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(ISTE), and the Council for Exceptional Children (ECE). The following artifacts will be
highlighted for you the reader in section three of my M.S. Ed. portfolio. A certificate of
completion in DASA Training, a certificate of professional development in SMART Board
Basics Level 1 training, a certificate of completion in training in School Violence Prevention and
Intervention / a certificate of completion in coursework / training in Identification and Reporting
of Child Abuse and Maltreatment, a Pecha Kucha presentation involving special needs
awareness and prevention, a survey including qualitative and quantitative data, a cyber safety
presentation, a guided reading lesson plan, a unit and five lesson plan package on health and
physical education, and a science project presentation.
Connections to Standards
INTASC Standards
Standard #9: Professional Learning and Ethical Practice
The teacher engages in ongoing professional learning and uses evidence to continually
evaluate his/her practice, particularly the effects of his/her choices and actions on others
(learners, families, other professionals, and the community), and adapts practice to meet the
needs of each learner.
9(o) The teacher understands the expectations of the profession including codes of ethics,
professional standards of practice, and relevant law and policy.
Claim 1: Medaille College graduates know the subject matter in their certification
area(s)
Claim 2: Medaille College graduates meet the needs of diverse learners through
effective pedagogy and best teaching practices
educators and students process and respond to emotions influences childrens education in ways
that affect their social, emotional, and cognitive development.
I chose this artifact due to the magnitude of the subject matter involved and the
importance of recognizing when the safety of our students is in question or at risk. Professional
development helps strengthen knowledge and heighten awareness. As part of the Foundation of
Special Education course I was exposed to the process of being certified for training in School
Violence Prevention and Intervention and coursework / training in Identification and Reporting
of Child Abuse and Maltreatment. Below you will find the curriculum and professional
standards that coincide with my artifact and rationale.
Connections to Standards
INTASC Standards
Standard #9: Professional Learning and Ethical Practice
The teacher engages in ongoing professional learning and uses evidence to continually
evaluate his/her practice, particularly the effects of his/her choices and actions on others
(learners, families, other professionals, and the community), and adapts practice to meet the
needs of each learner.
9(o) The teacher understands the expectations of the profession including codes of ethics,
professional standards of practice, and relevant law and policy.
Educators partner with parents and other members of the community to enhance school programs
and to promote student learning. They also recognize how cultural and linguistic heritage,
gender, family and community shape experience and learning. Educators respect the private
nature of the special knowledge they have about students and their families and use that
knowledge only in the students' best interests. They advocate for fair opportunity for all children.
Claim 1: Medaille College graduates know the subject matter in their certification
area(s)
Claim 2: Medaille College graduates meet the needs of diverse learners through
effective pedagogy and best teaching practices
with human cognitive architecture is part of the cognitive load theory by John Sweller
(Instructional Design Organization, 2015). This particular artifact touches many areas within the
teacher competencies. Planning, instructions, accommodations, classroom management, student
motivation and best teaching practices are the areas most common to interventions for this
particular artifact. The curriculum and professional standards associated with this artifact are
detailed below.
Connections to Standards
INTASC Standards
Standard #1: Learner Development
The teacher understands how learners grow and develop, recognizing that patterns of
learning and development vary individually within and across the cognitive, linguistic, social,
emotional, and physical areas, and designs and implements developmentally appropriate and
challenging learning experiences.
1(d) The teacher understands how learning occurs--how learners construct knowledge,
acquire skills, and develop disciplined thinking processes--and knows how to use instructional
strategies that promote student learning.
NYS Code of Ethics for Educators
Principle 1: Educators nurture the intellectual, physical, emotional, social, and civic
potential of each student.
Educators promote growth in all students through the integration of intellectual, physical,
emotional, social and civic learning. They respect the inherent dignity and worth of each
individual. Educators help students to value their own identity, learn more about their cultural
heritage, and practice social and civic responsibilities. They help students to reflect on their own
learning and connect it to their life experience. They engage students in activities that encourage
diverse approaches and solutions to issues, while providing a range of ways for students to
demonstrate their abilities and learning. They foster the development of students who can
analyze, synthesize, evaluate and communicate information effectively.
