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Reflective Statement
Artifact: Individual Child Project
Professional Standard 2 - Human Development and Learning
The competent teacher understands how individuals grow, develop,
and learn and provideslearning opportunities that support the
intellectual, social, and personal development of all
students.
2A. understands how students construct knowledge, acquire
skills, and develop habits of
mind.
2B. understands that students' physical, social, emotional,
ethical, and cognitive
development influences learning.
2E. understands how to include student development factors when
making instructional
decisions.
2F. knows the impact of cognitive, emotional, physical, and
sensory disabilities on learning
and communication processes.
2G. analyzes individual and group performance in order to design
instruction that meetslearners current needs in the cognitive,
social, emotional, ethical, and physical domains at
the appropriate level of development.
1. Fully state the standard in bold text. Then write a paragraph
explaining your knowledge andunderstanding of the standardput the
standard into your own words.
This standard is about how I, as a teacher will seek to
understand how each individual student
grows, develops and learns. I will get to know the student
including their strengths, weaknesses,
family background, educational background, and learning
interest. I will do my best to
understand how the students learn most efficiently, and how they
develop new skills. I will take
measures necessary to understand the students physical, social,
emotional, ethical, and cognitive
development as it pertains to the ways that they learn in and
out of the classroom. I will establish
an understanding of any learning, or behavioral disabilities
that they may have, and will
collaborate with the student as well as parents to discover the
best ways to accommodate for their
needs in lessons being prepared in class. I will observe and
analyze the student as they work
both individually and in groups to discover strengths and
weaknesses, and to differentiate
instruction for the student based on those.
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2. Explain how the artifact you chose demonstrates your
understanding and application of thestandard.
With this Individual Child Project, I sought out one in my class
to study. I knew that the student
had a learning disability with reading and writing and needed
specific attention and
accommodations in order to keep up with and level the playing
field for him with the rest of the
class. Knowing this, I interviewed the student, observed the
student, reviewed his work and test
scores so that I could better understand his strengths and
weaknesses. Based on what I knew of
the students interests, background knowledge, strengths, and
areas of growth, I developed
specific lesson plans for the students development. Since the
student is in 6th
grade reading at a
3rd
grade reading level, these interventions will help to develop
the students reading
comprehension and writing abilities. This artifact, helped me to
learn the importance of meeting
this standard in my classroom so that I can know how to best
provide for the varying needs of
my students, and to develop the areas in need of growth.
3. A If the artifact has been used in your practice, reflect on
how your teaching will change inthe future to further meet the
standard.
B If the artifact has not been used in your practice, i.e., a
class assignment, reflect upon how
your teaching will be impacted by the assignment.
The study actually did take place in my practice. I observed and
interviewed the student. I
spoke to the students teachers to view student work, and to
discuss test scores. I also talked
with the students special education teacher to learn what goals
were in place for the students
growth. Doing this helped me to better understand how important
it is to really get to know my
students. I could better meet the standard by finding ways to
incorporate the individual growth
lessons into the everyday classroom rather than by taking the
student out and working with him
individually. The lessons that I had created, however, were not
used in practice. But applying
these lessons, and developing them for the student who needs
that extra help will help me, as a
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teacher in my future classroom, to do my best to understand all
of my students and to provide for
their individual needs.
4.
Conclude with a paragraph discussing how you are more prepared
to Teach and Learn in aDiverse Society as a result of
satisfactorily meeting the standard.
Completing the project and meeting the standard helped in
preparing me to teach and learn in a
diverse society because the diversity ranges in more areas than
just race, but in ability level and
special needs as well. If I am teaching in a classroom that has
a wide range of ability levels and
academic needs, then I will know how to best get to know my
students and differentiate my
instruction for the benefit of the students personal learning. I
feel more prepared to teach in a
diverse society, because I understand what is expected of me as
a teacher as far as seeking to
meet the needs of each specific student. Diversity within a
classroom no longer intimidates me
because I feel like I am better prepared to learn how to meet an
array of varying student needs.
