Weekly Reading #2
In this weeks readings we area reading about different ways we design and plan instruction. This is a crucial part during the teaching career because it is the most valuable. You want to make sure that your students are actually learning the information that is being taught to them. Not only do we want our students to learn but we want to make sure that we are setting and completing the PA Academic Standards and Assessment Anchor guidelines. These guidelines are provided to us to make sure that our students are staying on track and keeping up with this standards. This is why we have state standardized tests, to make sure that we are staying on track. Personally in an ideal world I would like to have all of my students be above average. However I know that sometimes that is not attainable, but I am going to try my best. Also when I find a place to teach I would like to implement STEM into my curriculum. In order to do this I am going to have to work with my fellow faculty to help make this happen.
Reading these articles has truly open my eyes even more to how important it is to create those teacher-student interactions. This is key in helping the students stay engaged and want to learn. Also by making sure you identify learning goals in the beginning and brainstorm strategical ways in which to achieve them. It is great to start of with goals that you want to reach. As well as having your students write down goals that they want to achieve in your class. This is definitely a great way to interact as well as learn from each other. Using these factors can help you create good lesson plans-unit-curriculum.
When creating lessons many people call it creating and following your road map. In Understanding by Design White Paper they suggest that you work backwards. I feel that would be a good way to start because it brings on the harder then gets easier. Figuring out what your teaching is broad but breaking it down gets easier. However when your breaking down your curriculum you want to make sure that you keep in mind the components of a lesson. As well as keeping the PA Academic Standards in mind. It is important to remember that out of this we want to learn from what works and what doesn't and striving to make sure to reach student achievement
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I found a PowerPoint discussing how to plan and design curriculum.
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Rea, Thanks for sharing. Be sure to try to give explicit examples of how you can make the assigned reading come alive in your actions as a teacher in future posts!
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