Intasc Standard 1 Reflective Report

InTASC Standards 1, 2, and 3 require that teachers are able to understand the importance of knowing their students and creating environments conducive to learning. While in the classroom, it is important that teachers are able to know relay content but to make content relevant in their teaching. Although content is extremely important, it is also pertinent that teachers are aware of the environment and community they are creating in the classroom. Below I have included evidence that demonstrates InTASC Standards 1, 2 and 3.
With InTASC Standard 1, I have included a Brain Teaching Target that details different ways to involve students in learning. When I completed the BTT last year, I worked diligently to include strategies included in my BTT Unit Plan. TASC Standard 1 requires students to understand how learners grown and develop. It also requires teachers to look closely at the cognitive, linguistic, social and emotional development. While completing my BTT Unit Plan, I became …show more content…
Last year, my classroom was poorly developed and it did not allow for a lot of collaborative work. The student work wall was rarely updated and students found it difficult to take my class seriously. At the end of the year, I was told very directly that my classroom did not seem like a place to learn. During the summer I reflected and realized that the environment was just as important as the content being taught in the classroom. The attached video provides a short tour that includes the Student Work Wall that is updated bi-weekly, as well as the inspirational "Be" wall that encourages students to be themselves. I 've also included the "Community Agreements" and "Corrective Actions." Both documents detail how our classroom is run on a daily basis. InTASC 3 indicates that the teacher makes sure to enforce positive interactions, in my classroom this is achieved through community agreements and corrective