As a first-year teacher, my goals are to establish an classroom environment that provides students with enriching instruction and rigorous learning activities that enhance their academic achievement and passion for learning, create engaging lesson plans that accommodate each student’s unique academic needs and personal interests, develop an effective classroom management plan that anticipates and prevents behavior issues whenever possible, treat students with respect and addressing issues constructively when they arise, and deliver assessments that provide accurate data so that I can reflect upon the instructional strategies and learning activities utilized to analyze the effectiveness of the chosen techniques to improve my teaching skills.
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Resources and support I will utilize to establish engaging lessons and effective classroom management techniques are personal and employer provided professional development, research-based classroom management strategies, and high-quality lesson plans. I will also rely on advice from and techniques suggested by coworkers, mentors, experienced teachers, administrators, and professional development opportunities to improve my instructional effectiveness and classroom management techniques to ensure each student’s personal and academic needs are …show more content…
After collecting and analyzing the data, I will reflect on the instructional strategies and learning activities utilized during each lesson to determine if the techniques enhanced the students’ comprehension and promoted academic achievement. After reflecting upon my instruction and analyzing my students’ academic performance, I will determine if the strategies implemented during the lesson promoted student learning and mastery of the lesson’s target concepts or if I need to reevaluate the instructional strategies I used during the lesson. If the data shows the students did not achieve the learning goal, I will reteach the concept to ensure the students understand the material. I will also incorporate diverse data collection methods since students’ abilities to display their knowledge can vary based on the assessment type. Resources I will utilize to create authentic assessments and to collect and analyze data are Depth of Knowledge (DOK) and Bloom’s Taxonomy charts, school district assessment materials and grading scales, Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA) or a similar reading assessment used by the school district where I am employed, learning standards established by the state where I am employed, and computerized documents, charts, and spreadsheets to display data
Resources and support I will utilize to establish engaging lessons and effective classroom management techniques are personal and employer provided professional development, research-based classroom management strategies, and high-quality lesson plans. I will also rely on advice from and techniques suggested by coworkers, mentors, experienced teachers, administrators, and professional development opportunities to improve my instructional effectiveness and classroom management techniques to ensure each student’s personal and academic needs are …show more content…
After collecting and analyzing the data, I will reflect on the instructional strategies and learning activities utilized during each lesson to determine if the techniques enhanced the students’ comprehension and promoted academic achievement. After reflecting upon my instruction and analyzing my students’ academic performance, I will determine if the strategies implemented during the lesson promoted student learning and mastery of the lesson’s target concepts or if I need to reevaluate the instructional strategies I used during the lesson. If the data shows the students did not achieve the learning goal, I will reteach the concept to ensure the students understand the material. I will also incorporate diverse data collection methods since students’ abilities to display their knowledge can vary based on the assessment type. Resources I will utilize to create authentic assessments and to collect and analyze data are Depth of Knowledge (DOK) and Bloom’s Taxonomy charts, school district assessment materials and grading scales, Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA) or a similar reading assessment used by the school district where I am employed, learning standards established by the state where I am employed, and computerized documents, charts, and spreadsheets to display data