience and your program. Consider areas you
would like to improve upon, focusing on those that would have the most effect
on improving student outcomes. Create three professional goals and describe
them in each section of the template.
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Week 7: Analyzing
Assessment Data and Student Results
The 1st
assignment is your Clinical Practice Evaluation 4. Your GCU faculty supervisor
will observe your teaching performance and submit a report. Once you get your
evaluation results save it on your computer and submit in the Loud Cloud assignment
box.
Since we are
at the end of this class please let me know if your 4th evaluation
will be available after the class is finished.
The 2nd
assignment is STEP Standard 6 – Analysis of Student Learning. After you have
implemented each lesson of your NEW unit, as well as the post-assessment, collaborate
with your cooperating teacher/mentor to analyze the results and determine
student learning. On the STEP Standard 6 answer the question by discussing your
data and whether there is a student or group of students who have not mastered
the objectives and discuss what to do to develop these students’ knowledge and
skills.
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Week 8 – Reflecting
on Instruction
STEP Standard
7 - Analysis and Reflection to Improve Planning and Practice Reflective
practice is crucial in education and becomes the foundation for ongoing growth
and development as a professional. Once you have implemented the lessons within
your unit, you should reflect on how the instructional practices influenced the
learning outcomes. The assessment data from week 7 provides tangible evidence
that you can use to tie outcomes back to instruction.
After
analyzing and reflecting on your experiences developing and delivering your instructional
unit, complete STEP Standard 7. In the template, list three short-term goals to
improve specific areas of your teaching practice based on the unit of instruction,
as well as your plan to reach each short-term goal.
This
assignment will be included in your “Professional Teaching Portfolio” that will
be due at the end of your SED 480B class.
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Updated 4/8/2019
Email
Address: Cindy.Barnes@my.gcu.edu
Phone Number: (480)
685-0116
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Canyon University