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.