EDUC 306 - Practicum III

1 Credits

• Ability to command attention 

• Use effective strategies to engage students attention

• Relational credibility with students

• Potential to lead

• Initiates appropriate interactions with individual students

• Display with-it-ness

Importance of relationships with school colleagues, families, and educational partners

• After-school activities

• Knowledge of schools and communities

• Community cultural wealth

• School personnel and community resources

Verbal and Nonverbal communication techniques that foster active inquiry, collaboration and supportive interactions in the classroom

• Modeling effective verbal/nonverbal communication skills

• Understanding cultural, gender, intellectual and physical ability differences in classroom communication

• Supporting and expanding learner expression in speaking, writing, and listening

Different approaches to learning and creating instructional opportunities for diverse learners

• Identify students’ prior learning preferences, strengths, and needs

• Individualized instruction

• Connect instruction to students’ prior learning experiences, families, cultures, and communities. 

• Design learning opportunities that take into account students’ stages of language acquisition and the academic language demands of lesson targets

Support the intellectual, social, and personal development of all students

• Knowledge of child development

• Student responsibility 

• Knowledge of students; individual development, sills, knowledge, and language proficiency

• Theories of learning

Learning beyond the classroom

• Knowledge of subject matter in the area of certification

• Present subject matter in multiple ways

• Use students’ prior knowledge when identifying earning objectives and choosing instructional strategies

• Engage students in methods of inquiry

• Interdisciplinary learning

Variety of instructional states to support students’ development of critical thinking, problem-solving, and performance skills

• Teaching strategies, materials, and technology for multiple instructional purposes to meet student needs

• Active learning that promotes the development of critical thinking,problem-solving, and performance capabilities

Curriculum development based upon student needs, district and state performance standards

• Principles of effective instruction

• Evaluation of plans and student work relevant to long and short term goals

Reflective Practitioner

• Self-assessment and problem-posing strategies for reflecting on practice

• Resources for professional development

• Professional ethics

Motivation

• Motivation strategies

• Behavior management strategies/techniques

• Time management for effective classroom instruction

Assessment

• Informal/formal assessment to enhance, monitor, and evaluate student learning

• Metacognition-self assessment activities to help learners identify learning targets, learning behaviors, progress toward learning and setting personal goals for learning

•  Maintaining useful records of student work

• Communicate student progress to students, parents, guardians,m and other colleagues