The artifact that I have chosen to submit is my running records based on benchmark passages from Reading a-z. These were completed based on three students who I had limited background knowledge on due to the fact that I am not currently working in a school district. The artifact shows the importance of understanding development and individual differences, the importance of using appropriate formal and information assessments that are technically strong and minimize bias and the importance of remembering to consider each student’s abilities, interests and development. The children who I chose were ages 6.5, 5.5 and 6.8 years old. I assessed them by choosing passages that fell within their age range as well as based on information that I
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It required us to consider what we would look for to help students to receive the very highest quality education that is inclusive and keeps the learning needs of each individual student at the center of everything that we do. It also required us to look at learner development and individual differences as we have to have background information about our students, choose appropriate means of assessing them and then take that information and apply it to the specific child’s needs, learning and skill level. For example, if I consider this particular artifact and the last child I assessed, the reading was at an independent level but considering the child’s comprehension of what was being read, I would want to continue to instruct at this level. This required me to look at and consider this learner’s development beyond just the skill of reading. Each child has unique needs within their skill set and individual differences in learning that must be considered. Many of the skills we worked on in this class required us to use these skills. This standard describes this artifact because it is one way of obtaining information regarding a student that will help us to provide the highest quality instruction based on individual development and differences as well as put sound instructional strategies in place to support each …show more content…
If we are not considering the student and keeping them at the center, we will not be able to determine their true abilities.
It is difficult to discuss the impact that this activity would have on student learning as these are students who I won’t have contact with in the future and haven’t since. I do feel that if these children were my students it would have given me a baseline to begin to better plan for them and provide appropriate instruction as well as instructional strategies that would help them to excel in the classroom and beyond. I also believe that I will be able to use the skills I acquired as well as the experience itself, to have a positive and sustainable impact on each of the students that I have the privilege of working with in the future. I chose this artifact because it reinforced my belief in the importance of relationships and really knowing your students so a quality education can be provided for them. I believe that this is not only our responsibility as educators but is within the realms of service as we accept that if we do not know our children and their families well, we can’t provide them with the best educational experiences that will truly consider their individual learning needs and help us to plan for instruction that will prepare them to be their very best. We
It required us to consider what we would look for to help students to receive the very highest quality education that is inclusive and keeps the learning needs of each individual student at the center of everything that we do. It also required us to look at learner development and individual differences as we have to have background information about our students, choose appropriate means of assessing them and then take that information and apply it to the specific child’s needs, learning and skill level. For example, if I consider this particular artifact and the last child I assessed, the reading was at an independent level but considering the child’s comprehension of what was being read, I would want to continue to instruct at this level. This required me to look at and consider this learner’s development beyond just the skill of reading. Each child has unique needs within their skill set and individual differences in learning that must be considered. Many of the skills we worked on in this class required us to use these skills. This standard describes this artifact because it is one way of obtaining information regarding a student that will help us to provide the highest quality instruction based on individual development and differences as well as put sound instructional strategies in place to support each …show more content…
If we are not considering the student and keeping them at the center, we will not be able to determine their true abilities.
It is difficult to discuss the impact that this activity would have on student learning as these are students who I won’t have contact with in the future and haven’t since. I do feel that if these children were my students it would have given me a baseline to begin to better plan for them and provide appropriate instruction as well as instructional strategies that would help them to excel in the classroom and beyond. I also believe that I will be able to use the skills I acquired as well as the experience itself, to have a positive and sustainable impact on each of the students that I have the privilege of working with in the future. I chose this artifact because it reinforced my belief in the importance of relationships and really knowing your students so a quality education can be provided for them. I believe that this is not only our responsibility as educators but is within the realms of service as we accept that if we do not know our children and their families well, we can’t provide them with the best educational experiences that will truly consider their individual learning needs and help us to plan for instruction that will prepare them to be their very best. We