Early case assessment

Interest and Habits Survey Two assessments were used to obtain knowledge about the interest and practices of Shevaun Smith. The “Getting To Know You” interest assessment, which consists of nine open-ended questions, was administered to obtain a better understanding of Shevaun’s likes and daily routines. Shevaun was asked to read and write a word or phrase to complete each sentence. The findings showed that Shevaun loves to play basketball, but hates playing baseball. He also indicates that he…

They are the ACT, the three institutional benchmark assessments used three times throughout the year, and the end of the year assessment called SAGE. The first benchmark assessment mentioned by our school principal is the ACT assessment. The data shows a trend of student scores dealing with math, English or language arts, and science that have flat lined from 2010 through 2016. This means that student scores have…

With the large amount of diversity in our class, working with each student in a way that best suits their needs is ideal in this type of classroom. Planning for assessments and grading the students based on ways they can grow, rather than fail is the starting point in assessing these students. Our classroom contains two teachers; one who is a special education teacher, the other is a general education teacher. The students are made up of ELL’s, three with mild disabilities, and one with a serve…

It is imperative that schools grow and change with the times. Well executed change can only occur with learning. Opportunities for professional learning must be rethought and offered with purpose and fidelity, while ultimately resulting in true implementation. In this new era, where there is an increased need for professional learning and a decreased budget to offer it every dollar must be used wisely. Student outcomes must boe positively impacted by the time, money, and stakeholder effort that…

The definition of a true education is the process of developing the ability to learn, apply, unlearn, and relearn. True education is learning. Whether our schools serve this purpose is controversial. IQ scores have been rising since the 1930s, but typical children in the 1980’s experienced more anxiety than child psychiatric patients in the 1950’s. There is even more pressure put on students now than in the 1980’s, Schools have slipped from the teacher having the ability to control their…

He only wanted to experiment with the cars and track. Showing the materials at the beginning of the lesson and keeping them in arms reach derailed my lesson because my student decided to skip straight to the assessment portion of the lesson. In the future, I would inform my students of the materials, but not allow them physical access to them immediately. Another aspect that one of my students faced was keeping the track at a standard height. He kept on holding…

conferring with my observer prior to this lesson, I communicate regularly with my ELL students’ teachers regarding their coursework. Often these teachers mention my ELL students’ hesitancy to participate in group discussion and learning. That was not the case in the lesson that they completed with me for this observation. My goal is to help them transfer the confidence that they demonstrated during this lesson to their other…

The thematic unit I created is aimed towards enhancing the learning of a first grade classroom. This first grade classroom consists of twenty-five students. The students will be focusing on the theme of winter over the next couple of months, which is why I chose to create a unit on winter animals and their hibernation process. I thought this would be a fun unit to incorporate in the classroom. The students in this classroom have been working on their writing skills as well as their reading…

LESSONS FROM THE CLASSROOM INTRODUCTION The aim of this report is to evaluate my experience during CELTA. First, I will recognize two of my strengths and weaknesses regarding my teaching skills and show concrete examples of them. Then, I will discuss what I have gained from observing other teachers and how this has influenced my own teaching. Lastly, I will identify three ELT areas of knowledge and skills which I need further development in and give reasons for my choices. STRENGTHS AND…

The education system today has the whole pedagogical process down to a science. Take a certain percentage of the student’s multiple choice score and then multiply the free response score by a seemingly random string of digits, then consider the weighted average, so and so forth. Then after crunching the numbers out comes the perfect student: One who can write the proper essay, the correct lab report, correctly perform an experiment, correctly, proper, right. But the system rarely stops to…