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Gcu Student Teaching Evaluation of Performance Step Standard 1 Part II Part 1 - Signed-2
Gcu Student Teaching Evaluation of Performance Step Standard 1 Part II Part 1 - Signed-2
Understanding the learning needs of students is critical when designing instruction that is differentiated and geared to meet unique learning needs. As
you get to know your students and their individual backgrounds, identifying their specific learning needs will help you strategically design their
instruction and assessments.
By analyzing the student demographics, environmental factors, and student academic factors, you will be able to strategically meet the overall needs of
your students. This contextual data will assist you in developing your instructional unit, which you are expected to teach by the end of week 8. Utilize
the district or school website, your cooperating teacher/mentor, or school administrator for this information.
Complete the STEP Standard 1, Part II that includes:
A. Student Demographic Factors
B. Environmental Factors
C. Student Achievement Factors
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STANDARD 1, PART II: CONTEXTUAL FACTORS: KNOWING YOUR SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY
A. STUDENT DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS
Grade Level(s) Taught: 9th-10th Content Area(s) Taught: Reading, Math, Transition Total Number of
Classroom 45
Students:
Total Number of Boys: Total Number of Girls: Age Range
28 17 Represented: 14-17 years old
Culture / Ethnicity Number of Students Percentage of Total Classroom
Students:
American Indian / Alaskan Native %
0 0.00
Asian %
0 0.00
Identify the number of Black/ African American
students representing 43 95.56 %
each of the following Hispanic / Latino %
cultures/ ethnicities: 2 4.44
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander %
0 0.00
White %
0 0.00
Other %
0 0.00
Total %
45 100
At this particular school there is a lot of parents who are either unemployed, or the parents work two to their jobs which leads the students to raise themselves. The environment
is that of low poverty and education is not top priority of some. Also the area has a high crime report. The students are surrounded students who participate in drug use, criminal
activity, and other negative factors. Some students come to school without having a meal to eat. Overall the majority of family support is at the minimal.
Describe the possible effect these student demographic factors have on the planning, delivery, and assessment of your unit.
The student’s willingness to learn, and achieve is a major problem within my planning, delivery, and assessment. It will be important to explain to students why learning certain
skills are important to their life and the impact it will have on them in the near future. Thinking about students who may have not eaten, saw some type of tragedy the night
before, or even dealing with a court case on their own may not be in the mindset to learn or engage. It will be vital for the individuals that want to learn that we find positive ways
to engage and assess them. When we talk about assessing the students the problem will be did they have time to study, are they hunger, and do they understand what I am
assessing.
B. ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS
Attach a photo or diagram showing the physical room
arrangement:
Describe the environmental factors of your cooperating classroom. Include a description of:
o The physical room arrangement
o Available classroom resources
o The level of parental involvement
o The availability of and/or access to technology.
Bessemer City High School is fairly new built high school and there are a lot of classroom available. The current classroom I am working is very spacious and the teacher sees ten
students at a time. She has a learning station, that she uses for conferences and IEP meetings, a teachers work area. The student’s arrangement is an area of 4 chairs and 4
tables connected together with a total of four learning stations. There is also an independent working area of long table connected to wall with chairs. There are few desktop
computers. The class does have a Promethean board that she uses to help students with work. Parent Involvement is low and parents usually only come from IEP meetings,
some parents are a little more involved, but not many. The students have their own private chrome books and have the school Wi-Fi.
Describe the possible effect these environmental factors could have on the planning, delivery, and assessment of your unit.
The only issue I see is the students coming to class, my mentor teacher has explained the student’s skip a lot. There is a lot of area to teach, and just the students ability and
willingness to learn is the only issue I see concerning my planning, delivery, and assessments.
Behavior or
Student Subgroup ELL IEP Section 504 Gifted Other Services Cognitive Needs
(Explain) Receiving No
Services
Boys
0 28 0 0 0 7
Girls
0 17 0 0 0 1