1. Candidate Teaching Summit Presentation Fall 2013 Brandy Price Early Childhood Education

2. Part I. Introduction

3. Name, Major, School, Grade, Teacher, Subject Brandy Shea Price Early Childhood Education Red Bud Elementary 2 nd Grade Jennifer Steed All Subjects

4. School Size, Location, Description of Community Red Bud Elementary 4153 Red Bud Rd NE Calhoun, GA (706)625-2111 Grades-Pre K- 5 th 703 Students 42 Teachers Red Bud is located in a rural area in Gordon County. It is surrounded by farms and open fields. It is a Title I school. 55% of the students are eligible for free lunch and 8 % of the students are eligible for reduced lunch.

6. Class Size 23 Students

7. Diversity of Students Student Diversity

8. Class Schedule 7:35-7:45 Bathroom/Morning Work 7:45-8:15 ELA 8:15-8:45 Writing 8:45-9:15 Reading/ Needs based 9:15-10:10 Reading 10:10-11:05 Math workshop 11:05-11:25 Needs based/Math centers 11:25-11:35 Number talks 11:40-12:20 Lunch/Bathroom 12:20-1:05 Specials Mon.& Thurs. PE Tues. Tech lab Wed. Library Friday Music 1:05-2:20 Break/Tues. Cardinal Closet 1:20-2:00 Social Studies/Science/Read aloud 2:00 Phonics

9. Thoughts and Feelings as I began Student Teaching Fear of the unknown Worried about finances during this time Anxious about the other teachers I would work along side Excited about finally getting there Ecstatic to be done with school

10. Strengths Experience teaching at Head Start Patient and Flexible Loving and a mother of 3 College experience Weaknesses Nervous about the unknown Taught much younger age for 13 years Need more experience with individualization Being responsible for the learning of 23 second graders

11. Part II Candidate Proficiency Evidence

12. Domain I: Planning For Differentiated Instruction and Assessment Proficiency 1.0: The teacher candidate uses knowledge of curriculum, learner differences, and ongoing assessment data to plan for student access to same essential content. Reflective Analysis: How did you use knowledge of curriculum, learner differences, and ongoing assessment data to plan for student access to same essential content?

13. Pre Assessments

14. Reading Lesson Plan: Science Lesson Plan: Math Lesson Plan: English Language Arts Lesson Plan:

15. Domain II. Providing Differentiated Instruction & Assessment Proficiency 2.0: The teacher candidate utilizes a variety of strategies to differentiate instruction and assessment. Reflective Analysis: how did you utilize a variety of strategies to differentiate instruction and assessment?

16. As we read through the book we did several different activities. We compared ourselves to different characters as well as summarized individual chapters as we read them. We discussed vocabularies words and what they mean.

17. http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/ForChildren/Fudge-a-Mania-214261.html Websites and Online Activities http://www.funtrivia.com/html5/untimed.cfm?qid=214261 http://betterlesson.com/document/278775/fudge-a-mania-vocabulary- activities

18. Domain III. Impacting Student Learning Proficiency 3.0: The teacher candidate uses systematic formal/informal assessment as an ongoing diagnostic activity to measure student growth and to guide, differentiate, and adjust instruction. Reflective Analysis: How did you use systematic formal/informal assessments as an ongoing diagnostic activity to measure student growth and to guide, differentiate, and adjust instruction?

19. Analysis and Reflection: From my analysis on Fudge-a-mania, I determined that we would need to read further into the book to complete a determination on if the standard was met. As we are finishing the book, we are testing on a few chapters at a time. At the end we will complete a comprehensive quiz, in which our students will have to answer and explain their answers.

20. Domain IV: Professional Responsibilities In Support of Differentiated Instruction & Assessment Proficiency 4.0: The teacher candidate displays a professional commitment to the teaching philosophy of differentiated instruction to support students’ diverse learning needs and to maximize learning. Reflective Analysis: How did you display a professional commitment to the teaching philosophy of differentiated instruction to support students’ diverse learning needs and to maximize learning?

21. Professional Development October 17 th @ Gordon Central High School, Math Collaboration day with all 2 nd grade teachers from Gordon County schools November 6 th @ Gordon Central High School, Writing Collaboration day with all 2 nd grade teachers from Gordon County schools November 14 th Data Day for RBE 2 nd grade teachers

22. Professional Organization Membership

23. Teaching Philosophy My philosophy hasn’t changed much, except for the fact of working with a different age group has it’s own challenges. My younger children at Head Start are very loving and nurturing. My 2 nd graders are loving but very independent at the same time, and they like to prove their independence when doing things. One thing that I have brought from one to another is for a child to be willing to learn, you have to make them want to learn it. If it is not interesting or boring to them, you don’t have a chance. Neither does the child.

24. School Meetings Throughout my 15 weeks of candidate teaching, I attended 5 SST meetings. As a committee with the parents, we planned our next steps in each child’s education. I attended monthly faculty meetings as well as weekly grade level meetings. We would meet every week in our grade level to discuss our planning of lessons for the next week. I attended the Fall Festival as well as the Christmas Choral Concert that 2 nd grade performed at.