STUDENT TEACHING PRESENTATION

VIDEO

A LITTLE ABOUT ...

• West Buncombe Elementary
• K-4 Title 1 School & focus school
• Grade levels are grouped in pods
• Modified block schedule
• Very proactive

MY EXPERIENCE

• Placed in 4th grade
• Taught in one class room
• Planned lessons as a PLC
• Learned valuable lessons
• Professional Development

LESSONS

• Mixture
• Planned as a team
• Six week unit plans
• Five week rotation
• Week six is assessment

SAMPLE LESSONS

• Three weeks
• Multiple topics
• Progression in math
• Depth of standards

STUDENT WORK

• Student A: on level
• Should be AIG
• Hard worker
• Sharp
• Not afraid to ask questions

STUDENT WORK

• Student B : ESL
• Determined
• Persistent
• Language skills

RATIONALE

• Student A:
• Push to the edge to learn
• No falling through the cracks
• Go deeper in knowledge

RATIONALE

• Student B:
• Focus on language
• Strengthen comprehension
• Clarify thoughts
• Build speech and fluency

CLASS ROOM MANAGEMENT

• Respect was expected
• Established from beginning
• Only one major mishap (talking)
• Three main rules
• Class Dojo

BEHAVIOR PLAN

• High achieving student
• Not challenged enough
• Bored easily
• Not motivated
• Distracted

BEHAVIOR PLAN

• Created with student
• Class Dojo
• Same three rules as classroom
• Lost a point for breaking a rule
• Had to meet a weekly point goal

BEHAVIOR PLAN

• Success!
• Only needed a little help
• Respectful even after plan ended
• Driven to be a better student
• I learned as much as the student

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• Daily/ weekly PLC meetings
• Weekly staff meetings
• Data meetings
• Snow work days
• Conferences

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