Month: January 2019

. Provide students with multiple and varied formative and summative assessments aligned with content and technology standards and use resulting data to inform learning and teaching.

Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity

Promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students’ conceptual understanding and thinking, planning and creative processes.

The teacher is a reflective practitioner who uses evidence to continually evaluate his/her practice, particularly the effects of his/her choices and actions on others (students, families, and other professionals in the learning community), and adapts practice to meet the needs of each learner.

The teacher understands and uses a variety of instructional strategies to encourage learners to develop a deep understanding of content areas and their connections, and to build skills to access and appropriately apply information.

The teacher draws upon knowledge of content areas, cross-disciplinary skills, learners, the community, and pedagogy to plan instruction that supports every student in meeting rigorous learning goals.

The teacher understands and uses multiple methods of assessment to engage learners in their own growth, to document learner progress, and to guide the teacher’s on-going planning and instruction.

The teacher understands how to connect concepts and use differing perspectives to engage learners in critical/creative thinking and collaborative problem solving related to authentic local and global issues.

The teacher understands the central concepts, tools of inquiry, and structures of the discipline(s) he or she teaches and creates learning experiences that make these aspects of the discipline accessible and meaningful for learners.

The teacher works with learners to create environments that support individual and collaborative learning, encouraging positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self motivation.

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Artifact 2:           Teacher Interview assignment 

For artifact two I chose my teacher interview, the topic of my teacher interview was the integration of technology into the classroom and how it effected the classroom environment. I asked my teacher (Mr Pastoreli) some simple questions about how he felt technology was effecting his classroom community and effectiveness and he gave me some truly great answers.  The reason that i think this interview shows my understanding of this standard is because if technology is used right it can empower students to become active and engaged learners while still providing social interactions with small groups and whole class assignments.  I think that this artifact has helped me grow as a teacher because Tom was able to give me his point of view on the topic as a teacher who started with only pen and paper but has been given the chance to see what students who have one to one laptops are able to do in a classroom. Overall I think that this experience was extremely informative  and i’m glad that i was able to learn so much from it. 

The teacher uses understanding of individual differences and diverse cultures and communities to ensure inclusive learning environments that allow each learner to reach his/her full potential.