1. My Future as a Teacher Sarah Wenzke EDU 650 Professor Newman 22 April 2014

2. My Education Philosophy I want to work as a preschool teacher. With that in mind my teaching philosophy will not be set in stone, because you must be flexible to work with kids. What works for one class may not work for the other, and vice versa. I want to be the kind of teacher that parents feel they can talk to an ask questions, and feel safe leaving their children in my care for the class. It is important for me to know what my philosophy is, but at the same time be willing to change because what is best for the students is most important.

3. Challenge As a teacher I want to challenge myself to be happy everyday and enjoy the job that I have worked so hard to get to. There are times when I will not be happy but I want to make sure my students do not see that. I want to be available to the students and their parents for questions, concerns or if they just want to talk about their students. I believe that getting to know the students and their parents will help me to be a better teacher to them. That way I can make sure I am meeting their needs and the students are really learning from their lessons.

4. Classroom Management I want my students to come in to my class each day happy and ready to learn. Preschool is the start of a student’s career in school. My students will know that I expect them to come to school happy to learn something new, respectful of classmates, and respectful to teachers and parents. Of course the list can always be added to if there is a need, but the basic rules are on the poster to the right.

5. Fantasy Classroom

6. Classroom Expectations Rules and expectations: The rules for my classroom will be covered on the first day of school with the parents and the students. We will then have a poster with the rules clearly visible for everyone to see. Role of the student in the classroom: All of my students will have the same role when they enter my classroom. They need to be willing to learn and respectful. Students will learn basic math skills to make their transition in to school smoother. They will leave my class knowing all the sight words that they should know before kindergarten and have the skills to use those words in everyday life. Students also have a very important job to have fun.

7. Role of the teacher in the classroom: I have a lot of ideas and hopes for my future career as a teacher, because I know I will not stop being a student. I want to continue to keep up with the latest technics and ideas in early childhood education. I would also like to keep going on my education and make sure I represent a good example for my students. I will encourage the students’ self-esteem and independence in leading their learning. I will be available to the parents if they have any questions about their students learning or homework assignments. I will make sure the parents have our class hand outs and feel comfortable leaving their children in my care.

8. Different schools Chart School ASchool BDifferences/Similarities identified between schools. Points to consider. Type of School In person preschool Paradise park community center preschool Online Connections academy One of the schools charges per every 6 weeks while the other one is governmentally funded and free to the public. One is a actual classroom where students can attend and the other is a virtual class online with a lot of at home and parental assistance. Total Population/ Demographics Total population including the morning and afternoon and kindergarten classes would average around 50 students in 6 week intervals. Not sure it goes by state and a total population for the school is not provided. However the demographics are wide spread as this school is for students who can not make it to regular in person classes for one reason or another. The main difference is the size of the school and the type of students they have. The first school is made up of students from the local community and limited to the amount of students. The second school is all over the country and the students in the class are all over the state. They meet on field trips and parent set up meetings. Not a lot of socialization

9. Different schools Chart School ASchool BDifferences/Similarities identified between schools. Points to consider. Student to Teacher Ratio 1:8 one teacher or aid per eight students most of the time less than that. I am not sure how to do the ratio for this school since they have a teacher and a learning coach right there. I would guess it is one: one. Online the teacher has more students but the learning coaches are doing the majority of the work. The in person teacher has less students but she needs to be there for all the lessons and grade the work. Key Issues Facing Attendance and getting the work done Cheating and attendance Due to the age group and the differences in the students attendance is an issue for each school. The other issue is getting the work done by the student. One school has an issue of cheating because it is all online the parents are tempted to just go through it on their own. The other school the parents need to be more focused to get the work turned in on time.

