Praxis Performance Assessment for Teachers Task 1 Contextual Factors Chart

This chart is designed to help you to understand that many factors affect teaching and learning. They include the community, classroom procedures, the students, and the physical environment in which you will be teaching. All this information will help you to determine teaching strategies and approaches that will support your students learning. In this chart, address each of the characteristics listed as they pertain to your teaching assignment. (You must attach this document as an artifact in response textbox . . .!

Source of Factor

Contextual and Environmental Factors -Suburban and rural. -20.7% persons below the poverty level. -Median household income $37, !!. -".#% lan$ua$e other than %n$lish

Community
Urban, suburban, or rural; socioeconomic; census data on families

-&,&"3 students District

Enrollment, percent free and reduced lunch; graduation rate; ethnic breakdown; percent with IEP; percent ELL; per pupil expenditure

-#&% 'ree lunch, #% reduced lunch -77% $raduation rate -!% (sian, )0% *lac+, !2% ,ispanic, )#% -hite, 2% .ther - % /%0 12(, % %33 12( $&,73" per pupil

School
Enrollment, percent free and reduced

-"!& students

-")% 'ree lunch, #% reduced lunch -0(SS met or above- %3( 7".#7%, M(4, &0.03%, S5/%15% "7.3%, S.5/(3 S467/%S 7).7% -!% (sian, 3&% *lac+, !"% ,ispanic, )!% -hite, 3% .ther - % /%0 12(, % %33 12( -0almetto Silver (ward 'or (cademic (chievement -!".& students2teacher -!2 -hite, 7 ('rican (merican, 3 ,ispanic, 3 .ther -2 %33 -2 8i'ted students -3 ,ispanic students -! /ndian Student !no"ledge of Students
Learning st!les, prior learning experiences, academic proficiencies, behavioral differences, and areas of interest

lunch; achievement scores; ethnic breakdown; percent with IEP; percent ELL; recognitions; teacher student ratio

Classroom Demogra hics

Ethnicit!, language needs, gender, identified special needs including gifted, ph!sical needs, and cultural characteristics

-!0 9isual 3earners, 7 (uditory 3earners, & :inesthetic 3earners -7 students who have 're;uent behavior problems

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