INTASC Standards
The Learner and Learning: Teaching begins with the learner. To ensure that each student
learns new knowledge and skills, teachers must understand that learning and developmental
patterns vary among individuals, that learners bring unique individual differences to the learning
process, and that learners need supportive and safe learning environments to thrive. Effective
teachers have high expectations for each and every learner and implement developmentally
appropriate, challenging learning experiences within a variety of learning environments that help
all learners meet high standards and reach their full potential. Teachers do this by combining a
base of professional knowledge, including an understanding of how cognitive, linguistic, social,
emotional, and physical development occurs, with the recognition that learners are individuals
who bring differing personal and family backgrounds, skills, abilities, perspectives, talents and
interests. Teachers collaborate with learners, colleagues, school leaders, families, members of the
learners communities, and community organizations to better understand their students and
maximize their learning. Teachers promote learners acceptance of responsibility for their own
learning and collaborate with them to ensure the effective design and implementation of both
self-directed and collaborative learning.
Standard #1: Learner Development
The teacher understands how learners grow and develop, recognizing that patterns of
learning and development vary individually within and across the cognitive, linguistic, social,
emotional, and physical areas, and designs and implements developmentally appropriate and
challenging learning experiences.
1(d) The teacher understands how learning occurs--how learners construct knowledge,
acquire skills, and develop disciplined thinking processes--and knows how to use instructional
strategies that promote student learning
INTASC Standards
Educators respect the reciprocal nature of learning between educators and students. They engage
in a variety of individual and collaborative learning experiences essential to develop
professionally and to promote student learning. They draw on and contribute to various forms of
educational research to improve their own practice.
International Society for Technology Education for Teachers and Students (ISTE):
Student
4.d. Use multiple processes and diverse perspectives to explore alternative solutions
Teacher
2.a. Design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tolls and
resources to promote student learning and creativity
The guided reading lesson plan allowed for me to express my creativity through use of a
booklet designed by myself for the purpose of enhancing my students abilities of decoding
strategies (phonemic awareness, phonics), reading fluency, and reading comprehension. Many
teachers have embraced small-group teaching as a way of effectively teaching the broad range of
learners in their classrooms (Fountas & Pinnel, 2012). The guided reading artifact embodies the
following professional and curriculum standards.
INTASC Standards
Content: Teachers must have a deep and flexible understanding of their content areas and
be able to draw upon content knowledge as they work with learners to access information, apply
knowledge in real world settings, and address meaningful issues to assure learner mastery of the
content. Todays teachers make content knowledge accessible to learners by using multiple
means of communication, including digital media and information technology. They integrate
cross-disciplinary skills (e.g., critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, communication) to
help learners use content to propose solutions, forge new understandings, solve problems, and
imagine possibilities. Finally, teachers make content knowledge relevant to learners by
connecting it to local, state, national, and global issues.
Standard #4: Content Knowledge
The teacher understands the central concepts; tools of inquiry, and structures of the
discipline(s) he or she teaches and creates learning experiences that make these aspects of the
discipline accessible and meaningful for learners to assure mastery of the content.
Principle 1: Educators nurture the intellectual, physical, emotional, social, and civic
potential of each student.
Educators promote growth in all students through the integration of intellectual, physical,
emotional, social and civic learning. They respect the inherent dignity and worth of each
individual. Educators help students to value their own identity, learn more about their cultural
heritage, and practice social and civic responsibilities. They help students to reflect on their own
learning and connect it to their life experience. They engage students in activities that encourage
diverse approaches and solutions to issues, while providing a range of ways for students to
demonstrate their abilities and learning. They foster the development of students who can
analyze, synthesize, evaluate and communicate information effectively.
P-12 NYS Common Core Learning Standards for ELA, Math and Social Studies
A. Standards:
New York Speaking and Listening Standards K 5, Grade 1 - Comprehension and
Collaboration
1. Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 1 topics and texts
with peers and adults in small and larger groups. a. Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions
(e.g., listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under
INTASC Standards
The Learner and Learning: Teaching begins with the learner. To ensure that each student
learns new knowledge and skills, teachers must understand that learning and developmental
patterns vary among individuals, that learners bring unique individual differences to the learning
process, and that learners need supportive and safe learning environments to thrive. Effective
teachers have high expectations for each and every learner and implement developmentally
appropriate, challenging learning experiences within a variety of learning environments that help
all learners meet high standards and reach their full potential. Teachers do this by combining a
base of professional knowledge, including an understanding of how cognitive, linguistic, social,
emotional, and physical development occurs, with the recognition that learners are individuals
who bring differing personal and family backgrounds, skills, abilities, perspectives, talents and
interests. Teachers collaborate with learners, colleagues, school leaders, families, members of the
learners communities, and community organizations to better understand their students and
maximize their learning. Teachers promote learners acceptance of responsibility for their own
learning and collaborate with them to ensure the effective design and implementation of both
self-directed and collaborative learning.
