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Telling My Story-690
Telling My Story-690
Telling My Story
Claudia Alvarez
National University
Professor Hart
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Abstract
This paper correlates to the Professional Development Quest Portfolio that I present in my
Weebly account. In this paper I mainly focus on Domain A of the Teaching Performance
The Teaching Performance Expectation’s were designed to help teachers reach their full
Assignment. Overall, I believe that the lesson plans that I have created have successfully met the
requirements for this specific domain. I have been able to create lesson plans and leaning
activities that allow my students to problem solve and make connections to the real world. I try
to integrate technology in most of my lessons one way or another because I am aware that
As a teacher I am aware that I will always have some strengths and some weaknesses in
all aspects. I consider one of my biggest strengths to be the 11 years of experience I have
working with students ages 2-6. My experience working with this age group has given me the
confidence to create lesson plans, learning activities and assessments that are appropriate. I am
able to create lesson plans with activities that have appropriate visual, auditory, and hands-on
experiences to keep the students engaged while at the same time reach the learning goals and
is with the younger students. I have very little experience working with older students. My first
real encounter with teaching older students was during my student teaching where I was in a
third grade class. Due to my lack of experience working with older students I feel less confident
when creating lesson plans, learning activities and assessments. I am aware that I still have to
implement different learning styles into my lesson, visuals, auditory and hands-on. The problem
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is how to integrate these important features into a lesson with older students and will the students
respond positively. I will have to work on building my knowledge on activities that older
In order to become a better teacher, I will like to develop Domain F of the TPE’s.
working with students I am the type of individual that believes that the more knowledge I obtain
will help me become a better teacher. Costantino and De Lorenzo (2009) mention, “The ultimate
intent of standards is to improve the quality of teaching and increase student achievement” (p. 9).
The more knowledge we obtain as professional teachers will allow us to increase our quality of
teaching and the achievement of our students. In order to increase my knowledge, I would like to
go to more workshops, meetings and classes that will allow me to grow as a professional.
I picked Domain A as my focus for this paper because student achievement is greatly
based on the type of learning activities the students are exposed to. Teachers need to provide
different methods of learning. By doing this, the teacher and the students can learn what is the
best learning method and style for them. Andresen and Brink (2013), state, “Students have to
find their own individual access to the fast changing world and therefore they need a huge pool
of appropriate individualized strategies, which will foster their active and critical learning” (p.
12). Giving students a variety of learning tools will allow the teacher to notice for example, Josh
can stay engaged while he is using manipulatives but has a hard time following along during a
read aloud. Observations like this can help a teacher understand and learn about their students
and the type of leaning activities that should be implemented into his/her classroom.
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References
Andresen, B., B. and Brink, K. (2013). Multimedia in education: Curriculum. Moscow, Russia,
UNESCO IITE.
teaching portfolio: A guide for success. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.