10. School ASchool BDifferences/Similarities identified between schools. Points to consider. Role of Technology Not a lot of use for technology due to time and budget issues. Totally technology based Technology is important depending on the environment in this case it is a very important factor since one of the schools is online and virtual. One school is governmentally funded and provides their students with computers and stipends to pay for the internet. The first school is tuition based and cannot afford the latest technology. 21st Century Skills Socialization, communication and critical thinking. Independence, communicating using technology and problem solving. Both schools foster 21 st century skills they just vary on which skills they offer. The first school offers socialization with other students, learning communication skills, and critical thinking. While the second school promotes independence of doing the work without a teacher saying “do this now”, learning to communicate with technology and problem solving. Different schools Chart

11. Effective Lesson Planning An effective lesson meets the needs of the curriculum. Also meets the personal needs of the students. o Takes steps allowing for extra time for some students, translated notes for others, words broken up by color. Anything that can make learning easier for the students in the class.

12. Common Core State Standards What makes this a “good” learning objective? Common core state standards are basically easy to understand objectives that are aligned with college and future careers. A good objective to a lesson would be to learn basic computer skills. Students can use the computer to create a picture of what they see out of their windows. This allows students the ability to convert reality to a computer screen and then use their newly acquired skills to make the picture using a paint program.

13. Formative and Summative Assessments With computer technology classes, art, world history, photography, and more students come out of school ready to be citizens of their communities. Teachers are working with the parents to find better ways to test as asses their students learning. Schools offer extra services for students where the class notes are printed up or there is someone there to read the questions to them during an assessment. Teachers are trying to take away the anxiety and the stress from the tests and let the students focus on learning.

14. Formative Assessments Formative assessments are useful tools for a teacher to see how the students are getting along with the lesson and see which students need more help. They can be in the form of oral questions, short answer questions or just a multiple choice test. Formative assessments are used throughout all grades because they less pressure on a student then a summative assessment. The reason they are less pressure is the variety and the length these are short quizzes not final grades.

15. Summative Assessments A summative assessment takes all the information that the class has learned and there is one test to show what they learned. This can be over a month or two weeks of learning. Most of the time students will cram for summative assessments the night before. They know what the test will be on so they memorize all they can in their short term memory and come in and take the test. Soon after they forget all that information and begin learning the new facts for the next summative exam. One point mentioned in the video is that a summative assessment can be changed to a formative assessment if the teacher finds they need more help or if the whole class did poorly on the test.

16. Assessments in my classroom I see both forms of assessments in my future class. I would have multiple formative assessments along the way and then an open book summative assessment. The reason I would say open book is because I do not want the students to memorize everything and then forget it. I would rather they read the text, highlighted and made notes, and then in the test they can look up their own work. This takes some of the test pressure off the students and allows for a chance of higher test scores. It also works because for the students that did not read they will not know where to look in the book. They will be forced to read and look for the answers they need, and they would be learning along the way. Either way the open book summative assessment is a good tool and I definitely plan on using that and the formative assessments in my future class.

17. Resources International Society for Technology in Education. ISTE Standards Teachers. Retrieved from http://www.iste.org/docs/pdfs/20- 14_ISTE_Standards-T_PDF.pdfISTE Standards Teachers Klein, J. L. & Rice, C. (2012). U.S. education reform and national security [Independent task force report No. 68]. The Council on Foreign Relations. Retrieved from http://www.cfr.org/united-states/us-education- reform-national-security/p27618U.S. education reform and national security Newman, R. (2013). Teaching and learning in the 21st century: Connecting the dots. San Diego, CA: Bridgepoint Education, Inc.Teaching and learning in the 21st century: Connecting the dots Rystad, M. (2013, April 7). Assessment for learning [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcLMlY6R7RMAssessment for learning Stenhousepublishers. (2010, November 30). Rick Wormeli: Formative and summative assessment [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJxFXjfB_B4Rick Wormeli: Formative and summative assessment TED Talks. (2012, August). Daphne Koller: What we’re learning from online education [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.ted.com/talks/daphne_koller_what_we_re_learning_from_onli ne_education.htmlDaphne Koller: What we’re learning from online education http://www.ted.com/talks/daphne_koller_what_we_re_learning_from_onli ne_education.html All pictures are clip art and my own.