How you work collaboratively with students to establish learning goals and track individual progress.

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Your principal has noticed how well you communicate learning objectives, guide students to set individual goals, and guide students to self-assess and track their progress. Because of your successes using these best practices, he has asked you to present these methods in an upcoming professional development.

Part 1: Best Practices Presentation

For this benchmark assignment, create a 10-12 slide digital presentation of evidence-based best practices related to progress monitoring, communicating learning objectives, self-assessment, and providing effective feedback.

The presentation should include the following components:

  • How you communicate learning objectives to your class and measure student performance of the identified learning objectives.
  • How you work collaboratively with students to establish learning goals and track individual progress.
  • How you assist students in analyzing their work, assessment results, and keeping track of their own progress.
  • How you provide effective, descriptive feedback to your students.

Include a title slide, reference slide, and presenter’s notes.

Support your findings with a minimum of three scholarly resources.

Part 2: Summary

In 500-750 words summarize and examine the process of implementing your best practices in communicating objectives, progress monitoring, and providing effective feedback.

Answer the following in your summary:

  • What is the value of analyzing performance data? Discuss the influence instructional planning has on gaps and patterns.
  • How can the best practices included in your presentation inform instructional planning? How are learning gaps and patterns addressed?
  • How does the classroom climate influence students’ confidence in learning independently and taking ownership of their academic progress?
  • How does inquiry and the development of higher-order skills promote student engagement and motivation to learn?

Support your findings with a minimum of three scholarly resources.

Submit your presentation and reflection as one deliverable.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. 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. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

Create Assessments

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Pre-assessments are an essential element in planning instruction. The first step in designing solid instruction is to determine a baseline for individual students. As a teacher, it is important to remember that students enter the classroom with diverse backgrounds and skill levels. Some students may have special needs and require basic skills review. Other students may need to be challenged at a higher level than what their teachers initially intended. Integrating creative arts into lessons can support learning preferences and tap into different interests and ability levels.

For this assignment, select one English language arts standard appropriate for the field experience class based on collaboration with the mentor teacher. Create two assessments that incorporate different forms of creative arts (art, music, theater, or dance), including the following:

· One formative assessment tool to assess young children’s reading skills and possible misconceptions.

· One formative assessment to promote phonics as a part of the reading process.

APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

 

The standard is for 3rd grade English Language Arts in the State of Tennessee

Adopting A Strengths-Based Perspective

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Behavior Management Plan

Based on course readings and theories develop a student behavior management plan.

The following components must be addressed in a 2 page paper:

*Describe the classroom setting (i.e. grade level, subject area, number of students, ability levels, demographics, ESOL/ESE/Gifted etc.)

*Describe how to address two problem behaviors and two positive behaviors

*Identify one research-based classroom strategy to address each one of the two problem behaviors and positive behaviors and explain your rationale for each strategy

Include at least three credible references (one must be the textbook: ISBN-10: 0132868628 • ISBN-13: 9780132868624)

Helpful Class Videos:

– How To Maintain Classroom Discipline – Good And Bad Methods Training Educational Video (1947!)

– Classroom Management (Elementary): A Morning with Linda Kasarjians 1st Grade Class

– Education & Motivating Students : Motivating At-Risk Students

– Just for Teachers: Motivating Your Students Through a Supportive Environment

– Teach Like A Champion: Cold Call Technique

Composing Professional Email

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As an educator, it is important to be able to communicate effectively in a professional manner. A special education teacher will need to communicate to a variety of stakeholders in a variety of ways including phone calls, meetings, email, etc.

Review the “Sample Professional Email.” Write a general email that could be modified and sent to each of the individuals you will interview in the three field experiences in this course. Look ahead to Topics 4, 5, and 6 to preview the individuals you will be interviewing. Once reviewed by your instructor, you will be able to use these emails to set up the interviews needed for each field experience assignment.

APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.