Standard

Work Evidence

Graduates will be able to discuss and

challenge how race, class, gender and
sexuality impact their views of the
world and how that lens impacts
relationships and curriculum in the
classroom, school and community.

Title of Assignment: Educational Philosophy

Description of Work: This assignment was based
on my personal feelings towards teaching. When
I become a teacher what type of teacher will I
become? What will I base my teaching off of? As
teachers a lot of our teaching comes from
personal experience. Theres a reason we teach,
and a lot of time its based from our personal
experiences in the educational system.
Analysis of Work: This covers this standard
because as a class we had a discussion before we
wrote this paper. The question was, what makes
you want to become a teacher? Teaching isnt an
easy job, it comes with a lot of baggage and
sometimes our own. As an African-American
student I suffered a lot at the hands of our Public
school system, so I wrote my educational
philosophy on my experience.
Reflection: This paper taught me that teaching is
personal. Our own experiences are the reason we
teach in the first place. The hardest thing about
teaching from personal experiences is trying not
to add our biases to the students.

Graduates will demonstrate the

importance of the role of reflection and
self-assessment on continual learning
in the profession of teaching.

Title of Assignment: Lesson Plan Reflection

Description of Work: For a full semester I got the
chance to work with 5th graders on their end of
term project. For our classroom work we were
required to come prepared with lesson plans in
regards to their assignments. Every Monday we
were to take those lesson plans and reflect on
what we thought worked and didnt worked.
What we needed to work on and what parts of
our lesson plan could be changed or would could

stay the same.

Analysis: This work demonstrates mastery of
this standard because I had to sit down and selfreflect on the work I previously did in the
classroom. Each lesson plan that I created was
continually made easier by the feedback and the
criticism that I gave myself as I continued to try
to improve student education each lesson.
Reflection: Moving forward as I transition into
the classroom setting, I learned that its okay to
change things up. Self-reflection is there so we
can tell ourselves that something didnt work and
we need to change it. So now as I make lesson
plans, I will have the confidence to change them
if need be.
Graduates will discuss how theories
impact practice and defend pedagogical
decisions with professional literature.
Graduates will understand the
historical context of schooling in our
country and how current policies
impact students, teachers and schools.
Graduates will understand the pathway
into the teaching profession and the
ethical, legal and professional
obligations.

Title of Assignment: Why Teach

Description of Work: For this assignment I was
required to figure out why I wanted to be a
teacher. What drew me into this career and how
my past reflections and encounters with past
educational facilities impacted my decision to
teach.
Analysis: This work demonstrates mastery if
thus standard because I had to dig deep into my
heart and figure out why I wanted to be a
teacher. Before we wrote this paper we had to do
a lot of research on what teaching is, the polices
around teaching, and as teachers what we are
responsible for when it comes to our students.
After we did our research we then wrote a paper

on Why we would Teach.

Reflection: This project taught me that a great

teacher comes with a lot of passion. The reason a
lot of people teach is to change the way things
are in the system, but I also learned thats where
a lot of biases come from and we have to be
careful of that. Teaching also comes with a lot of
responsibility. As teachers we are in charge of
these students and making sure they are
successful and safe.
Graduates will be able to use the tools
of technology effectively in order to
support dynamic student learning.

Title of Assignment: ECIPS and BOTS

Description of Assignment: For this assignment I
was required to go online and use Pinterest to
find classroom activities that cover several
different standards for K-5th graders
Analysis of Assignment: This assignment fulfills
this standard because I was required to use the
technology in order to find activities that would
bring a different view into the classroom than
standardized ways we use the Core Curriculum.
Instead of paper and pen assignments, these
activities touched on all different styles of
learning.
Reflection: This assignment taught me the
powerful way to use technology in the
classrooms. As the world is ever revolving, we
have to do our best to keep up with times and
keep the students involved. Technology is a
perfect way to do both.

Graduates will understand how to work

with families and communities of all
cultures and socioeconomic classes to
build bridges to support student
success at high levels.

Title of Assignment: Observation and Reflection

Description of Assignment: For this assignment I
was required to have a full 60 hours of
observation of a classroom. I chose a classroom
of diversity with students coming from all
different backgrounds. I was required to observe
the students and then write a detailed reflection
including; student-teacher interactions,

behavioral problems, student-student interactions

etc.
Analysis: This assignment covers this standard
because for this assignment I was required to
watch how teachers interacted with students
from all different backgrounds, and write a deep
reflection what that meant. These teachers that I
observed had different ways of getting
information across to a wide variety of students
and parents.
Reflection: Teaching isnt cut and dry. As much
as students have to adapt, so do teachers. Every
student is different, every parent is different, our
job is to make sure we support each and every
student and parent in as many ways as possible.
Making sure each student is successful