2012-2013
Domain One Reflection: Planning and Preparation
Planning ahead and being prepared at the start of every day
is imperative in the field of teaching. In order to successfully reach a
community of learners, a teacher must have the organizational skills to put
together lessons that are clear for student understanding. I have found that by
being organized and having a clear plan for what I set out for my students to
learn maximizes student learning and utilizes classroom time in a very
constructive way.
Before the start of the school year, the English curriculum had been re-written in order to meet the new NYS education requirements, so before starting the school year I needed to first familiarize myself with some of the new material for the first two units. First, I set a time frame for when I wanted to finish each component on the curriculum. Next, I researched and planned out what I wanted my students to understand and aligned it with the new curriculum. From there, I planned out individual lessons and created the supplementary materials. Each one of my lessons is planned down to the minute to ensure that my students are learning the entire time that they are in the classroom. Not only are my lessons and materials aligned with the new NYS Common Core Standards, but they are also created keeping in mind the accommodations of my students with IEP’s and 504’s. In order to reach the personal learning needs of the diverse learners in my classroom, I use various forms of differentiated instruction. Based on what my lesson entails, I incorporate activities that utilize diverse instructional forms such as inquiry based learning, cooperative activities that include think-pair-share, group work, group presentations, and graphic organizers for individual information processing, in order to maximize student understanding. Lastly, while planning lessons, I strive to meet the needs of the 21st century learners in my classroom by utilizing technology and interesting visual, such as Keynote presentations, PowerPoint presentations and Prezi on a daily basis. Planning and preparation are two key components of being a successful educator. Careful planning and preparation helps to keep students on task and engaged in the learning process throughout the entire class period. I carefully plan and prepare each one of my lessons in order to maximize learning time within the classroom. I have found that my organizational skills combined with planning and preparing for lessons well in advance has led to another successful school year.
Another step I take in being organized throughout the year is ensuring that I bring my copies to the copy room in an efficient and time conscious manner, in order to have my materials prepared ahead of time. I have found this to be extremely helpful in the event that a student will be absent for an upcoming period of time and shows the initiative to collect the work that he or she will be missing ahead of time.
I also put careful planning into assessments to ensure understanding of the material being covered in class. Some of the ways I assess learning is through lesson closure, class discussion, personal reflections, formative assessments such as quizzes, unit tests, writing samples, and summative assessments, including essays, projects, and quarterly exams.
Before the start of the school year, the English curriculum had been re-written in order to meet the new NYS education requirements, so before starting the school year I needed to first familiarize myself with some of the new material for the first two units. First, I set a time frame for when I wanted to finish each component on the curriculum. Next, I researched and planned out what I wanted my students to understand and aligned it with the new curriculum. From there, I planned out individual lessons and created the supplementary materials. Each one of my lessons is planned down to the minute to ensure that my students are learning the entire time that they are in the classroom. Not only are my lessons and materials aligned with the new NYS Common Core Standards, but they are also created keeping in mind the accommodations of my students with IEP’s and 504’s. In order to reach the personal learning needs of the diverse learners in my classroom, I use various forms of differentiated instruction. Based on what my lesson entails, I incorporate activities that utilize diverse instructional forms such as inquiry based learning, cooperative activities that include think-pair-share, group work, group presentations, and graphic organizers for individual information processing, in order to maximize student understanding. Lastly, while planning lessons, I strive to meet the needs of the 21st century learners in my classroom by utilizing technology and interesting visual, such as Keynote presentations, PowerPoint presentations and Prezi on a daily basis. Planning and preparation are two key components of being a successful educator. Careful planning and preparation helps to keep students on task and engaged in the learning process throughout the entire class period. I carefully plan and prepare each one of my lessons in order to maximize learning time within the classroom. I have found that my organizational skills combined with planning and preparing for lessons well in advance has led to another successful school year.
Another step I take in being organized throughout the year is ensuring that I bring my copies to the copy room in an efficient and time conscious manner, in order to have my materials prepared ahead of time. I have found this to be extremely helpful in the event that a student will be absent for an upcoming period of time and shows the initiative to collect the work that he or she will be missing ahead of time.
I also put careful planning into assessments to ensure understanding of the material being covered in class. Some of the ways I assess learning is through lesson closure, class discussion, personal reflections, formative assessments such as quizzes, unit tests, writing samples, and summative assessments, including essays, projects, and quarterly exams.
Domain One Artifacts
Below is a PowerPoint presentation along with some of the graphic organizers I created to teach Rod Serling's teleplay, The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street during quarter one.
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