(C) Implements differentiated instructional strategies that draw on subject matter and pedagogical content knowledge and skills to promote student achievement.
The following course syllabi reflect how this competency was met through my graduate studies:
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Bystander Responsibility Worksheet
In one of my 5th grade classrooms, the teacher and I noticed that the students were having a difficult time focusing during my bullying prevention lessons. After school one day, I asked the teacher if she had any recommendations for getting the students to be more engaged in the lessons. She recommended that I create a worksheet for the lessons so that students could follow along as I teach. The worksheet was such a success that I continued creating them for all of my future lessons with that class.
In one of my 5th grade classrooms, the teacher and I noticed that the students were having a difficult time focusing during my bullying prevention lessons. After school one day, I asked the teacher if she had any recommendations for getting the students to be more engaged in the lessons. She recommended that I create a worksheet for the lessons so that students could follow along as I teach. The worksheet was such a success that I continued creating them for all of my future lessons with that class.
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The Empowerment Project
During my time at the middle school, I was given the opportunity to assist with The Empowerment Project. The Empowerment Project was a peer mentoring program for 8th and 9th grade girls. The girls who participated in the program had diverse academic abilities, backgrounds, and cultures. We provided them with the opportunity to choose how they would communicate to each other through mixed media art forms such as photography, drawings, story tellings and poems. The program fostered support between the high school and middle school girls. It was especially powerful for the students who were struggling academically because they discovered strengths in areas they hadn't realized.
During my time at the middle school, I was given the opportunity to assist with The Empowerment Project. The Empowerment Project was a peer mentoring program for 8th and 9th grade girls. The girls who participated in the program had diverse academic abilities, backgrounds, and cultures. We provided them with the opportunity to choose how they would communicate to each other through mixed media art forms such as photography, drawings, story tellings and poems. The program fostered support between the high school and middle school girls. It was especially powerful for the students who were struggling academically because they discovered strengths in areas they hadn't realized.
Classroom Guidance Curriculum
In order to support students' academic development, I spent much of this year teaching social/emotional classroom guidance lessons.
At my elementary school I taught over 180 hours of classroom guidance using the following curriculums:
At my middle school, I had the opportunity to create a lesson on Conflict Resolution, and teach a lesson on Suicide Prevention.
In order to support students' academic development, I spent much of this year teaching social/emotional classroom guidance lessons.
At my elementary school I taught over 180 hours of classroom guidance using the following curriculums:
- Kelso's Choice Conflict Management Skills Program - uses puppets, music, and stories to teach students nine conflict resolution strategies they can use to solve minor problems on their own. It also teaches students how to identify more serious situations that require help from an adult.
- Second Step Bullying Prevention Unit - this program uses videos and stories to teach students how to recognize, refuse, and report bullying to a safe adult. It also teaches students the important role that bystanders play in preventing bullying, and involves families through take home letters and activities.
- Second Step Child Protection Unit - similar to the bullying prevention unit, this curriculum uses videos and stories to teach students how to recognize, refuse, and report unsafe touch to a safe adult. This curriculum emphasizes that your body belongs to you and includes resources to help families talk about safe vs unsafe touch.
- Zones of Regulation - teaches students to identify and communicate their feelings, and learn what coping skills they can use to self-regulate.
- Yoga Calm - combines mindfulness, yoga poses, and regulation techniques with social and emotional skill development.
At my middle school, I had the opportunity to create a lesson on Conflict Resolution, and teach a lesson on Suicide Prevention.