Standard #3: Learning Environments: The teacher works with others to create
environments that support individual and collaborative learning, and that encourage positive
social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self-motivation
P-12 NYS Common Core Learning Standards for ELA, Math and Social Studies
NYS P-12 ELA Common Core Standards ELA & Literacy
Standard Strand: Writing
Grade: 6
Topic Strand: Research to Build and Present Knowledge
Item Number and Statement:
7. Conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources and
refocusing the inquiry when appropriate.
NYS Learning Standards
New York State Standards for Elementary Science
Standard 4: The Physical Setting
Key Idea: 4
Energy exists in many forms, and when these forms change energy is conserved.
Performance Indicator:
4.3a In chemical reactions, energy is transferred into or out of a system. Light,
electricity, or mechanical motion may be involved in such transfers in addition to heat.
Artifact #8: Health and Physical Education Unit and 5 Lesson Plans
I created a unit and series of lesson plans in my Core of Education class as part of my
M.S. Ed. program. I felt as though health and physical education receives little or no attention
due to the heightened promotion of numeracy and literacy. Health and physical education has
personally helped me and promotes self-discipline and positive social interactions. Health and
physical education is important on many levels, it will nourish positive self-esteem, and increase
the student self-awareness and enable them with ways to deal with stress. I believe that students
will be more apt to seek positive healthy relationships through the use and support of knowledge
acquired in health and physical education. The elementary school years are critical periods for
helping children develop the physical, social, emotional, and cognitive skills necessary to lead a
healthy, active lifestyle (Fletcher, 2011). My unit and five-lesson plan artifact will demonstrate
the various professional and curriculum standards associated with it below.
INTASC Standards
Instructional Practice: Effective instructional practice requires that teachers understand
and integrate assessment, planning, and instructional strategies in coordinated and engaging
ways. Beginning with their end or goal, teachers first identify student learning objectives and
content standards and align assessments to those objectives. Teachers understand how to design,
implement and interpret results from a range of formative and summative assessments. This
knowledge is integrated into instructional practice so that teachers have access to information
that can be used to provide immediate feedback to reinforce student learning and to modify
instruction. Planning focuses on using a variety of appropriate and targeted instructional
strategies to address diverse ways of learning, to incorporate new technologies to maximize and
individualize learning, and to allow learners to take charge of their own learning and do it in
creative ways
Standard #8: Instructional Strategies: The teacher understands and uses a variety of
instructional strategies to encourage learners to develop deep understanding of content areas and
their connections, and to build skills to apply knowledge in meaningful ways.
New York Standard 1 Personal Health and Fitness Elementary Physical Education
1. Students will perform basic motor and manipulative skills. They will attain competency in a
variety of physical activities and proficiency in a few select complex motor and sports activities.
Students will design personal fitness programs to improve cardiorespiratory endurance,
flexibility, muscular strength, endurance, and body composition.
Demonstrate mastery of fundamental motor, non-loco motor, and manipulative skills, and
understand fundamental principles of movement.
v Apply the concepts and principles of human movement to the development of new skills.
Conclusion
It is my hope that you found my artifacts to be equally as interesting to peruse as it was
for me to develop. I truly believe that the artifacts are a snap shot that expresses my readiness as
a teacher candidate to fulfill the role of professional teacher. I have been able to clearly
demonstrate this by citing theories, theorists and experts in the field of education when applying
my personal beliefs and practices. Also I continued to reinforce my preparedness by displaying
my teacher competencies in the area of planning, instruction, assessment, student motivation to
learn, best practices, professional collaboration and disposition, technological use,
accommodations, and culturally responsive teaching. Section three has served it purpose as a
display of my talents but it will also serve a transition for section four that will continue my
evidential journey of the M.S. Ed. Portfolio Project.