CARIN A. JORDANREINHARDT UNIVERSITY

PRICE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION (PSOE)Candidate Teaching Summit Presentation

Spring 2014

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The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus

character – that is the goal of true education. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

Master of Arts in Teaching: Early Child Education

Conducted Candidate Teaching at Hillside Elementary School

Placed in 1st Grade

Collaborating Teacher: Ms. Dana Collins

General Education: All Subjects Taught

CARIN A. JORDAN

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Hillside Elementary SchoolRoswell, GA

Zoned to low, middle, and upper class subdivisions and apartments

Primary Ethnicities include Caucasian & Hispanic at 38% each, followed by Black 17%

Principal: Dr. Maisha Otway

Home to 739 students in grades PK-5

Located in East Roswell Title 1 School - 52.3% of students

qualify for free or reduced lunch

4 ESOL 5 EIP 4 Talented and GiftedResidence:

11 apartments10 single family homes

My Class

21 students 11 boys, 10 girls

Highly Diverse Student Ethnicity 10 Caucasian, 7 Hispanic, 2 African

American, 1 Asian, 1 Indian student

We are all different!

We

are all

alike!

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Love

these

kids!

No math on Friday due to weekly visit by Alliance Theater teaching artist.

Daily Schedule

Daily Pull

Outs

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My Thoughts And Feelings, As I Began Candidate

Teaching

family

balanc

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eagerexcitedanticipation

time management

CANDIDATE PROFICIEN

CY EVIDENCE

PSOE DOMAIN I:  PLANNING FOR

DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION &

ASSESSMENT

PSOE PROFICIENCY 1.0: THE TEACHER CANDIDATE UTILIZES A KNOWLEDGE OF

CURRICULUM, LEARNER DIFFERENCES, AND ONGOING ASSESSMENT DATA TO PLAN FOR STUDENT ACCESS TO THE SAME ESSENTIAL

CONTENT.

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Proficiency Evidence For DOMAIN I: PLANNING

I learned about the students!

Daily observational data logs!

Student Interest

Inventory

FIRST

I pre-assessed prior to each lesson to assess student prior knowledge

and readiness and planned

diff erentiated instruction according to the data.

THEN

Proficiency Evidence for DOMAIN I: PLANNING

Lesson: Telling Time to the Half Hour

* Tiered ability groups based on 1/23/14 STAR Reading results.

Proficiency Evidence for DOMAIN I: PLANNING

Lesson: Harriet Tubman

Proficiency Evidence for DOMAIN I: PLANNING

Lesson: Guided Reading

PSOE DOMAIN II:  PROVIDING

DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION &

ASSESSMENT

PSOE PROFICIENCY 2.0: THE TEACHER CANDIDATE UTILIZES A VARIETY OF

STRATEGIES TO DIFFERENTIATE INSTRUCTION AND ASSESSMENT.

Proficiency Evidence For DOMAIN II: 

DIFFERENTIATION STRATEGIES

Differentiated Teacher Support

Access next

grade level

standards

Self Checking QR Code Anchor

Activities for Early Finishers

Lesson: Telling Time to the Half Hour

Proficiency Evidence For DOMAIN II:

DIFFERENTIATION STRATEGIES

Lesson : Harriet Tubman

Tiered Ability Groups

Length of

Reading

PassageBlooms Leveled

Questions

Lesson: Harriet Tubman

Proficiency Evidence For DOMAIN II:

DIFFERENTIATION STRATEGIES

Lesson: Guided Reading

PSOE DOMAIN III:  IMPACTING

STUDENT LEARNING

PROFICIENCY 3.0: THE TEACHER CANDIDATE USES SYSTEMATIC

FORMAL/INFORMAL ASSESSMENT AS AN ONGOING DIAGNOSTIC ACTIVITY TO

MEASURE STUDENT GROWTH AND TO GUIDE, DIFFERENTIATE, AND ADJUST

INSTRUCTION.

Proficiency Evidence For DOMAIN III: 

IMPACTING STUDENT LEARNINGAnalysis: Telling Time to the Half Hour

Questions for personal

reflection and future teaching.

Proficiency Evidence For DOMAIN III: 

IMPACTING STUDENT LEARNINGAnalysis: Harriet Tubman

Proficiency Evidence For DOMAIN III: 

IMPACTING STUDENT LEARNINGAnalysis: Guided Reading

PSOE Domain IV:  Professional

Responsibilities In Support

Of Differentiated Instruction & Assessment

PROFICIENCY 4.0: THE TEACHER CANDIDATE DISPLAYS A PROFESSIONAL COMMITMENT TO

THE TEACHING PHILOSOPHY OF DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION TO SUPPORT STUDENTS’ DIVERSE LEARNING NEEDS AND TO MAXIMIZE LEARNING.

Present Without eff ective classroom

management, you can not teach anything!

Classroom management is less about rules more about procedures.

Teachers who have a fi rm but mutually respectful relationship with students have stronger classroom management.

Diff erentiation facilitates eff ective classroom management by providing students with tasks that are challenging, yet attainable.

Evolution of Teaching Philosophy

Past It is essential to

create a classroom of mutual respect!

Address learner diff erences through diff erentiated instruction

Constructivist learning enables students to create long term learning

My philosophy did not really change, but has been enhanced by experiences in classroom!

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Hillside Elementary School Meetings and Staff

Development

9/9/13: “Digital Survival for Teachers: Keeping Your Life, Job, and Sanity while Using Social Media”10/15/13: “Beyond Zero Tolerance” Positive Approaches to Discipline”1/18/14: “Show and Tell” Preparing an E-Portfolio1/18/14: “Broadcasting Live: Networking Strategies and the Value of the Broadcast Letter”1/18/14: “The Wow Factor! Writing Effective Resumes”1/19/14: “Ace The Interview”1/21/14: “Writing Instruction and the Common Core, Part Two”

Professional Organization Memberships

Alpha Chi Scholastic Honor Society

Kappa Delta Pi Education Honor SocietyProfessional Association

of Georgia Educators (PAGE)

Continuing Plan To Develop As A Professional Educator

• Participate in continuing education• Subscribe to research-based

periodicals• Continued participation in KDP

webinars• Develop productive relationship with

experienced mentor• Join a Professional Learning

Community• Pursue Gifted Endorsement

The End…

(…but really just the beginning!)