Category: Coursework

      Classroom Management and Instructional StrategiesCourseworkEducational Standards and AssessmentITL604 Learners and Learning INational UniversityTeacher Training and Development

      Unpacking the TPEs & Reflecting on Them

      As teacher candidates, we are acquiring knowledge and skills to understand and begin to apply the Teacher Performance Expectations. We utilize the TPEs because they also align with how districts will assess us and our readiness when we apply for a teaching position. After we receive our first teaching assignment, we will be required to clear our credentials. Guess what? The TPEs come into play again! Induction programs (for clearing our credentials) will evaluate our strengths and growth areas as new teachers. In this course and future courses, the TPE assignments will get us prepared and thus help us begin...
      Frank Jamison
      CourseworkCultural Competency and InclusivityITL604 Learners and Learning INational UniversityPersonal and Professional DevelopmentTeaching Strategies and Classroom Management

      Personal Identity Analysis

      Who Am I? – Consider the very many elements that comprise your own identity, and think about where they originated and what their implications are. How does your identity impact the way you approach the world and the way the world approaches you? How has this impacted you as a learner? As a teacher? (The intention of this assignment is to develop a shared language and understanding among participants in this course that will support each of us in discussing identity, culture, bias, stereotypes, and assets in meeting the individual needs of students in your classrooms.) Resources During this assignment,...
      Frank Jamison
      CourseworkInclusive Education and DiversityITL604 Learners and Learning INational UniversityStudent Engagement and ParticipationTeaching Methods and Strategies

      Revised Math Lesson Using Funds of Knowledge

      For our Week 1 Discussion, we were to respond via a video reflection of how we, as teachers, can engage learners’ funds of knowledge by acknowledging their prior learning (considering their culture, lived experiences, identity, and interests). Our video reflection was to address a specific common core standard and how we would build upon the students’ interests to seek engagement. We were allowed to use the contextual information below to provide an example or we could share a personal experience. We were to make sure our video reflection was at least 2 minutes with specific examples (instructional strategy and activities)...
      Frank Jamison
      CourseworkEducational Planning and StrategyITL600 Becoming a TeacherNational UniversityProfessional Development in EducationTeaching Credentials and Certification

      Roadmap For Success

      Throughout this course, we have identified the critical components of the ITL program, developed an awareness of critical aspects of the teaching profession, and engaged in reflective practice. Utilizing this new or reinforced knowledge, we were to create goals and timelines that map out our trajectory from the first course in our program to being recommended for a preliminary teaching credential. Setting up a solid plan or roadmap keeps us on track and successful. Goals are set, and our path is clear. In this assignment, we were to develop a roadmap for our success through the ITL program. The roadmap...
      Frank Jamison
      CourseworkEducator Professional DevelopmentITL600 Becoming a TeacherNational UniversitySocial and Emotional Learning (SEL)Teaching Strategies and Classroom Management

      Understanding Social-Emotional Learning

      Social-emotional learning (SEL) is the process of developing students’ social-emotional competencies—that is, the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors that individuals need to make successful choices (Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning [CASEL], 2003). We were presented with an overview of the expansive field of social and emotional learning. Through the lens of Social Emotional Learning, we examined and were presented with many strategies for developing relationships, exercising compassion and empathy, applying critical thinking and problem-solving skills, and engaging in effective communication. And through understanding human diversity, we saw how culture impacts our learning environment. No matter how you label...
      Frank Jamison
      CourseworkEducation and Community InvolvementITL600 Becoming a TeacherNational UniversityParenting and CaregivingSocial and Emotional Learning (SEL)

      Social and Emotional Learning for Parents – CASEL

      This video (SEL for Parents – CASEL) describes exactly what is meant by “social and emotional learning.” After viewing the video, we were to complete our discussion post about the video and the impact of social and emotional learning. To do this, we were to post a video ourselves responding to the questions below. Prompt Questions you must include: (make specific references to the video) Conclude with the connections you made between this video and your own experiences. Explain what your next steps will be to begin to purposefully integrate SEL into your personal and professional lives. What aspects will be...
      Frank Jamison
      CourseworkEducational Standards and AssessmentInstructional Strategies and Classroom ManagementITL600 Becoming a TeacherNational UniversityTeacher Professional Development

      Unpacking the TPEs & Reflecting on Them

      As teacher candidates, we are acquiring knowledge and skills to understand and begin to apply the Teacher Performance Expectations. We utilize the TPE’s because they also align with how districts will assess us and our readiness when we apply for a teaching position. After we receive our first teaching assignment, we will be required to clear our credentials. Guess what, the TPE’s come into play again! Induction programs (for clearing our credentials) will evaluate our strengths and growth areas as new teachers. In this course and future courses, the TPE assignments will get us prepared and thus help us begin...
      Frank Jamison
      CourseworkEducational Methods and StrategiesITL600 Becoming a TeacherNational UniversityStudent Engagement and LearningTeacher Development and Training

      Reflective Practice and Rubric Design

      Madison is a student teacher. Madison will talk to you about TPE 1 Elements and demonstrate teaching at a Level 1, 2, and 3 to demonstrate instructional growth. Watch In this video, Teaching to the TPEs: TPE 1, Madison will talk to you about TPE 1 Elements and demonstrate teaching at a Level 1, 2, and 3 to demonstrate instructional growth. Differentiation Though Madison is a student teacher, her scenario and experiences can be connected to both student and intern teachers. The video provides in-class examples of how to engage and support all students in learning. There are three ways...
      Frank Jamison
      CourseworkCultural Awareness in TeachingITL600 Becoming a TeacherMulticultural EducationNational UniversityTeacher Professional Development

      Cultural Iceberg

      Teacher identity, culture and values play a significant role in the classroom. In this assignment, we were to dive deeper (literally) into our own cultural iceberg. This Cultural Iceberg analogy coined by Gary Weaver (1986) shows us how there are many layers in culture. We, humans, are like icebergs in that a part of our culture is above water, but the majority of it is underwater and “unseen” by others. Sometimes, we refer to the culture that is underwater as the “deep” culture because it may not be something that is seen, heard, or experienced. Before we can become culturally...
      Frank Jamison
      Classroom ChallengesCourseworkITL600 Becoming a TeacherNational UniversityPeer Support in EducationTeaching Strategies

      Advice to Andrea

      For the Week 2 Discussion assignment, we were to record a 3–5 minute response video to the following prompt: “At lunch break, you run into a colleague of yours in the staff room. Andrea and you are both in your first year of teaching and often trade and share ideas and best practices. You also have a trusting relationship where you can come to each other with problems that are occurring in the classroom and ask for support. Andrea mentioned that she just finished grading the results of her weekly quiz. She is feeling a little bit defeated because she has...
      Frank Jamison
      CourseworkEducational Growth StrategiesITL600 Becoming a TeacherNational UniversityReflective Self-AssessmentTeacher Professional Development

      ITL Teacher Dispositions Self-Assessment

      Dispositions are qualities one possesses or acquires to meet the expectations of a profession. The dispositions developed by the Sanford College of Education are the professional standards and dispositions that teachers must possess and adhere to be effective in their classroom and the profession. The Professional Dispositions self-assessment survey will be completed at various points of the program of your studies to ensure you possess an understanding of the foundational topics that govern an educator’s practice, including understanding professional standards of practice, code of ethics, and relevant laws. Disposition self-assessment allows teacher candidates to reflect upon and assess their teaching...
      Frank Jamison
      Academic StandardsCourseworkEducational AssessmentITL600 Becoming a TeacherNational UniversityReflective Practice

      Unpack Rubrics

      The directions for Assignment 1B were to analyze the given Reflective Practice Rubric by unpacking the learning expectations by addressing specific questions. Unpacking the rubrics was to be used to assess our learning by clarifying the criteria and specific skills we are expected to acquire in all courses throughout the program. It will allow us to self-assess during the learning process. The criteria for our success found in the assignment level descriptors (highly developed, developed, emerging, and initial) define in this assignment the expectations of achievement. This activity had us analyze the differences in criteria between levels. We were reminded...
      Frank Jamison