candidate teaching summit presentation fall 2013 brandy price early childhood education
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Candidate Teaching Summit Presentation
Fall 2013Brandy Price
Early Childhood Education
Part I. Introduction
Name, Major, School, Grade, Teacher, Subject
•Brandy Shea Price•Early Childhood Education•Red Bud Elementary •2nd Grade•Jennifer Steed•All Subjects
School Size, Location, Description of Community
Red Bud Elementary4153 Red Bud Rd NECalhoun, GA(706)625-2111
Grades-Pre K- 5th
703 Students42 Teachers
Red Bud is located in a rural area in Gordon County. It is surrounded by farms and open fields.
It is a Title I school. 55% of the students are eligible for free lunch and 8 % of the students are eligible for reduced lunch.
Class Size23 Students
Diversity of StudentsStudent Diversity
Class Schedule7:35-7:45 Bathroom/Morning Work7:45-8:15 ELA8:15-8:45 Writing8:45-9:15 Reading/ Needs based9:15-10:10 Reading10:10-11:05 Math workshop11:05-11:25 Needs based/Math centers11:25-11:35 Number talks11:40-12:20 Lunch/Bathroom12:20-1:05 SpecialsMon.& Thurs. PETues. Tech labWed. LibraryFriday Music1:05-2:20 Break/Tues. Cardinal Closet 1:20-2:00 Social Studies/Science/Read aloud2:00 Phonics
Thoughts and Feelings as I began Student Teaching
•Fear of the unknown•Worried about finances during this time•Anxious about the other teachers I would work along side•Excited about finally getting there•Ecstatic to be done with school
Strengths
•Experience teaching at Head Start•Patient and Flexible•Loving and a mother of 3•College experience
Weaknesses
•Nervous about the unknown•Taught much younger age for 13 years•Need more experience with individualization•Being responsible for the learning of 23 second graders
Part II Candidate Proficiency Evidence
Domain I: Planning For Differentiated Instruction and Assessment
Proficiency 1.0: The teacher candidate uses knowledge of curriculum, learner differences, and ongoing assessment data to plan for student access to same essential content.
Reflective Analysis: How did you use knowledge of curriculum, learner differences, and ongoing assessment data to plan for student access to same essential content?
Pre Assessments
Reading Lesson Plan:
Science Lesson Plan:
Math Lesson Plan:
English Language Arts Lesson Plan:
Domain II. Providing Differentiated Instruction & Assessment
Proficiency 2.0: The teacher candidate utilizes a variety of strategies to differentiate instruction and assessment.
Reflective Analysis: how did you utilize a variety of strategies to differentiate instruction and assessment?
As we read through the book we did several different activities. We compared ourselves to different characters as well as summarized individual chapters as we read them. We discussed vocabularies words and what they mean.
http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/ForChildren/Fudge-a-Mania-214261.html
Websites and Online Activities
http://www.funtrivia.com/html5/untimed.cfm?qid=214261
http://betterlesson.com/document/278775/fudge-a-mania-vocabulary-activities
Domain III. Impacting Student Learning
Proficiency 3.0: The teacher candidate uses systematic formal/informal assessment as an ongoing diagnostic activity to measure student growth and to guide, differentiate, and adjust instruction.
Reflective Analysis: How did you use systematic formal/informal assessments as an ongoing diagnostic activity to measure student growth and to guide, differentiate, and adjust instruction?
Analysis and Reflection:
From my analysis on Fudge-a-mania, I determined that we would need to read further into the book to complete a determination on if the standard was met. As we are finishing the book, we are testing on a few chapters at a time. At the end we will complete a comprehensive quiz, in which our students will have to answer and explain their answers.
Domain IV: Professional Responsibilities In Support of Differentiated Instruction & Assessment
Proficiency 4.0: The teacher candidate displays a professional commitment to the teaching philosophy of differentiated instruction to support students’ diverse learning needs and to maximize learning.
Reflective Analysis: How did you display a professional commitment to the teaching philosophy of differentiated instruction to support students’ diverse learning needs and to maximize learning?
Professional Development
October 17th @ Gordon Central High School, Math Collaboration day with all 2nd grade teachers from Gordon County schools
November 6th @ Gordon Central High School, Writing Collaboration day with all 2nd grade teachers from Gordon County schools
November 14th Data Day for RBE 2nd grade teachers
Professional Organization Membership
Teaching Philosophy
My philosophy hasn’t changed much, except for the fact of working with a different age group has it’s own challenges. My younger children at Head Start are very loving and nurturing. My 2nd graders are loving but very independent at the same time, and they like to prove their independence when doing things. One thing that I have brought from one to another is for a child to be willing to learn, you have to make them want to learn it. If it is not interesting or boring to them, you don’t have a chance. Neither does the child.
School Meetings
Throughout my 15 weeks of candidate teaching, I attended 5 SST meetings. As a committee with the parents, we planned our next steps in each child’s education.
I attended monthly faculty meetings as well as weekly grade level meetings.
We would meet every week in our grade level to discuss our planning of lessons for the next week.
I attended the Fall Festival as well as the Christmas Choral Concert that 2nd grade performed at.