Directions and Prompts for Journal and GoReact

Student Teachers

Outline of Weekly Assignments/Folders: Supervisors may assign during that tentative weekbut not mandatory

SL&L Watermark Journal Directions: Video Directions 

• Using the Journal Template provided each week, please copy and paste the prompts & directions in the "Thinking Prompt" space provided. You will submit your completed template on Saturday of each week to Watermark.

• (Sunday before your teaching week): Thinking prompt - this will give you the overall focus of the week. There is nothing to write on Sundays--you will use this as a review day to become acquainted with the focused journal topic for the week.

• (Sunday before your teaching week): Read the article provided - be sure to reference this article in your Weekly Writing prompt to show comprehension. As a student teacher, you must demonstrate the use of theory to justify your understanding and practice of teaching and learning. For example, we should see you making connections between your experiences and the article/theory in your reflections. See "Connecting Practice to Theory" for theory examples and how to reference articles correctly. 

• (Monday through Friday): Daily Responses - You will type your daily responses into the Journal Template in the spaces provided based on the weekly prompt (1-2 paragraphs per day). Please be sure to save the document each day and add to it as the week goes on, this will be a working document. The student teacher will be evaluated on the use of the reflective cycle to guide decision making for future lessons.

• (Saturday after your teaching week): Weekly Writing prompt-- you will type your summary reflection on the entire week based on the prompt (1-2 pages). You will also submitted any documents required for that week such as lesson plans, assessments, instructional tools, etc. Once finished, you will submit your completed template on Saturday of each week to Watermark. 

GoReact Directions:  Video Directions (scroll down for full video)

• The assignments have been created to provide the supervisor with evidence of your planning, instruction and assessment abilities. 

• You will have 5 required observations from your supervisor. Your supervisor will discuss with you when they will visit in person and/or require certain videos in GoReact. 

• At minimum week 3, 5 and 10 requires video evidence put into GoReact, however, additional videos may be required if your supervisor requests these from you. 

• Each video you add you will be required to self evaluate your lessons by watching your video and tagging segments using the following 10 tags. Pay close attention to the tags you are using frequently as well as infrequently during your lesson. Each lesson should provide you with your personal data about your teaching performance and each time you teach you should continuously improve. Your supervisor will also tag and review your lessons to verify evidence of effective instruction which will be used to evaluate your student teaching performance. 

• Each video should also include comments (with or without tags) - especially comments related to that week's focus (see journal). You should show your understanding of concepts by commenting on the specific times you show evidence or you may missed the opportunity but you recognized that!  

Markers/ Tags: 

1. Safe & Positive Learning Environment

2. Rules, Routines and Transitions

3. Psychomotor Engagement

4. Cognitive Engagement 

5. Affective Engagement 

6. Corrective Feedback

7. Effective Questioning

8. Instructional Cues/Prompts

9. Demonstrations

10. Students’ use of Academic Language