Professional Development: Rigor Redefined In High School

Decent Essays
1) Professional development - anything you have attended since last spring and if/how it has changed your practice I am taking Rigor Redefined in High School Mathematics through RESA. One way that this course has changed by practice is that I incorporate writing more in some of the Geometry class that I am with. Also, I will thrown in mindset building elements when possible.
2) Student growth data - what are you using to measure student growth and how are you adjusting instruction if needed
As a team one way that we monitor student different types of assessment such as formative and summative. When needed we will add addition problems on their weekly activator. Also, throughout the lesson I will monitor

Related Documents

  • Decent Essays

    It also gives the updated procedures and policies in which the setting should follow in order to promote the best possible working practices within the organisation. For example, the ‘Whistle blowing policiy’ this policy may be updated and then have more duties may be addd to the list and so thereforefore CPD allows workers and organisations to update their knowlwdege and make sure that they are uswing the updated practices. Continuing Professional Development can help a professional keep your skills up to date and prepare you for greater responsibilities. It can boost your confidence, strengthen your professional credibility and help you become more creative in tackling new…

    • 711 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The purpose of assessments The National Early Childhood Assessment Resource Group summarized the purposes for appropriate uses of assessment in the early childhood years as follows: Purpose 1: Assessing to promote children’s learning and development; Purpose 2: Identifying children for health and social services; Purpose 3: Monitoring trends and evaluating programs and services Purpose 4: Assessing academic achievement to hold individual students, teachers, and schools accountable” Source: (Shepard, Kagan, Lynn, & Wurtz, 1998). (pg.3) Principles and Recommendations for Early Childhood Assessments All early childhood assessments involve a process of gathering information about children to better understand and support learning and development.…

    • 725 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    Continually improving knowledge and practice means that a professional is – Able to learn from experiences and develop understanding of how and why we do things the way we do. When professionals are encouraged and supported to access training and to develop their skills you have a stronger more resilient workforce. It ensures that professionals adhere to all the current Health and social care standards, legislations and guidelines for good practice in the place of work by keeping up to date.…

    • 1380 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Competency Goal 3

    • 696 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Goal 1 – Students will be able to estimate and round differences. Goal 2 – Students will be able to subtract 3 and 4 digit numbers Goal 3 – Students will be able to subtract numbers with one or more zero in it. Pre-Assessment Formative Assessment Formative Assessment Formative Assessment Post-Assessment Pre-test Formative Assessment Formative Assessment Formative Assessment Formative Assessment Formative Assessment Formative Assessment Post-test Pre- test Formative Assessment Formative Assessment Post-test…

    • 696 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    To work as an Early Years Professional (EYPs) its essential to gain Early Years Professional Status (EYPS) which is a status given at degree level. EYPs are key to raising the quality of early years learning, care and development. They improve and provide the best outcomes for young children aged 0–5 years and require knowledge of each individual child and the nature of their childhoods. Defining childhood is difficult because there is no agreed universal definition (McDowell, 2010). Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development states that Childhood is the age span ranging from birth to adolescence.…

    • 1156 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Instructors should incorporate learning across the health fields in an academic setting, so incoming health professionals have the ability to correctly utilize each other as a resource. Inter-professional training will assist health teams working cohesively together as a unit, instead of separate units working only working on the same patient. By working as a unit, all of the skills that are presented from each health care professional becomes a resource that will be used in an appropriate manner. Also, inter-professional training builds respect for their job, perspectives, and array of abilities.…

    • 427 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Philosophy of Reading I am someone who loves children, and knowing that I am one step closer to having my own classroom gives me a huge sense of hope and joy. If I can help just one child, I feel an irresistible sense of accomplishment; and as a teacher I will have the opportunity to help many children. To succeed as a teacher, I need each one of my students to succeed. I believe reading is the backbone of the classroom; and ultimately being a proficient reader increases the chance for success in life in general.…

    • 858 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    1) In what ways has your identity as an instructional designer changed during the previous months? Before entering this course I thought all an instructional designer did was assist others in becoming more proficient in their use technology. But this course has taught me that an instructional designer is much more than an assistant.…

    • 1268 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Why Should Teacher Not Be Graded On Test Scores. As we are sitting in class, waiting to take the test our teacher will be graded on, she is demanding high scores and seems quite nervous. Everyone is nervous, even me. I do not think I am going to meet her expectations because I am already not a good test taker, neither are my friends.…

    • 1253 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Running Record Analysis

    • 919 Words
    • 4 Pages

    In this lesson we will review how to choose and assessment tool for your students, how to administer and interpret a running record and how to analyze a class set of data. By the end of this lesson you should be able to use assessments and running records to better understand the readers in your classroom. Choosing the Right Assessment Tool: When choosing the right assessment tool for your students you must keep in mind where they are in the reading process. For emergent readers, children who are still learning the process of reading, some options are: concepts about print assessment or the emergent storybook reading stages. Concepts about print assessments are generally for preschool and beginning of kindergarten students.…

    • 919 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Applying Ethics and Professionalism in the healthcare setting is crucial to being a part of something bigger than yourself. Many people don’t realize entering into the field that you are examined from head to toe, from the first time you set foot into the building you are apply to or simply a job you already work at. Things like your appearance, the way you conduct yourself, and your facial expressions. You simply cannot walk into an interview with pajamas on and your hair looking a mess, you will be portrayed as messy, that you do not care about yourself, you are wasting the interviewers time, and simply that you just do not care whether you receive this job or not. Ethics is about putting others beliefs before your own.…

    • 816 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    SC5 Demonstrated commitment and capacity to actively contribute to a broad range of school activities and a commitment to ongoing professional learning to enable further development of skills, expertise and teaching capacity. As a teacher, I am strongly committed to the practice of connecting and communicating with the school community by being involved in co-curricular activities. My involvements have included fundraising, organising concerts and productions, school camps and coaching sporting teams. As a former media professional, I have filmed or photographed school plays, sports days, and events.…

    • 725 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Professional Development Plan Reflecting the materials from previous weeks in regards to building my own professional development pland (PDP), this analysis will analyze personal goals and strategies. In my scholastic journey, I have apperceived both strengths and weaknesses in which I have set to invigorate every semester. I decided to attend the Doctorate program with the understanding that I would have to work harder in reinforcing my impuissances especially the ones concerning the inditement skills. Supplementally, my intrest in the ability to communicate efficiently was engendered from an anterior employer.…

    • 1085 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The practicums have definitely helped in some of the shaping towards the direction I think I would like to take in the diverse world of recreation. I experienced times where it became clear that there were certain professions I would and would not like to have. This was very eye opening because there were times when I was really overjoyed by being there and some other times where I just participated because I wanted to gain the experience and it turns out it wasn’t for me and that’s okay. Overall, I’d say I’m more interested than ever pushing forward and learning from these opportunities because a career in this profession is something I’m hungry for…

    • 863 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Reflection Of Education

    • 764 Words
    • 4 Pages

    It is interesting to reflect and examine just how much the computer has managed to screw up educational practices. Ah the good old days…stand in front of a bunch of students, go over yesterday’s readings for clarification, and then tell them they need to read pages so and so, then send them off. This worked for hundreds of years and now it does not work. Oh well, the genie has been let out of the bottle.…

    • 764 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays