Erin's Portfolio
Standard #7: Planning for Instruction
The teacher plans instruction that supports every student in meeting rigorous learning goals by drawing upon knowledge of content areas, curriculum, cross-disciplinary skills, and pedagogy, as well as knowledge of learners and the community context.
Name of Artifact: Health Journal Entry Log
Date: January 27, 2015
Class: EDUC 240
Description: This is a health journal entry to express one of the health/wellness observations I witnessed this past week. This assignment allows me to witness an account of a healthy or not so healthy decision someone made. I was to keep an eye open for any health related progress any person has made over the last week.
Rationale: To document my understanding of Standard #7, Planning for Instruction, the people I looked out for have chosen a healthy lifestyle and have planned for a better future. I saw how they put each of their ideas and plans into action in order to overcome an obstacle pertaining to their lifestyle of healthiness.
Name of Artifact: Case Study of IEP Meeting
Date: June 21, 2015
Class: EDUC 230
Description: For this assignment, I reviewed example case studies of IEP meetings and decided why they were ruled how they were. I used my knowledge of what information they use in order to determine what steps to take next in the course.
Rationale: To document my understanding of Standard #7, Planning for Instruction, the staff involved in these IEP meetings were all planning for instruction on how the student would be helped next. The teacher would be planning out how to better help the particular student and to help determine their strengths and weaknesses.
Name of Artifact: Thematic Unit Project
Date: September 2015
Class: EDUC 255: Multicultural Education
Description: For this assignment, I created a thematic unit for a first grade class based on the children’s book “Knuffle Bunny”. I came up with a variety of lessons to do for each subject: Language Arts/Reading, Math, Science, Social Studies, Art, and Music. Each activity also has a corresponding Indiana Academic Standard to provide what these first grade students should be learning.
Rationale: To document my understanding of Standard #7, Planning for Instruction, I selected to include my thematic unit plan. My thematic unit plan demonstrates my ability in meeting rigorous learning goals by drawing upon knowledge of content areas. I have described how to include every subject area into “Knuffle Bunny” based upon the theme of family.
