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Practicum/Internship: Technology

Modules 1-7 required

Practicum Manual
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The nine items attached below show the work that was done during the practicum activity. Each document meets or exceeds the standards for several reasons. The evaluation and observation forms show my growth as a teacher and my ability to teach in a classroom setting. The practicum action plan form shows my intent to use what I have learned throughout my coursework at GCU to create a more technology rich classroom. The creative and critical thinking reflection form shows how I was able to implement a successful activity that required high creative and critical thinking skills from my students. The activity log documents the hours I spent on the practicum for each week during the course and the NETS standards that I met while doing my practicum. The midterm and summative assessments allowed me to reflect on my work and to look for areas of improvement. Each assessment also documents the progress I have made as a teacher through the planning, development, and implementation of technology-based activities. The practicum activities listed above are a combined work that meet the requirements of standard 6.

The final examples of my work in the practicum include three activities I created for use with my students. The files that include student activities I created are the basic physics course, e-field trip activity, and pathogen webquest. These activities meet the standards listed for standard 1 and standard 7.

AZ- Arizona's Professional Teacher Standards
Standard 1: The teacher designs and plans instruction that develops students' abilities to meet Arizona's academic standards and the district's assessment plan.The performance assessment shall measure the extent to which the teacher?s planning:
Assessed performance 1: Focuses instruction on Arizona's academic standards
Assessed performance 3: Aligns curriculum with the student assessments
Assessed performance 5: Addresses prior knowledge of individual and group performance
Assessed performance 7: Includes appropriate use of a variety of methods, materials, and resources
Assessed performance 8: Includes learning experiences that are developmentally appropriate for learners
Assessed performance 9: Includes learning experiences that address a variety of cognitive levels
Assessed performance 10: Includes learning experiences that are appropriate for curriculum goals
Assessed performance 11: Includes learning experiences that are based upon principles of effective instruction
Assessed performance 12: Includes learning experiences that accurately represent content
Assessed performance 13: Incorporates appropriate assessment of student progress
Standard 6: The teacher reviews and evaluates his or her overall performance and implements a professional development planThe performance assessment shall measure the extent to which the teacher:
Assessed performance 1: Reviews his or her practices and evaluates the influences of his or her practices on student growth and learning
Assessed performance 2: Designs and continually adapts a professional development plan for improving instruction and student learning
Assessed performance 3: Engages in activities that implement the professional development plan
Assessed performance 4: Uses employer's documentation of his or her performance to develop a professional development plan
Assessed performance 5: Pursues professional activities to support development as a learner and a teacher
Standard 7: The teacher has general academic knowledge as demonstrated by the attainment of a bachelor's degree. The teacher also has specific academic knowledge in his or her subject area or areas sufficient to develop student knowledge and performance to meet Arizona's academic standardsThe subject knowledge assessment shall measure the extent to which the teacher has knowledge of:
Assessed performance 2: Major facts and assumptions that are central to the discipline
Assessed performance 4: Integration of disciplinary knowledge with other subject areas
Assessed performance 5: Connections between knowledge of the subject area and real life situations at the level of the students being taught
Author: Kelley Kain
Last modified: 06/28/2008 5:58 AM (UMST)