SED-480NA 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: Introduction to
Student Teaching
The 1st assignment
is your official login with Professional Learning Network (PLN). The intention
of the PLN is to provide a virtual space for teacher candidates, educational
administration candidates, alumni, the cooperating teacher/mentor, GCU faculty
supervisors, and faculty to learn, collaborate, and connect in a supportive
environment.
You need to
create a login on the PLN website (see flyer below). It may take a couple of
days to be an approved member, so I suggest everyone be proactive to obtain a
login early. Once you have been approved please login and make a screenshot
showing your name. Save the document and submit as your assignment.
Every computer
is different so these directions of what I would do on my laptop: Login to PLN>hold the fn
& prntscrn keys>open a Word document>click
on the paste command>save the document>submit the saved document into
Loud Cloud
The 2nd
assignment is your Cooperative Teacher Interview. Interview of Cooperating
Teacher in 250-500 words, summarize and reflect upon your interview. Your
interview questions and observations should review the following:
1. The best
methods for communicating with your cooperating teacher/mentor.
2. School
philosophy, policies, calendar, and daily schedule.
3. The
“Professional Dispositions” including expectations regarding dress, behavior,
etc.
4. Required
reports and recordkeeping, grading standards, and discipline procedures.
5. District/school
resources provided based upon the learning expectations.
6. Expectations
for students, routines, procedures, and an established classroom management
plan.
7. What surprised
you the most about your cooperating teacher’s responses?
Explain how
you will use your findings in your student teaching practice and future
professional practice.
Please click
on the link to learn how PLN Flyer
I highly
recommend you start working on week 2 assignments right away.
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Week 2 - School Environment
and Contextual Factors -Learning About Your Students and Community
This week has three assignments. They are more
comprehensive as you need to gather community demographic and student
data. The 1st assignment is Step Standard 1 Part 1 which
require you to be a data expert on your school, district and community. Please download the STEP Template in the
Instructors add-ons. 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/
The 2nd assignment is
similar as it is STEP Standard I Part II – Covers
demographic, environment, and academic factors understanding the learning needs
of students is critical when designing instruction that is differentiated and
geared to meet unique learning needs.
The sites above and the district office
will help you gather all the data you need. 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.
The 3rd assignment will be
establishing your Professional Teaching Portfolio. A professional portfolio is a
purposeful collection of work that exhibits efforts, progress, and achievement
in multiple areas.
The finalization of your portfolio will be due the
last week of your SED 480B class which will be a compilation of professional
work, student samples, and a demonstration of your personal education
philosophy. For week 2 assignment you only need to find and create a portfolio
site. 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 and remember I am only
a click away.
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Week 3: Learning
Goals to Inform Instruction – Writing Standards- Based Objectives
This week you will have two assignments. The 1st assignment
is your Professional Dispositions Statement Assessment. Download the Professional Dispositions
Assessment from the class resources.
Personally, I think of this as your mission
and value statement, like a school or business. Leader’s need a mission
statement, teachers are leaders, so you need one for your work too. Teachers as
leaders in their classroom need continued motivation and rejuvenation to meet
the demand of the profession. A professional mission (disposition) can ground
you, motivate you and help you remember why you entered this profession. You
may want to include statements that express professional values, commitments,
and ethics in order to promote authentic learning.
I encourage you to search the Internet to
view some sample teaching statements to garner your own teaching philosophies. Download and complete
the “Professional Dispositions Assessment” to inform your statement. In 250-500
words, write a reflection that addresses the following:
· Your personal professional disposition statement.
· How your self-assessment supports your professional
dispositions statement.
· Reflects on how you have grown in your professional
dispositions throughout your Program of Study, supported by specific examples.
· Steps you will take to improve where necessary.
The 2nd assignment is writing
standards-based objectives and learning goals of your upcoming unit. 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.
Disposition
and Assessment Sample
If anyone experiences
problems with the template or e-docs, please don’t hesitate to contact me. Your
disposition and assessment will be included in your “Professional Teaching Portfolio”
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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 1. 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 - 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 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 Classroom Management Philosophy. Establishing a classroom management
philosophy is a crucial aspect of teaching. Your philosophy will guide you in
establishing procedures, routines, and behavior expectations in order to create
a learning environment that engages students, achieves instructional goals, and
meets the diverse needs of students.
In 250-500 words,
describe your classroom management philosophy including:
1.
How engagement plays
a role in classroom management.
2.
How you will
establish procedures, routines, and behavior expectations in your future
classroom.
3.
How you will use
classroom management strategies to meet the diverse needs of students, achieve instructional
goals, and effectively involve families.
Along with our class
resources I recommend reading the two references below to develop your own
style. Keep what you like and design your own management philosophy. You may
have created a classroom management philosophy from a previous class. If you like
it that is fine. Be sure that it covers the three points above. The LopesWrite percentage will be high so please let me know if
you are submitting a previous assignment.
Marzano, R. J.,
Pickering, D. J., & Pollock, J. E. (2001). Classroom instruction that
works: Research-based strategies for increasing student achievement. Alexandria,
VA: Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development.
Wong, H. & Wong, R.
(2014). The classroom management book. Mountain View, CA: Harry
K. Wong Publications.
Your
classroom management philosophy will be included in your “Professional Teaching
Portfolio”
Please
plan ahead on your 2nd 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 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.
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
Keep
in mind that this video recording will be included in your Portfolio under the
section Teaching Resume and Statements.
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Week 7: Analyzing
Assessment Data and Student Results
The 1st
assignment is your Clinical Practice Evaluation 2. 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 2nd 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 in the 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
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