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Melissa B. Land MAT Candidate Teaching Summit Presentation Spring 2014. Website E-Mail "The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you will go." - Dr. Seuss. Melissa Land Masters of Arts in Teaching: Early Childhood Education
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Melissa B. LandMAT Candidate Teaching Summit PresentationSpring 2014 WebsiteE-Mail "The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you will go." - Dr. Seuss
Melissa Land • Masters of Arts in Teaching: Early Childhood Education • Jasper Elementary School • Mrs. Hope Henson • Fifth Grade • Subjects Taught: Math and Language Arts
Jasper Elementary School • Located in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, in the rural town of Jasper, Georgia • Serves grades K – 5 • Current student enrollment of 520 students • Title I Distinguished School • 520 students consisting of 82 special education students and 22 ESL students. Approximately 63% of the students are considered economically disadvantaged ~Our Motto~ Just Expect Success at JES!
Schedule 7:50 - 9:20Math with Mrs. Noland’s homeroom class 9:20 - 10:45Math with Mrs. Crenshaw’s homeroom class 10:45 - 11:15Lunch 11:25 - 11:55Recess11:55 - 1:25Reading with Mrs. Henson’s homeroom class1:25 - 2:15CAMP (Computer, Art, Music, PE) 2:15Homeroom to pack up for dismissal
My Thoughts, Feelings, Fears, Strengths, and Weaknesses As I Began Student Teaching Strengths:Consistent, classroom management, wonderful collaborating teacher, Reinhardt lesson plan preparation Weaknesses:Intimidated, Nervous, Overwhelmed at times Apprehensive, Excited, Up to the challenge and Ready!!!
Lessons: Prefix and Suffix Lesson Plan Triangle Lesson Plan The Watsons Go to Birmingham Lesson Plan DOMAIN I: PLANNING FOR DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION & ASSESSMENT
Pre-assessments: Prefix and Suffix The Watsons Go To Birmingham Triangle
Planning Process for Differentiation • Look at standards and essential content • Analyze pre-assessment data • Reflect on individual student ability, multiple intelligences, and student differences
AnchorCharts: DOMAIN II: PROVIDING DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION & ASSESSMENT
Flexible Grouping based on Multiple Intelligences Assessment (Prefix and Suffix Lesson): Multiple Intelligences Assessment Auditory Learners Kinesthetic Learners Visual Learners
Student Examples: Character Map Acrostic Poem Comic Strip
DOMAIN III: IMPACTING STUDENT LEARNING Triangle Lesson: Pre-assessment/Post-assessment Data Triangle Impact on Student Analysis
Professional Development: • Staff Meetings • Parent-Teacher Conferences • CRCT Training • Writing Test Training • 5th Grade Faculty Meetings • Teacher-Gifted Coordinator Meetings • RTI Meetings Professional Development Documentation DOMAIN IV: PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES IN SUPPORT OF DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION & ASSESSMENT
Professional Organizations • Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society in Education, (Vice President - 2014) • SPAGE, Student Professional Association of Georgia Educators • GAE, Georgia Association of Educators
My Teaching Philosophy Then and Now… Now, all of this and… Plan lessons using backward design Plan for flexible grouping in ways other than just readiness (i.e. - multiple intelligences) Provide a variety of avenues in which all students can reach the same learner outcomes Then… • Constructivist Philosophy • “If you fail to plan, then you plan to fail!” • Nurturing Classroom Environment • Assessment drives instruction • Should respond to the diversity of my students through differentiated instruction
Substitute teacher • Tutoring • Continual research of educational articles and teaching methods (specifically in the area of differentiation) • Education Specialist Degree • Special Education Certification Continuing Plan to Develop as a Professional Educator
CRCT Pep Rally Exceeding and I Know It!