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Ashley Roman NJPTSB 7
Ashley Roman NJPTSB 7
Professor Suk
Spring 2017
Rationale Statement-Standard #7
The teacher plans instruction that supports every student in meeting rigorous learning
and pedagogy, as well as knowledge of learners and the community context (Professional
Rationale Statement:
The artifact corresponding to standard seven is a lesson plan. The lesson plan itself
contains vital information for the plan of an eighth grade mathematics lesson on Pythagorean
Theorem. More specifically, this artifact coincides with standard 7.iii.3, The teacher takes
professional responsibility to use short- and long-term planning as a means of assuring student
learning (Professional Development in New Jersey, 2014, p. 10). This standard represents that
the teacher takes into consideration the strengths and abilities of the students when planning
instruction. This artifact demonstrates this standard well given that I took into consideration all
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abilities of the students when planning. With that in mind, I have created PowerPoint instruction
slides and guided notes to go along with them. For students who rely on note taking in
mathematics, such guided notes will be essential; however, for visual and auditory learners,
The creation of this lesson plan took a few hours worth of work. I wanted to ensure that
the plan itself captured the attention of students, but also engaged them into the world of
Pythagorean Theorem. Given that mathematics is a topic either loved or strongly disliked, I
chose to use examples with student names. This makes the mathematics problem world more
relatable to the student as they will hopefully recall their feature in a word problem. Also, I had
to take into consideration all of the abilities of students. With that in mind, guided notes are used
as an aid for those who feel they need them. While all students receive it, it is up to the student to
complete it. In a previous mathematics course of mine, my teacher would hand us the full
PowerPoint presentation. While I loved the concept, ultimately no one cared to pay attention
during the lecture. I kept this in mind with my lesson plan, which lead me to create guided notes
For the future, I will refer back to my lesson plan artifact. The effort and time put into
this piece certainly paid off. I feel that it will serve its purpose in reminding that the most
effective pieces of information take time to construct. In this case, to put together the lesson plan,
slides, guided notes, and practice problems took a chunk of time. In the end; however, the end
product left me feeling positive about being a teacher. It was a way for me to see lesson making
Reference
Professional Development in New Jersey. (2014, August 4). Retrieved from New Jersey State
Department of Education:
http://www.state.nj.us/education/profdev/profstand/teacherstandardscrosswalk.pdf